What is meant by the hadith reported after the Fajr and Maghrib prayers (
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The questioner : There is a hadith in *Musnad al-Imam Ahmad*, and I verified it in *Sahih al-Targhib wa al-Tarhib*. The saying of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): Sahih al-Bukhari 5401 The hadith, What is meant by folding the legs, and is this for the imam and not the ma'mum?
The Shaykh : Both of them together. The meaning is before the folding, meaning before changing the sitting position of the tashahhud. It is known that in the two-rak'ah prayer, one sits with the left foot flat and the right foot upright, so he does not change anything of this sitting position until he finishes the ten takbirs.
Narrated 'Urban bin Malik: who attended the Badr battle and was from the Ansar, that he came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, "O Allah's Apostle! I have lost my eyesight and I lead my people in the prayer (as an Imam). When it rains, the valley which is between me and my people, flows with water, and then I cannot go to their mosque to lead them in the prayer. O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! I wish that you could come and pray in my house so that I may take it as a praying place. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Allah willing, I will do that." The next morning, soon after the sun had risen, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) came with Abu Bakr. The Prophet (ﷺ) asked for the permission to enter and I admitted him. The Prophet (ﷺ) had not sat till he had entered the house and said to me, "Where do you like me to pray in your house?" I pointed at a place in my house whereupon he stood and said, "Allahu Akbar." We lined behind him and he prayed two rak`at and finished it with Taslim. We then requested him to stay for a special meal of Khazira which we had prepared. A large number of men from the adjoining area gathered in the house. One of them said, "Where is Malik bin Ad-Dukhshun?" Another man said, "He is a hypocrite and does not love Allah and His Apostle." The Prophet said, "Do not say so. Do you not think that he has said: "None has the right to be worshipped but Allah," seeking Allah's pleasure? The man said, "Allah and His Apostle know better, but we have always seen him mixing with hypocrites and giving them advice." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Allah has forbidden the (Hell) Fire for those who testify that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah, seeking Allah's pleasure. "
من قال لا إله إلا اللهbefore folding his legs
قبل أن يثني رجليهThe Shaykh : Both of them together. The meaning is before the folding, meaning before changing the sitting position of the tashahhud. It is known that in the two-rak'ah prayer, one sits with the left foot flat and the right foot upright, so he does not change anything of this sitting position until he finishes the ten takbirs.