How is placing the hands on the hips performed in prayer?
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The questioner : Placing the hands on the hips in prayer?
The Shaykh : I don't know what placing the hands on the hips in prayer is. If you have ever seen some of the dancers on television put their hands on their hips, one on the right and one on the left, and twist like a snake in front of people, have you seen that in your time?
The questioner : Yes, I have seen it.
The Shaykh : That is placing the hands on the hips. It is not necessary to twist like the dancer; the important thing is that instead of placing the right hand over the left hand on the chest, he places the right hand on his right hip and the left hand on his left hip, as the dancer does, but the dancer twists and turns and so on. This is the abbreviation or placing the hands on the hips in prayer. Is that clear?
The questioner : Clear, my Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Some people who have no knowledge interpret this hadith in a way that contradicts the Sunnah, taking the right and left hands under the hip. This is a mistake. Do you have anything else?
The Shaykh : I don't know what placing the hands on the hips in prayer is. If you have ever seen some of the dancers on television put their hands on their hips, one on the right and one on the left, and twist like a snake in front of people, have you seen that in your time?
The questioner : Yes, I have seen it.
The Shaykh : That is placing the hands on the hips. It is not necessary to twist like the dancer; the important thing is that instead of placing the right hand over the left hand on the chest, he places the right hand on his right hip and the left hand on his left hip, as the dancer does, but the dancer twists and turns and so on. This is the abbreviation or placing the hands on the hips in prayer. Is that clear?
The questioner : Clear, my Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Some people who have no knowledge interpret this hadith in a way that contradicts the Sunnah, taking the right and left hands under the hip. This is a mistake. Do you have anything else?
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