In your book *The Description of the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) Prayer*, you cited a hadith regarding prostration:
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The questioner : Another question, O honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : The description of your prayer, the book *Sarihah* which I read and benefited greatly from, but O honorable Shaykh, when I passed through the chapter "Going down to prostration on the hands," you cited on page one hundred and forty-two of the last edition the hadith: You stated in the footnote that it was narrated by al-Bukhari and Abu Dawud.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: This is found in Abu Dawud, of course.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: Except that you graded this weak in "Da'if Abu Dawud" on page seventy. I searched for it in *Da'if Abu Dawud* on page seventy and found that you had graded the hadith weak, whereas you mentioned it in *The Description of the Prophet’s Prayer* as authentic.
The Shaykh: What is the hadith that we graded weak?
The questioner: Yes, the hadith that you mentioned in *The Description of the Prophet’s Prayer*.
The Shaykh : What is it?
The questioner: The hadith: "with the fronts of his feet," "he would also place his knees and the tips of his feet, and face the qiblah with the fronts of his feet." You stated in the footnote: narrated by al-Bukhari and Abu Dawud. The phrase: was narrated by Abu Dawud, but in *Da'if Abu Dawud* you clarified that this addition "with the fronts of his feet" is weak. So, I want to know now.
The Shaykh: Okay, is "with the tips of his toes facing the qiblah" authentic for you?
The questioner : Yes, correct.
The Shaykh: Correct.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: How can one face the qiblah with the toes? What would the fronts of the feet be?
The questioner: No, I want to know about the fronts of the feet.
The Shaykh: Answer the question, may Allah guide you.
The questioner: Okay, please, O honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh: I am taking the floor, I have already taken the floor, why did you not answer?
The questioner: What is the question?
The Shaykh: May Allah guide you, you are the one of you who is skilled at criticizing.
The questioner: No, I am not criticizing, this is not criticism, this is merely.
The Shaykh: Why did you not answer the question?
The questioner: Okay, what is the question?
The Shaykh: I am telling you, why do you make me repeat the question?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh: The question is: the authentic narration is: "with the tips of their toes facing the qiblah."
The questioner: This is authentic in al-Bukhari.
The Shaykh: Okay, how is it possible to face the qiblah with the toes of the feet? Where would the fronts of the feet be in this case?
The questioner: We are, of course, not in disagreement about the hadith, but your grading it weak in *Da'if Abu Dawud*.
The Shaykh: My brother, it was graded weak because the supporting evidence that comes after it was not noticed in it.
The questioner: Okay, why did you not authenticate it in *Da'if Abu Dawud*?
The Shaykh: What Allah wills, why? Because a person does not encompass all knowledge.
The questioner: Okay, pay attention to that, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good.
The questioner: So, are you admitting to this?
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner: Admitting to this contradiction.
The Shaykh: And you want me to admit to the contradiction?
The questioner : No...
The Shaykh: And you, may Allah guide you, you say you are just a questioner.
The questioner: Yes, a questioner, and at the same time I want to know the truth.
The Shaykh: The truth: I have given you the answer now, and it is that "with the tips of their toes facing the qiblah" is not possible except by directing the fronts of the feet.
The questioner: Yes, this is correct.
The Shaykh : The matter is finished.
The questioner: Your words are correct, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : The matter is finished.
The questioner: The matter is finished, but okay, the other hadith.
The Shaykh: May Allah guide you.
The questioner: The hadith of 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz.
The Shaykh: May Allah guide you, I told you earlier, may Allah guide you, tomorrow I will give you the answer.
The questioner : That is it.
The Shaykh: Peace be upon you.
The questioner: Tomorrow, if Allah wills, after 'Isha'?
The Shaykh: Peace be upon you.
The questioner: Tomorrow after 'Isha?
The Shaykh: Peace be upon you.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh: Allah is the Greatest!
The student: Yemeni.
