When rising from the first tashahhud, when does a person raise his hands?
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The Shaykh : I also have a question about this. When rising from the first tashahhud, when does a person raise his hands? Is it when he stands up, or when he intends to stand up?
The questioner : When he stands up.
The Shaykh : When he stands up, yes. I have seen some people raise their hands while still sitting before they stand up, and there is no doubt that this is a mistake in understanding. The wording of the hadith is and in some versions it is . As for while he is sitting, if the wording of the hadith had been , there would have been a possibility that he raises his hands while sitting. But since it says "when he stands up" or "when he is standing up," it is clear that the raising does not occur except from the standing up, after he has fully completed standing. Therefore, I urge our brothers, the students of knowledge, especially those who like to hold fast to the hadiths, to reflect on the hadith before ruling based on it. Most of the time, people err, as Imam Ahmad said: "Either in defective understanding or in invalid analogy". This is what mostly happens: either defective understanding or invalid analogy. So a student of knowledge must either follow a scholar he trusts from among the scholars who preceded him in knowledge, or he must verify the issue. It is not enough for something to just occur to his mind for him to act on it.
So what is the benefit of teaching? What is the benefit of sitting with the scholars? You rely on yourself and you blunder and you mess up... This is not correct. A person must have understanding. If he sees people acting contrary to his understanding, he should not accuse people of being wrong based on his opinion, but rather he should suspect his own opinion in light of the people's practice and ask: "I understood from the hadith such and such, but the people are doing such and such, why?" This is so that the correct path is clarified to him. This is what I hope for my brothers, the students of knowledge, that they pay attention to this issue. And let them know that no matter how great a person's knowledge is, or how extensive his knowledge of hadith, it does not mean that what he says regarding the jurisprudence of hadith is correct. Many hadith scholars who have prominent knowledge, by which they distinguished themselves from others, have made major errors in jurisprudential matters. So there is a distinction. Yes, knowledge of hadith is one thing, and knowledge of jurisprudence is another. Therefore, it is necessary to point this out. Yes.
The questioner : Some contemporary scholars graded it as authentic.
The Shaykh : And he?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : If it were authentic, it would not contradict [the ruling]. Regarding rising from the first tashahhud, it is authentic in al-Bukhari from the hadith of Ibn 'Umar regarding rising from the tashahhud. But is it "when he rises" or "when he stands up"? This is the point of discussion. However, the fact that the raising of hands occurs is undoubtedly established. The raising of hands occurs in four places: at the takbir of ihram, at the ruku', when rising from it, and when rising from the first tashahhud.
The questioner : When he stands up.
The Shaykh : When he stands up, yes. I have seen some people raise their hands while still sitting before they stand up, and there is no doubt that this is a mistake in understanding. The wording of the hadith is
When he stands up
حين يقومWhen he stands up
إذا قامWhen he rises
حين ينهضSo what is the benefit of teaching? What is the benefit of sitting with the scholars? You rely on yourself and you blunder and you mess up... This is not correct. A person must have understanding. If he sees people acting contrary to his understanding, he should not accuse people of being wrong based on his opinion, but rather he should suspect his own opinion in light of the people's practice and ask: "I understood from the hadith such and such, but the people are doing such and such, why?" This is so that the correct path is clarified to him. This is what I hope for my brothers, the students of knowledge, that they pay attention to this issue. And let them know that no matter how great a person's knowledge is, or how extensive his knowledge of hadith, it does not mean that what he says regarding the jurisprudence of hadith is correct. Many hadith scholars who have prominent knowledge, by which they distinguished themselves from others, have made major errors in jurisprudential matters. So there is a distinction. Yes, knowledge of hadith is one thing, and knowledge of jurisprudence is another. Therefore, it is necessary to point this out. Yes.
The questioner : Some contemporary scholars graded it as authentic.
The Shaykh : And he?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : If it were authentic, it would not contradict [the ruling]. Regarding rising from the first tashahhud, it is authentic in al-Bukhari from the hadith of Ibn 'Umar regarding rising from the tashahhud. But is it "when he rises" or "when he stands up"? This is the point of discussion. However, the fact that the raising of hands occurs is undoubtedly established. The raising of hands occurs in four places: at the takbir of ihram, at the ruku', when rising from it, and when rising from the first tashahhud.