Raising both feet or one of them in prostration and the ruling on alerting the one who does it
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The questioner:
I sometimes see people prostrating while raising their feet, or one of them. Does this invalidate the prayer? And is it obligatory for me to alert them to this error?
The Shaykh:
This is a deficiency in the standing. The one who raises his leg, this is a deficiency in the standing. But if this is due to a need, such as when the standing is long for them and they shift between their feet, which is called shifting, they shift between their feet because of the length of the standing, or because he is unable and finds it difficult, he shifts between them because of his inability, there is no harm in that. But if it is without need, this is disliked in the prayer, because it is a deficiency in the standing.
The questioner:
Raising them in prostration.
The Shaykh:
Likewise, in prostration, no, in prostration one does not raise any of the seven limbs. One does not raise anything without an excuse. If he raises it without an excuse, his prostration is not complete and it is not valid. It is necessary that seven limbs be placed on the ground: the forehead, the nose, the two hands, the two knees, and the toes. One does not prostrate on these seven limbs, except if there is an obstacle in some of them and he raises it for an excuse, then there is no harm.
I sometimes see people prostrating while raising their feet, or one of them. Does this invalidate the prayer? And is it obligatory for me to alert them to this error?
The Shaykh:
This is a deficiency in the standing. The one who raises his leg, this is a deficiency in the standing. But if this is due to a need, such as when the standing is long for them and they shift between their feet, which is called shifting, they shift between their feet because of the length of the standing, or because he is unable and finds it difficult, he shifts between them because of his inability, there is no harm in that. But if it is without need, this is disliked in the prayer, because it is a deficiency in the standing.
The questioner:
Raising them in prostration.
The Shaykh:
Likewise, in prostration, no, in prostration one does not raise any of the seven limbs. One does not raise anything without an excuse. If he raises it without an excuse, his prostration is not complete and it is not valid. It is necessary that seven limbs be placed on the ground: the forehead, the nose, the two hands, the two knees, and the toes. One does not prostrate on these seven limbs, except if there is an obstacle in some of them and he raises it for an excuse, then there is no harm.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 017 من 123 / شرح كتاب زاد المستقنع / الصلاة / صفة الصلاة / صالح الفوزان / الفقه / كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:16:18)
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