What is your opinion on the choice of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah; standing up for prostration of recitation?
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The questioner : The position of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah is established on this point: the best thing for a person is to stand up?
The Shaykh : We are not Taymiyyis. If we were content to be Taymiyyis, we would have remained Hanafis. We say to Ibn Taymiyyah what we say to Abu Hanifah and others: Bring your evidence! Is there evidence? You are being asked now: Did you know of any evidence from him?
The questioner : No, no, I did not know.
The questioner : Is there evidence?[Sad 38:24], and he said: This means, from the perspective of... and the humility would be greater. If a person stands up and then prostrates, this is more complete in humility.
The Shaykh : Arguing with this verse is not clear at all; because a question arises now: When he fell prostrating, was he sitting or standing? So if he proved that he was sitting, then he stood up and fell prostrating; in that case, it is possible to argue with it, and without that, it is like spinning hemp!
The Shaykh : We are not Taymiyyis. If we were content to be Taymiyyis, we would have remained Hanafis. We say to Ibn Taymiyyah what we say to Abu Hanifah and others: Bring your evidence! Is there evidence? You are being asked now: Did you know of any evidence from him?
The questioner : No, no, I did not know.
The questioner : Is there evidence?
[David] said, "He has certainly wronged you in demanding your ewe [in addition] to his ewes. And indeed, many associates oppress one another, except for those who believe and do righteous deeds - and few are they." And David became certain that We had tried him, and he asked forgiveness of his Lord and fell down bowing [in prostration] and turned in repentance [to Allah].
وَخَرَّ رَاكِعًا وَأَنَابَThe Shaykh : Arguing with this verse is not clear at all; because a question arises now: When he fell prostrating, was he sitting or standing? So if he proved that he was sitting, then he stood up and fell prostrating; in that case, it is possible to argue with it, and without that, it is like spinning hemp!
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