Did the Shari'ah prescribe placing the right hand over the left in the second standing that follows the bowing?
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The questioner : May Allah bless you. I need the Shari'ah evidence regarding letting the garment hang below the ankles in the standing, meaning...
The Shaykh : Letting the garment hang below the ankles in the standing.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : I think you intended something else and made a mistake. Letting the garment hang below the ankles in the standing: do you mean the first standing or the second?
The questioner : After bowing.
The Shaykh : See, that is why the one who said "I intended one thing but said another" was right.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Do you mean by your question: Did the Shari'ah prescribe placing the right hand over the left in the second standing that follows the bowing? The answer is no; this has no basis, and rather...
The student : Grasping the hands.
The Shaykh : It is the folding of the hands. May Allah guide us and you.
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : And it was only prescribed in the first standing.
The questioner : The first standing.
The Shaykh : The first standing only.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : As for the other standing, the second one, which is after raising the head from the bowing, this has no basis.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And the original practice is letting the hands hang down. The original practice is letting the hands hang down.
The questioner : Meaning, for the hands.
The Shaykh : Yes. Even if it had not come from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) through authentic chains that he placed his right hand over his left in the first standing, we would have let our hands hang down.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : We would have let our hands hang down.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : But authentic hadiths came regarding placing the hands in this first standing, so we placed them. And not a single authentic hadith came regarding the second standing, so we let them hang down, meaning we returned to the original practice.
The questioner : And the hadith of Wail ibn Hujr.
The student : ... .
The Shaykh : The hadith of Wail ibn Hujr. May Allah guide us and you. It came regarding the first standing. And the hadith that some of the scholars of Najd today cite as evidence...
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah and His blessings. It is.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : This is a brief, truncated hadith from the long, detailed hadith of Wail, which is in "Sahih Muslim." There it says that the Messenger (peace be upon him):.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : .
The Shaykh ولما قرأ وَلَا الضَّالِّينَ ، قال : آمين ثم ركع ورفع يديه ، ثم قام ورفع يديه كما فعل من قبل ثم سجد And when he recited "and not the astray," he said: Ameen. Then he bowed and raised his hands, then he stood up and raised his hands as he had done before, then he prostrated. So he did not mention here...
The student : It did not specify.
The Shaykh : He did not mention the standing after raising the head from the bowing, but rather he mentioned...
The Shaykh : Letting the garment hang below the ankles in the standing.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : I think you intended something else and made a mistake. Letting the garment hang below the ankles in the standing: do you mean the first standing or the second?
The questioner : After bowing.
The Shaykh : See, that is why the one who said "I intended one thing but said another" was right.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Do you mean by your question: Did the Shari'ah prescribe placing the right hand over the left in the second standing that follows the bowing? The answer is no; this has no basis, and rather...
The student : Grasping the hands.
The Shaykh : It is the folding of the hands. May Allah guide us and you.
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : And it was only prescribed in the first standing.
The questioner : The first standing.
The Shaykh : The first standing only.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : As for the other standing, the second one, which is after raising the head from the bowing, this has no basis.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And the original practice is letting the hands hang down. The original practice is letting the hands hang down.
The questioner : Meaning, for the hands.
The Shaykh : Yes. Even if it had not come from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) through authentic chains that he placed his right hand over his left in the first standing, we would have let our hands hang down.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : We would have let our hands hang down.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : But authentic hadiths came regarding placing the hands in this first standing, so we placed them. And not a single authentic hadith came regarding the second standing, so we let them hang down, meaning we returned to the original practice.
The questioner : And the hadith of Wail ibn Hujr.
The student : ... .
The Shaykh : The hadith of Wail ibn Hujr. May Allah guide us and you. It came regarding the first standing. And the hadith that some of the scholars of Najd today cite as evidence...
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah and His blessings. It is
When he stood up in prayer, he would place his right hand over his left.
كان إذا قام في الصلاة وضع اليمنى على اليسرىThe questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : This is a brief, truncated hadith from the long, detailed hadith of Wail, which is in "Sahih Muslim." There it says that the Messenger (peace be upon him):
When he began the prayer, he raised his hands and said Allahu Akbar, then he recited.
لما افتتح الصلاة رفع يديه وكبَرَّ ثم قرأThe questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh :
Then he recited.
ثم قرأThe Shaykh ولما قرأ وَلَا الضَّالِّينَ ، قال : آمين ثم ركع ورفع يديه ، ثم قام ورفع يديه كما فعل من قبل ثم سجد And when he recited "and not the astray," he said: Ameen. Then he bowed and raised his hands, then he stood up and raised his hands as he had done before, then he prostrated. So he did not mention here...
The student : It did not specify.
The Shaykh : He did not mention the standing after raising the head from the bowing, but rather he mentioned...
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