The Imam Turning Toward the Congregation After the Closing Salam
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Is there a method prescribed in the Shari'ah for the Imam to turn toward the congregation after his salam? Does he turn to the right or to the left?
Answer:
It is all permissible. He follows whichever is easier for him; whichever is easier for him, he turns to the right or the left. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Is there a method prescribed in the Shari'ah for the Imam to turn toward the congregation after his salam? Does he turn to the right or to the left?
Answer:
It is all permissible. He follows whichever is easier for him; whichever is easier for him, he turns to the right or the left. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل وأما النوع الثاني من الفتنة : ففتنة الشهوات — islamhouse.com (1:11:40)
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