The Ruling on the Iq'a' Posture Between the Two Prostrations
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The questioner : However, it is well known that the iq'a' mentioned by Ibn Abbas is that he stands his feet upright and sits on his heels,
The Shaykh : not that he spreads his feet and sits on his heels. This description, in addition to being disliked, is difficult for a person. If you spread your feet and sit on your heels, it is also burdensome. So the Muslim should reconsider. Yes. Who is reconsidering? Fine, the honor.
The questioner : But what is its form, O Shaykh? May Allah be good to you.
The Shaykh : What is the surah of transfer? Like this. He spreads the right and left foot on the ground.
The questioner : And he sits.
The Shaykh : Then he sits on his heels. Huh? On the heels. But it is well known from the hadith of Ibn Abbas and in Muslim that he stands the feet upright, raising them upright like this.
The questioner : Like what the brothers do when they dance in their pants. Like what the brothers do when they dance in their pants.
The Shaykh : Those who wear pants.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : The questioner says that Ibn Abbas stated that this is the Sunnah of your Prophet. Imam Ahmad holds that it is disliked, and in a narration he says, "I do not blame the one who does it, but I do not do it myself." It appears to me that Ibn Abbas was following the first description, and that it was abrogated, but he did not know of the abrogation, just as Abdullah ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) used to press his hands together and place them between his knees when he bowed, and when two people stood with him, he would place one on his right and the other on his left. Both of these actions were abrogated, but Ibn Mas'ud did not know of this abrogation. So it is not far-fetched, and Allah knows best, that Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) was acting upon a previous Sunnah, because all those who described the sitting of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) between the two prostrations say that he spreads the left foot and stands the right foot upright. Yes.
The Shaykh : not that he spreads his feet and sits on his heels. This description, in addition to being disliked, is difficult for a person. If you spread your feet and sit on your heels, it is also burdensome. So the Muslim should reconsider. Yes. Who is reconsidering? Fine, the honor.
The questioner : But what is its form, O Shaykh? May Allah be good to you.
The Shaykh : What is the surah of transfer? Like this. He spreads the right and left foot on the ground.
The questioner : And he sits.
The Shaykh : Then he sits on his heels. Huh? On the heels. But it is well known from the hadith of Ibn Abbas and in Muslim that he stands the feet upright, raising them upright like this.
The questioner : Like what the brothers do when they dance in their pants. Like what the brothers do when they dance in their pants.
The Shaykh : Those who wear pants.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : The questioner says that Ibn Abbas stated that this is the Sunnah of your Prophet. Imam Ahmad holds that it is disliked, and in a narration he says, "I do not blame the one who does it, but I do not do it myself." It appears to me that Ibn Abbas was following the first description, and that it was abrogated, but he did not know of the abrogation, just as Abdullah ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) used to press his hands together and place them between his knees when he bowed, and when two people stood with him, he would place one on his right and the other on his left. Both of these actions were abrogated, but Ibn Mas'ud did not know of this abrogation. So it is not far-fetched, and Allah knows best, that Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) was acting upon a previous Sunnah, because all those who described the sitting of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) between the two prostrations say that he spreads the left foot and stands the right foot upright. Yes.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 926 - حكم جلسة الإقعاء بين السجدتين - الكافي في فقه الإمام أحمد بن حنبل - ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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