What is the ruling on placing the hands on the chest after rising from bowing?
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The questioner : What is the ruling on placing the hands on the chest after rising from bowing?
The Shaykh : Placing the hands on the chest is a recommended practice (sunnah), whether that is before bowing or after it. The evidence for this is what al-Bukhari narrated in his Sahih from Sahl ibn Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him), who said:Sahih al-Bukhari 740.
This hadith is general, and the generality lies in the phrase:. From this, prostration is excluded because the hands are placed on the ground, bowing is excluded because the hands are on the knees, and sitting is excluded because the hands are on the thighs. Thus, what remains is standing, both before bowing and after bowing.
And from Imam Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him) is the view that a person has a choice in placing his hands after bowing: if he wishes, he lets them hang down, and if he wishes, he places his right hand over his left.
The questioner : May Allah bless you.
The Shaykh : Placing the hands on the chest is a recommended practice (sunnah), whether that is before bowing or after it. The evidence for this is what al-Bukhari narrated in his Sahih from Sahl ibn Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him), who said:
The people were ordered to place the right hand on the left forearm in the prayer.
كان الناس يؤمرون أن يضع الرجل يده اليمنى على ذراعه اليسرى في الصلاةThis hadith is general, and the generality lies in the phrase:
in the prayer
في الصلاةAnd from Imam Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him) is the view that a person has a choice in placing his hands after bowing: if he wishes, he lets them hang down, and if he wishes, he places his right hand over his left.
The questioner : May Allah bless you.