Explaining the Position of Spreading the Legs and Sitting Cross-legged in Prayer
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The questioner:
May Allah keep you safe, Your Eminence the Shaykh. Many of the brothers ask about iftirash and tawruk. When is iftirash? And when is tawruk?
The Shaykh:
Ifritar is between the two prostrations and in the first tashahhud, and tawruk is in the final tashahhud of the four-rak'ah and three-rak'ah prayers. In the final tashahhud of Maghrib, Zuhr, 'Asr, and 'Isha', one sits on his buttocks and puts his left foot out from under his right leg, on the right side. As for iftirash, it is between the two prostrations: one spreads his left foot and sits on it in the first tashahhud, and likewise in the tashahhud of Jumu'ah and Fajr, which have only one prostration; he spreads his left hand and sits on it, and likewise between the two prostrations. Yes.
May Allah keep you safe, Your Eminence the Shaykh. Many of the brothers ask about iftirash and tawruk. When is iftirash? And when is tawruk?
The Shaykh:
Ifritar is between the two prostrations and in the first tashahhud, and tawruk is in the final tashahhud of the four-rak'ah and three-rak'ah prayers. In the final tashahhud of Maghrib, Zuhr, 'Asr, and 'Isha', one sits on his buttocks and puts his left foot out from under his right leg, on the right side. As for iftirash, it is between the two prostrations: one spreads his left foot and sits on it in the first tashahhud, and likewise in the tashahhud of Jumu'ah and Fajr, which have only one prostration; he spreads his left hand and sits on it, and likewise between the two prostrations. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم [ برنامج إذاعي ]، بداية من باب افتتاح الثانية بالقراءة من غير تعوذ ولا سكتة — islamhouse.com (13:18)
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