The ruling on sitting on the heels between the two prostrations
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Question:
May Allah reward you. Your Excellency the Shaykh, the questioner says: A type of sitting between the two prostrations is mentioned in the Sunnah. Is the form or description mentioned in the Sahih of Imam Muslim regarding sitting on the heels between the two prostrations established or abrogated? May Allah reward you?
Answer:
You are saying it is in the Sahih of Muslim and asking if it is established? The Sahih of Muslim does not need [verification]; what is in it is established, if Allah wills. It is in the second position after the Sahih of al-Bukhari. So this is an established matter. Sitting on the heels is sometimes permissible. Sitting on the heels between the two prostrations is sometimes permissible because of this hadith. Yes, and it is not abrogated. If a person does it sometimes in accordance with the hadith, there is no harm in that. Yes.
That is, he places the soles of his fingers on the ground and raises his feet, raising his heels and sitting on them. This is permissible sometimes. Otherwise, the prescribed manner for the sitting between the two prostrations is to sit in a manner of spreading the legs (mutawarrika), sitting with the legs spread (mufatarsa), spreading the left foot and sitting on it, and straightening the right foot. This is the most common, this is the majority. And if he does sitting on his heels sometimes, there is no harm in that. Yes.
May Allah reward you. Your Excellency the Shaykh, the questioner says: A type of sitting between the two prostrations is mentioned in the Sunnah. Is the form or description mentioned in the Sahih of Imam Muslim regarding sitting on the heels between the two prostrations established or abrogated? May Allah reward you?
Answer:
You are saying it is in the Sahih of Muslim and asking if it is established? The Sahih of Muslim does not need [verification]; what is in it is established, if Allah wills. It is in the second position after the Sahih of al-Bukhari. So this is an established matter. Sitting on the heels is sometimes permissible. Sitting on the heels between the two prostrations is sometimes permissible because of this hadith. Yes, and it is not abrogated. If a person does it sometimes in accordance with the hadith, there is no harm in that. Yes.
That is, he places the soles of his fingers on the ground and raises his feet, raising his heels and sitting on them. This is permissible sometimes. Otherwise, the prescribed manner for the sitting between the two prostrations is to sit in a manner of spreading the legs (mutawarrika), sitting with the legs spread (mufatarsa), spreading the left foot and sitting on it, and straightening the right foot. This is the most common, this is the majority. And if he does sitting on his heels sometimes, there is no harm in that. Yes.
Source
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