The Position of the Sutrah in Prayer
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: Some of the brothers, when they pray, leave the sutrah to their right or to their left, and they say that this is the Sunnah.
Answer:
Yes, it is the Sunnah that you do not intend the sutrah specifically, but rather you place it in front of your right shoulder without intending it specifically, meaning you do not aim for it; you lean away from it.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: Some of the brothers, when they pray, leave the sutrah to their right or to their left, and they say that this is the Sunnah.
Answer:
Yes, it is the Sunnah that you do not intend the sutrah specifically, but rather you place it in front of your right shoulder without intending it specifically, meaning you do not aim for it; you lean away from it.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ومن ذلك اتخاذها عيدًا — islamhouse.com (52:11)
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