What is meant by iqa' and the devil's heel?
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The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : One places his feet upright and sits on his heels. This is the view of Imam Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him) and the Shafi'i school, which holds that one spreads his leg like this and sits on his heels... The explanation will come with this.
The questioner : Just as those who wear trousers do.
The Shaykh : And I do not know, trousers, yes...
The questioner : This is a problem...
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : ...this sitting position
The Shaykh : Glory be to Allah.
The questioner : Like this, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : No, no, no. You sit in a normal position, but you place your feet upright and sit on your heels, meaning as if you are sitting cross-legged. Instead of spreading your left leg and placing your right leg upright, keep them all upright under you. Place them all upright, then sit...
The questioner : Is this the iqa' that is prohibited, or what?
The Shaykh : This is the iqa' that is prohibited according to Imam Ahmad and the Shafi'is. The iqa' intended here by "the devil's heel" is when you slide your feet on the ground like this, so that the right heel and the left heel are touching, and you sit on your heels.
The questioner : Is the devil's heel itself, O Shaykh, the iqa'?
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : Is the devil's heel the iqa'?
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : Is the devil's heel...
The Shaykh : Yes, yes, it is the iqa'. No, it is not the iqa'. It is other than the iqa'. The iqa' is like the iqa' of a dog, where it sits on its thighs and places its lower legs upright like this, here.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : We will explain, if Allah wills... in this lesson, yes.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : One places his feet upright and sits on his heels. This is the view of Imam Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him) and the Shafi'i school, which holds that one spreads his leg like this and sits on his heels... The explanation will come with this.
The questioner : Just as those who wear trousers do.
The Shaykh : And I do not know, trousers, yes...
The questioner : This is a problem...
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : ...this sitting position
The Shaykh : Glory be to Allah.
The questioner : Like this, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : No, no, no. You sit in a normal position, but you place your feet upright and sit on your heels, meaning as if you are sitting cross-legged. Instead of spreading your left leg and placing your right leg upright, keep them all upright under you. Place them all upright, then sit...
The questioner : Is this the iqa' that is prohibited, or what?
The Shaykh : This is the iqa' that is prohibited according to Imam Ahmad and the Shafi'is. The iqa' intended here by "the devil's heel" is when you slide your feet on the ground like this, so that the right heel and the left heel are touching, and you sit on your heels.
The questioner : Is the devil's heel itself, O Shaykh, the iqa'?
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : Is the devil's heel the iqa'?
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : Is the devil's heel...
The Shaykh : Yes, yes, it is the iqa'. No, it is not the iqa'. It is other than the iqa'. The iqa' is like the iqa' of a dog, where it sits on its thighs and places its lower legs upright like this, here.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : We will explain, if Allah wills... in this lesson, yes.