The Evidence for Letting the Hands Hang in Prayer
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Question:
Salih, may Allah preserve you and bless you. A questioner says: I am your brother Abu 'Abd al-Rahman from Yemen. I have questions that confuse me greatly, and I hope you will clarify the answers for me, for I trust you very much, and may Allah reward you with good. The first question says: We see some people letting their hands hang in prayer instead of folding them. Is there any evidence from the Qur'an or the Sunnah indicating that?
Answer:
The matter is broad in this. If he folds his hands below his navel or below his chest, that is from the Sunnah. And if he lets them hang at his sides, there is nothing wrong with that. Yes.
Salih, may Allah preserve you and bless you. A questioner says: I am your brother Abu 'Abd al-Rahman from Yemen. I have questions that confuse me greatly, and I hope you will clarify the answers for me, for I trust you very much, and may Allah reward you with good. The first question says: We see some people letting their hands hang in prayer instead of folding them. Is there any evidence from the Qur'an or the Sunnah indicating that?
Answer:
The matter is broad in this. If he folds his hands below his navel or below his chest, that is from the Sunnah. And if he lets them hang at his sides, there is nothing wrong with that. Yes.
Source
قناة «إذاعة القرآن الكريم»، نور على الدرب مع معالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان ح7480 — youtube.com (11:43)
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