What is the ruling on placing the right hand over the left after rising from bowing?
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The questioner : Shaykh Abdul Aziz ibn Baz, in a treatise on prayer, supports the idea that a person should place his hand on his chest after rising from bowing.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : So what is your opinion on that, or what is your statement on that, given that al-Bukhari says that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and Shaykh Abdul Aziz ibn Baz says that...
The Shaykh : No, that is not in al-Bukhari.
The questioner : In the state of standing, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : O Shaykh, this is the hadith you are attributing to al-Bukhari.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : It does not exist in al-Bukhari; you are mistaken.
The questioner : Shaykh Abdul Aziz...
The Shaykh: May Allah guide you.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you; listen to what I am telling you.
The questioner : Please, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : You are making two mistakes.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : One regarding al-Bukhari.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And one regarding Ibn Baz.
The questioner : Yes, but I read a treatise on prayer.
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you, May Allah guide you.
The questioner : The matters have become mixed up for you.
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you; what you read from Ibn Baz is not the hadith you are now mistakenly attributing to al-Bukhari, but rather a hadith narrated by al-Nasa'i from al-Walid ibn Hujr.
The questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : Al-Walid ibn Hujr is the one Ibn Baz mentions.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Do not look here, for I may have exposed my private parts; look at my face.
The questioner : O Shaykh, we often hear...
The Shaykh : Listen, my brother—I do not know where this bottle is? It seems there is no other one.
The questioner : Can we get the second one, Shaykh, from the other side?
The Shaykh : No, I am holding it here—anyway, where is our brother?
The questioner : Call for Ghazi; where is Ghazi?
The Shaykh : If Allah wills. The one who is attributed to, and whom Ibn Baz and others cite as evidence, is not the hadith of al-Bukhari.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : We are not free; the imam, the imam is a specialist in this field.
The student : Go to the imam; go to the imam.
The Shaykh : Go to the imam, my brother; this is his job, may Allah reward him with good. The hadith in al-Bukhari is completely different from the hadith of al-Walid ibn Hujr. The hadith of al-Walid ibn Hujr is the one cited as evidence by Ibn Baz and Ibn Uthaymeen.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And in it, it is stated that the Messenger (peace be upon him): "used to place his right hand over his left when he stood in prayer."
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : This is the hadith of al-Walid, and it is not in al-Bukhari.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Did you understand this?
The questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : What is in al-Bukhari is the hadith of Sahl ibn Sa'd al-Sa'idi, who said: "They were ordered to place the right hand over the left in prayer . This hadith is one of our arguments against them now; you are taking an answer.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : To your question, we do not affirm the legitimacy of placing the hands in the second standing for two reasons, and briefly: The first reason is that it is not established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) by a specific, explicit text, as is established for the placement in the first standing.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : This placement in the second standing is not established by an explicit and authentic text; explicit and authentic.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : It does not exist; rather, they argue using general texts, such as the hadith of al-Walid ibn Hujr.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh :Sunan Ibn Majah 862Sahih (Darussalam) .
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : It is not specified.
The questioner : They say it is standing...
The Shaykh : Listen, may Allah guide you, may Allah guide you.
The questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : My brother, you want to say what they say; I am a scholar of what they say and more; listen to what I am telling you.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : I say they argue based on the generality of this text.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh :Sunan Ibn Majah 862Sahih (Darussalam) .
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : It says here "when he stood," meaning after bowing.
The questioner: No.
The Shaykh : Therefore, I tell you there is no explicit text regarding the placement after rising from bowing to the second standing; this text does not exist.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : The hadith of Sahl ibn Sa'd al-Sa'idi is also a general text, general from the beginning of the prayer.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So, for example, when you sit between the two prostrations, do you place them?
The questioner: No.
The Shaykh : But he says "in prayer," so why do you not place them?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Because what the Muslims inherited, generation after generation, is that they do not place them in this sitting; rather, they place them on their thighs.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Similarly, the Muslims followed the practice of their predecessors in not reciting the general formula in the second standing. Therefore, arguing with the generality of the text here is an error.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : This is the summary...
