Which is better: clasping the hands or letting them hang down after rising from bowing?

Question:
He asks: What is the ruling on clasping the hands after rising from bowing in prayer? Is it part of the Sunnah or a deviation from the Sunnah? And which is better: clasping the hands or letting them hang down?

Answer:
The better practice is to clasp the hands and place them on the chest while standing in prayer. This is the Sunnah. There is no difference between what comes before bowing and what comes after it; it is all standing. So one clasps his hands after bowing and before prostration as long as he is standing. As for the one who says that he lets his hands hang down after bowing, that is an error, and we know of no evidence for it. There is no difference between what is before bowing and what is after bowing. Yes.