(In every gesture in the prayer, ten good deeds are recorded for him; in each finger, one good deed is recorded.) Some scholars categorize this under raising the hands in prayer, and some categorize it under
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The questioner : What is narrated as marfu' and mawquf from 'Uqbah, which is that in every gesture there are ten good deeds, stopped for us in al-Tabarani's al-Mu'jam al-Kabir on a sound or good chain as a mawquf report from his statement. But I saw that my teacher's categorization by the scholars differs in reality. Some scholars categorize it under raising the hands in prayer, and some scholars—and I have not seen anyone else except the author of "Kanz al-'Umal"—categorize it under gesturing with the finger. What is your opinion, my teacher?
The Shaykh : I seem to have been inclined toward this second one, but you have reminded me of its text now.
The questioner : These things I have found are musnad, but al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar in "al-Talkhis" and Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal in the Masail of Abdullah at his place have commented on them as a comment without a chain. But I have not found a chain for the marfu' report that I have?
The Shaykh : As for those that have chains, they are in the wording "whoever gestures."
The questioner : Yes, in every gesture there is a good deed, good deeds. These are the ones that have chains, or ten good deeds are recorded for him in every gesture.
The Shaykh : And by Allah, what appears to me from the wording "every" is that the original is raising the hands because it is repeated. But there is no objection to making the wording broader than this so that it includes gesturing to the tashahhud as well, by the common factor that it is a gesture.
In that case, it combines the two statements and the disagreement disappears. This is my opinion, and Allah knows best.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good, my teacher. This was the opinion in my mind, but I wanted to hear it from your mouth, O our Shaykh. May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : I seem to have been inclined toward this second one, but you have reminded me of its text now.
The questioner :
In every gesture in the prayer, ten good deeds are recorded for him; in each finger, one good deed is recorded
في كل إشارة في الصلاة عشر حسنات ، يكتب له في كل أصبعٍ حسنةWhoever raises his hands in the prayer, for him in every gesture are ten good deeds
من رفع يديه في الصلاة فله في كل إشارة عشر حسناتThe Shaykh : As for those that have chains, they are in the wording "whoever gestures."
The questioner : Yes, in every gesture there is a good deed, good deeds. These are the ones that have chains, or ten good deeds are recorded for him in every gesture.
The Shaykh : And by Allah, what appears to me from the wording "every" is that the original is raising the hands because it is repeated. But there is no objection to making the wording broader than this so that it includes gesturing to the tashahhud as well, by the common factor that it is a gesture.
In that case, it combines the two statements and the disagreement disappears. This is my opinion, and Allah knows best.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good, my teacher. This was the opinion in my mind, but I wanted to hear it from your mouth, O our Shaykh. May Allah reward you with good.