The questioner: O my Shaykh, may Allah bless you.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : So what is your opinion on that, or what is your statement on that, given that al-Bukhari says that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
He used to place his right hand over his left in standing.
كان يضع اليمنى على اليسرى في الوقوفThe Shaykh : No, that is not in al-Bukhari.
The questioner : In the state of standing, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : O Shaykh, this is the hadith you are attributing to al-Bukhari.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : It does not exist in al-Bukhari; you are mistaken.
The questioner : Shaykh Abdul Aziz...
The Shaykh: May Allah guide you.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you; listen to what I am telling you.
The questioner : Please, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : You are making two mistakes.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : One regarding al-Bukhari.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And one regarding Ibn Baz.
The questioner : Yes, but I read a treatise on prayer.
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you, May Allah guide you.
The questioner : The matters have become mixed up for you.
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you; what you read from Ibn Baz is not the hadith you are now mistakenly attributing to al-Bukhari, but rather a hadith narrated by al-Nasa'i from al-Walid ibn Hujr.
The questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : Al-Walid ibn Hujr is the one Ibn Baz mentions.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Do not look here, for I may have exposed my private parts; look at my face.
The questioner : O Shaykh, we often hear...
The Shaykh : Listen, my brother—I do not know where this bottle is? It seems there is no other one.
The questioner : Can we get the second one, Shaykh, from the other side?
The Shaykh : No, I am holding it here—anyway, where is our brother?
The questioner : Call for Ghazi; where is Ghazi?
The Shaykh : If Allah wills. The one who is attributed to, and whom Ibn Baz and others cite as evidence, is not the hadith of al-Bukhari.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : We are not free; the imam, the imam is a specialist in this field.
The student : Go to the imam; go to the imam.
The Shaykh : Go to the imam, my brother; this is his job, may Allah reward him with good. The hadith in al-Bukhari is completely different from the hadith of al-Walid ibn Hujr. The hadith of al-Walid ibn Hujr is the one cited as evidence by Ibn Baz and Ibn Uthaymeen.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And in it, it is stated that the Messenger (peace be upon him): "used to place his right hand over his left when he stood in prayer."
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : This is the hadith of al-Walid, and it is not in al-Bukhari.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Did you understand this?
The questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : What is in al-Bukhari is the hadith of Sahl ibn Sa'd al-Sa'idi, who said: "They were ordered to place the right hand over the left in prayer . This hadith is one of our arguments against them now; you are taking an answer.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : To your question, we do not affirm the legitimacy of placing the hands in the second standing for two reasons, and briefly: The first reason is that it is not established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) by a specific, explicit text, as is established for the placement in the first standing.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : This placement in the second standing is not established by an explicit and authentic text; explicit and authentic.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : It does not exist; rather, they argue using general texts, such as the hadith of al-Walid ibn Hujr.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh :
When he stood up for prayer
كان إذا قام في الصلاةThe questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : It is not specified.
The questioner : They say it is standing...
The Shaykh : Listen, may Allah guide you, may Allah guide you.
The questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : My brother, you want to say what they say; I am a scholar of what they say and more; listen to what I am telling you.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : I say they argue based on the generality of this text.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh :
When he stood up for prayer
كان إذا قام في الصلاةThe questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : It says here "when he stood," meaning after bowing.
The questioner: No.
The Shaykh : Therefore, I tell you there is no explicit text regarding the placement after rising from bowing to the second standing; this text does not exist.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : The hadith of Sahl ibn Sa'd al-Sa'idi is also a general text, general from the beginning of the prayer.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So, for example, when you sit between the two prostrations, do you place them?
The questioner: No.
The Shaykh : But he says "in prayer," so why do you not place them?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Because what the Muslims inherited, generation after generation, is that they do not place them in this sitting; rather, they place them on their thighs.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Similarly, the Muslims followed the practice of their predecessors in not reciting the general formula in the second standing. Therefore, arguing with the generality of the text here is an error.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : This is the summary...
The questioner: O my Shaykh, may Allah bless you.
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