Did it come from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he placed his hands on his chest after rising from the bowing?
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The Shaykh : ... and it gathered me, but I am asking you because you are the one...The questioner : Regarding these two phrases; I want to bring you something closer to something else. Do you know that they used to place their hands after raising the head from the bowing before this era?
The questioner : I do not know.
The Shaykh : This is the answer. You must learn the question and the answer. Do you know that they used to place their hands in the first standing?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So, what does your "yes" here and your "I do not know" there mean?
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Good. Your answer to the second question, which is: Do you know that the Muslims used to, and still do, place their hands in the first standing? You said yes. And I asked you before this: Do you know that they used to place them in the second standing after the bowing? You said I do not know. What is the result of your saying "I know" here and "I do not know" there? The result is that placing the hands after rising from the bowing is a recommended practice?
The questioner : The summary of the matter is that it is not a recommended practice.
The Shaykh : This is what I want from you. My purpose is that events have occurred in this time, and we do not look to this time; we look to the past times. In the past times, for example, the Muslims did not know about uncovering the head and walking in the streets, but today this is known. So, we deny this uncovering because it was not among the actions of the Muslims. Likewise, anything that happens in this era, if it is not a revival of an explicit past recommended practice, we reject it no matter who practices it.
The questioner : Have we finished with the answer, Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Yes, we are finished.
The questioner : My question is about the call to prayer...
The Shaykh : How? I tell you that what we know in the books of Islamic jurisprudence from the past time is this turning of the head in the two instances like this, and in the two instances like this. This is what we know. And this is a new thing: "Hasten to prayer, hasten to prayer, hasten to success, hasten to success." This was not the case in the past time.
The questioner : I do not know.
The Shaykh : This is the answer. You must learn the question and the answer. Do you know that they used to place their hands in the first standing?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So, what does your "yes" here and your "I do not know" there mean?
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Good. Your answer to the second question, which is: Do you know that the Muslims used to, and still do, place their hands in the first standing? You said yes. And I asked you before this: Do you know that they used to place them in the second standing after the bowing? You said I do not know. What is the result of your saying "I know" here and "I do not know" there? The result is that placing the hands after rising from the bowing is a recommended practice?
The questioner : The summary of the matter is that it is not a recommended practice.
The Shaykh : This is what I want from you. My purpose is that events have occurred in this time, and we do not look to this time; we look to the past times. In the past times, for example, the Muslims did not know about uncovering the head and walking in the streets, but today this is known. So, we deny this uncovering because it was not among the actions of the Muslims. Likewise, anything that happens in this era, if it is not a revival of an explicit past recommended practice, we reject it no matter who practices it.
The questioner : Have we finished with the answer, Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Yes, we are finished.
The questioner : My question is about the call to prayer...
The Shaykh : How? I tell you that what we know in the books of Islamic jurisprudence from the past time is this turning of the head in the two instances like this, and in the two instances like this. This is what we know. And this is a new thing: "Hasten to prayer, hasten to prayer, hasten to success, hasten to success." This was not the case in the past time.
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