The ruling on clasping the right hand between the two prostrations
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The questioner : Is it permissible to clasp the hands between the two prostrations? What is written in the books? He says: I know that I read in some books that clasping is among the deviations. And what made me ask is that I saw you pray and clasp your right hand between the two prostrations. May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Yes, may Allah reward him with good. Placing the hands on the knees between the two prostrations is like placing them during the tashahhud, because nothing has come from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), neither in an authentic hadith nor in a hadith, regarding this, just as spreading the left hand has come, and this is one point.
Second, Imam Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him) narrated from the hadith of that he sat between the two prostrations and clasped his hands as he clasps them in the tashahhud. Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned this in *Zad al-Ma'ad*. So whoever wishes to review it, let him read it, for it is explicit in this matter. And for this reason, I held that clasping the right hand between the two prostrations is like clasping in the first and second tashahhud, because it has not been reported from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) that he ever spread it. And it has been reported that he spread the left hand on his thigh.
The Shaykh : Yes, may Allah reward him with good. Placing the hands on the knees between the two prostrations is like placing them during the tashahhud, because nothing has come from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), neither in an authentic hadith nor in a hadith
It is weak that he spread his right hand on his thigh
ضعيف أنه كان يبسط يده اليمنى على فخذهSecond, Imam Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him) narrated from the hadith of
From the hadith of Wail ibn Hujr, which is explicit on the subject, that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to, when
وائل بن حجر ما هو صريح في الموضوع، وأن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم كان إذا
Source
ابن العثيمين - لقاء مفتوح مع فضيلة الشيخ بالرياض — archive.org (56:28)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.
