You mentioned in your book *The Description of the Prophet's Prayer* that joining the hands after bowing is a religious innovation, and some scholars commented on this issue.
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The questioner: Okay, another question, excuse me.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: Regarding joining the hands after bowing, I read in your book *The Description of the Prophet's Prayer* that Shaykh al-Tuwajiri commented on this issue, and later I read Shaykh your father, Ibn Baz (may Allah have mercy on him), on this issue as well. One of the trustworthy people told me that something happened regarding your retraction, meaning that it is a misguided innovation. Is the matter still the same?
The Shaykh: The one who told you is not trustworthy.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: How? Yes, you said he was trustworthy.
The questioner: Trustworthy, trustworthy, meaning he is not.
The Shaykh: I say he is not trustworthy.
The questioner: Huh, why?
The Shaykh: Because nothing new has occurred. I am still of my previous opinion that this joining of the hands is a religious innovation and has no basis in the Sunnah.
The questioner: So you are still of your opinion.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: Ah, then I withdraw his trustworthiness.
The Shaykh: Who is this trustworthy person who claimed that I retracted?
The questioner: He came from Aden, meaning.
The Shaykh: May Allah correct him. Tell him that, first, I am still of the opinion I held when I wrote this about twenty years ago.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: And with each day that passes, I become more certain that this joining of the hands has no basis in the Sunnah.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: Regarding joining the hands after bowing, I read in your book *The Description of the Prophet's Prayer* that Shaykh al-Tuwajiri commented on this issue, and later I read Shaykh your father, Ibn Baz (may Allah have mercy on him), on this issue as well. One of the trustworthy people told me that something happened regarding your retraction, meaning that it is a misguided innovation. Is the matter still the same?
The Shaykh: The one who told you is not trustworthy.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: How? Yes, you said he was trustworthy.
The questioner: Trustworthy, trustworthy, meaning he is not.
The Shaykh: I say he is not trustworthy.
The questioner: Huh, why?
The Shaykh: Because nothing new has occurred. I am still of my previous opinion that this joining of the hands is a religious innovation and has no basis in the Sunnah.
The questioner: So you are still of your opinion.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: Ah, then I withdraw his trustworthiness.
The Shaykh: Who is this trustworthy person who claimed that I retracted?
The questioner: He came from Aden, meaning.
The Shaykh: May Allah correct him. Tell him that, first, I am still of the opinion I held when I wrote this about twenty years ago.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: And with each day that passes, I become more certain that this joining of the hands has no basis in the Sunnah.
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