Placing the hands on the chest after rising from bowing
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Question:
The questioner asks: What is your esteemed opinion regarding the claim that placing the hands on the chest after rising from bowing is a bid'ah (religious innovation), as stated by some scholars?
Answer:
The bid'ah is this opinion; this is the innovation. As for gathering the hands in the standing position, whether before bowing or after bowing, that is the sunnah (recommended practice). The sunnah is to gather the hands on the chest in the standing position in prayer, before bowing or after bowing. Who distinguishes between what is before bowing and what is after? What is the evidence for this? Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
The questioner asks: What is your esteemed opinion regarding the claim that placing the hands on the chest after rising from bowing is a bid'ah (religious innovation), as stated by some scholars?
Answer:
The bid'ah is this opinion; this is the innovation. As for gathering the hands in the standing position, whether before bowing or after bowing, that is the sunnah (recommended practice). The sunnah is to gather the hands on the chest in the standing position in prayer, before bowing or after bowing. Who distinguishes between what is before bowing and what is after? What is the evidence for this? Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-109-ولا تنازعوا فتفشلوا|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (44:47)
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