What is the ruling on placing the hand on the hand after rising from bowing?

The questioner : Shaykh, if you please, regarding placing the hand on the hand after bowing.

The Shaykh : It has no basis.

The questioner : It has no basis.

The Shaykh : No.

The questioner : Well, I had read more than one paper, the last of which stated that placing the hand on the hand in bowing is not prescribed. They said that al-Bukhari.

The Shaykh : Do not say what they said, do not say what they said, that is, stop with the hearsay.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : But say what you are convinced of and what brings peace to your heart. If it is something of this sort, throw it out so that we can look into it.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : As for saying "they said, they said, they said," this is a door that does not end.

The questioner : But they argue with the hadith of Wa'il.

The Shaykh : Do not say "they argue," may Allah guide you. Say what is in your heart, because I do not want to respond to Zayd and Bakr; I want to answer you.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : As for if you are convinced by what we say, that this has no basis in the Sunnah and that there is no hadith, absolutely, that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would clasp his hands after he raised his head from bowing.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : So if you are convinced of this, then Allah is sufficient for the believers in battle. But if you are not convinced and you have evidence, or at least you suspect it is evidence, then bring it, and do not say "so-and-so said."

The questioner : Okay, the hadith of Wa'il ibn Hujr.

The Shaykh : Yes.

The questioner : The hadith of Wa'il ibn Hujr, that it is from a narration.

The Shaykh: What is in it?

The questioner : Of his son's narration.

The Shaykh : Listen, my brother, may Allah guide you.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : The best speech is what is brief and instructive.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : Does it contain that the Messenger (peace be upon him) would clasp his hands after bowing?

The questioner : That is what they said.

The Shaykh : Halimah has returned to her old habit, heh heh.

The questioner : After that, Shaykh, meaning, it has been about 8 years now, and I place [my hands], and as usual, the majority of the brothers in Egypt.

The Shaykh : May Allah bless you.

The questioner : We need.

The Shaykh : But I want to teach you.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : The method of knowledge.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : And the method of research.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : And being convinced of the truth and correctness in what people differ on.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : And not from this path where you say "they said," because we will say "we said," and I do not want this style. Hey, the hadith of Wa'il does not contain this. I have given you the answer in the briefest and most explicit phrase: there is no hadith from the Messenger (peace be upon him).

The questioner : (peace and blessings be upon him).

The Shaykh : That he would place his hands on his chest after he raised his head from bowing. There is no such thing. If the hadith of Wa'il that you are referring to contains something of this, then you are mistaken. And if it does not contain anything, as we believe, then Allah is sufficient for the believers in battle.