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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Placing the right hand over the left after rising from bowing

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The Shaykh : And he places his right hand over his left forearm on his chest, just as he did before bowing. The evidence for this is what al-Bukhari narrated 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 الصلاة
Sahih al-Bukhari 740
The indication from the hadith is that he said:
to place the right hand on the left forearm in the prayer يضع الرجل يده اليمنى على ذراعه اليسرى في الصلاة
Sahih al-Bukhari 740
This includes the entire prayer, except for what the Sunnah indicates as an exception. So let us look now: Bowing is an exception, why? Because the hands are on the knees. Prostration is an exception, the hands are on the ground. Sitting is an exception, because the hands are on the thighs. What remains is the standing before bowing and the standing after it, which falls under the general rule.
Source alathar.net

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