Placing the hands during prostration for one who prays on a chair
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The questioner:
If a person who prays on a chair wants to prostrate while still on his chair, does he place his hands on his thighs or lower them to the ground when prostrating?
The Shaykh:
He gets down from the chair. If he is on the chair, he places his hands on his thigh. What does he say?
The questioner:
May Allah keep you safe. If a person who prays on a chair wants to prostrate while on the chair, does he place his hands on his thighs, or lower them to the ground when he wants to prostrate?
The Shaykh:
He should follow what is easiest for him. If it is easier for him to place them on his thighs, or if it is easier for him to place them on the ground, he follows what is easiest for him. Yes.
If a person who prays on a chair wants to prostrate while still on his chair, does he place his hands on his thighs or lower them to the ground when prostrating?
The Shaykh:
He gets down from the chair. If he is on the chair, he places his hands on his thigh. What does he say?
The questioner:
May Allah keep you safe. If a person who prays on a chair wants to prostrate while on the chair, does he place his hands on his thighs, or lower them to the ground when he wants to prostrate?
The Shaykh:
He should follow what is easiest for him. If it is easier for him to place them on his thighs, or if it is easier for him to place them on the ground, he follows what is easiest for him. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، الباب التاسع في طهارة القلب من أدرانه وأنجاسه — islamhouse.com (1:03:00)
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