What is the ruling on raising the hands in the takbirs of the funeral prayer and standing when it passes by?
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The questioner : What is the stronger position regarding standing for the funeral, praying over it, and raising the hands over the funeral during the takbir, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Yes, the stronger position in these two matters is that when a funeral passes by a person, he stands for it.
The questioner : ... standing
The Shaykh : That when it passes by him, he stands for it, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded it and also did it himself, but after this, he did not continue standing; he stood and then sat down.
The reconciliation between his doing it and leaving it is that his sitting was to make clear that standing is not obligatory.
As for raising the hands in the takbir of the funeral prayer, the correct view is that it is done in every takbir, because it is authentically reported from Ibn 'Umar as a mawquf report, and it was also narrated from him as a marfu' report, and a group of scholars have authenticated its elevation.
So the correct view is that the hands are raised in every takbir.
The questioner : Oh Shaykh...
The Shaykh : We prohibit commentary.
The Shaykh : Yes, the stronger position in these two matters is that when a funeral passes by a person, he stands for it.
The questioner : ... standing
The Shaykh : That when it passes by him, he stands for it, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded it and also did it himself, but after this, he did not continue standing; he stood and then sat down.
The reconciliation between his doing it and leaving it is that his sitting was to make clear that standing is not obligatory.
As for raising the hands in the takbir of the funeral prayer, the correct view is that it is done in every takbir, because it is authentically reported from Ibn 'Umar as a mawquf report, and it was also narrated from him as a marfu' report, and a group of scholars have authenticated its elevation.
So the correct view is that the hands are raised in every takbir.
The questioner : Oh Shaykh...
The Shaykh : We prohibit commentary.