The Shaykh: Yemeni, yes, I know.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : The description of your prayer, the book *Sarihah* which I read and benefited greatly from, but O honorable Shaykh, when I passed through the chapter "Going down to prostration on the hands," you cited on page one hundred and forty-two of the last edition the hadith:
He would also place his knees and the tips of his feet, and face the qiblah with the fronts of his feet and the tips of his toes
كان يمكِّن - أيضًا - ركبتين وأطراف قدميه ، ويستقبل بصدور قدميه وبأطراف أصابعهما القبلةThe Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner:
with the fronts of his feet
فبصدور قدميهThe Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: Except that you graded this weak in "Da'if Abu Dawud" on page seventy. I searched for it in *Da'if Abu Dawud* on page seventy and found that you had graded the hadith weak, whereas you mentioned it in *The Description of the Prophet’s Prayer* as authentic.
The Shaykh: What is the hadith that we graded weak?
The questioner: Yes, the hadith that you mentioned in *The Description of the Prophet’s Prayer*.
The Shaykh : What is it?
The questioner: The hadith: "with the fronts of his feet," "he would also place his knees and the tips of his feet, and face the qiblah with the fronts of his feet." You stated in the footnote: narrated by al-Bukhari and Abu Dawud. The phrase:
the fronts of his feet
صدور قدميهThe Shaykh: Okay, is "with the tips of his toes facing the qiblah" authentic for you?
The questioner : Yes, correct.
The Shaykh: Correct.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: How can one face the qiblah with the toes? What would the fronts of the feet be?
The questioner: No, I want to know about the fronts of the feet.
The Shaykh: Answer the question, may Allah guide you.
The questioner: Okay, please, O honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh: I am taking the floor, I have already taken the floor, why did you not answer?
The questioner: What is the question?
The Shaykh: May Allah guide you, you are the one of you who is skilled at criticizing.
The questioner: No, I am not criticizing, this is not criticism, this is merely.
The Shaykh: Why did you not answer the question?
The questioner: Okay, what is the question?
The Shaykh: I am telling you, why do you make me repeat the question?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh: The question is: the authentic narration is: "with the tips of their toes facing the qiblah."
The questioner: This is authentic in al-Bukhari.
The Shaykh: Okay, how is it possible to face the qiblah with the toes of the feet? Where would the fronts of the feet be in this case?
The questioner: We are, of course, not in disagreement about the hadith, but your grading it weak in *Da'if Abu Dawud*.
The Shaykh: My brother, it was graded weak because the supporting evidence that comes after it was not noticed in it
with the tips of their toes facing the qiblah
بأطراف أصابعهما القبلةThe questioner: Okay, why did you not authenticate it in *Da'if Abu Dawud*?
The Shaykh: What Allah wills, why? Because a person does not encompass all knowledge.
The questioner: Okay, pay attention to that, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good.
The questioner: So, are you admitting to this?
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner: Admitting to this contradiction.
The Shaykh: And you want me to admit to the contradiction?
The questioner : No...
The Shaykh: And you, may Allah guide you, you say you are just a questioner.
The questioner: Yes, a questioner, and at the same time I want to know the truth.
The Shaykh: The truth: I have given you the answer now, and it is that "with the tips of their toes facing the qiblah" is not possible except by directing the fronts of the feet.
The questioner: Yes, this is correct.
The Shaykh : The matter is finished.
The questioner: Your words are correct, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : The matter is finished.
The questioner: The matter is finished, but okay, the other hadith.
The Shaykh: May Allah guide you.
The questioner: The hadith of 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz.
The Shaykh: May Allah guide you, I told you earlier, may Allah guide you, tomorrow I will give you the answer.
The questioner : That is it.
The Shaykh: Peace be upon you.
The questioner: Tomorrow, if Allah wills, after 'Isha'?
The Shaykh: Peace be upon you.
The questioner: Tomorrow after 'Isha?
The Shaykh: Peace be upon you.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh: Allah is the Greatest!
The student: Yemeni.
The Shaykh: Yemeni, yes, I know.
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