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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is turning to face the worshippers after the imam finishes the prayer a recommended practice?

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The questioner : I have been doing this for two and a half years, and I want to ask: Is this a delay... after turning from the prayer... I did not turn, meaning to the ma'mum (one praying behind the imam) after finishing the prayer. So, is this turning a recommended practice?

The Shaykh : What do you mean by turning?

The questioner : I mean that he turns around and faces the ma'mum, as all the imams do now, meaning.

The Shaykh : Do you mean that I sit down and face the ma'mum?

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : Is that what you mean?

The questioner : No, after the taslim (closing salam).

The Shaykh : It is not turning in general, because I did turn.

The questioner : Yes, yes.

The Shaykh : Do you mean sitting?
The student : Turning around, yes, turning around.

The Shaykh : Not turning around, because I did turn around. Do you mean sitting, my brother?
The student: Yes.

The Shaykh : Sitting while facing those who are sitting.
The student: Yes.

The Shaykh : Yes, this is part of the Sunnah. In the sense that if he sits, he should not continue facing the qiblah except for the amount of time required to remain in the sitting position he was in. So, when he finishes that and sits, he must, in this case, following the Sunnah, face those who are sitting. However, if he stands up, it is not said here, "Why did he not sit?" But if he sits, he is between two things: either he continues facing the qiblah with his back to the people, or he turns his back to the qiblah and faces the people. If he sits, he must face them. This is your question, but I did not sit.
The student: All right.

The Shaykh : Be patient, but perhaps you can say, "I sat." Yes, I recite the ten takbirs (saying Allahu Akbar) because the hadith regarding the ten takbirs was recently established for me. The hadith we had previously considered weak due to the narrator who says, "without folding his legs," was then established for me through corroborating narrations and supporting chains. So, from that day, I committed to sitting for the ten takbirs in the Maghrib prayer, just as I do in the prayer itself, meaning in the Maghrib and Fajr prayers. When I finish that and it seems to me that I should leave, I leave. If it seems to me that I should sit, I sit facing the people.
The student : "Without folding his legs" is weak.

The Shaykh : We need to finish with your brother. You are saying he is in a hurry and wants to go. Finish it.
The student : That is it.

The Shaykh: All right, go ahead.
Source www.al-albany.com

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