Is it prescribed to place the right hand over the left after rising from bowing?
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The questioner : May Allah bless you. I want the legal evidence for letting the garment hang below the ankles while standing, meaning...?
The Shaykh : Letting the garment hang below the ankles while standing. I think you intended something else and made a mistake. Do you mean the first standing or the second standing?
The questioner : After bowing.
The Shaykh : Ah, I see what you mean. Ah, so the one who said, "I intended one thing and said another," was right. You mean by your question: Did the Shari'ah prescribe placing the right hand over the left in the second standing, which follows bowing? The answer is: No, this has no basis.
The questioner : Grasping the hands.
The Shaykh : And it is only grasping the hands—may Allah guide us and you—and it was only reported in the first standing. As for the other standing, the second one, which is after raising the head from bowing, this has no basis. The original practice is letting the hands hang down.
The questioner : Leaving the hands [hanging].
The Shaykh : Yes. Even if it had not been reported from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) through authentic chains that he placed his right hand over his left in the first standing, we would have let our hands hang down. But authentic hadiths were reported regarding placing the hands in this first standing, so we did so. And not a single authentic hadith was reported regarding the second standing, so we let our hands hang down, meaning we returned to the original practice.
The questioner : The hadith of Wa'il ibn Hujr?
The Shaykh : The hadith of Wa'il ibn Hujr—may Allah guide us and you—was reported regarding the first standing. The hadith that some of the scholars of Najd today cite as evidence—that peace and blessings be upon him—that he This is a brief, truncated excerpt from the long, detailed hadith of Wa'il, which is in "Sahih Muslim." There it states: "When the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) began the prayer, he raised his hands and said takbir, then he recited. When he recited: he said: Then he bowed and raised his hands, then he stood up and raised his hands as he had done before, then he prostrated." So it did not mention this here.
The questioner : It did not specify.
The Shaykh : It did not mention the standing after raising the head from bowing, whereas it mentioned the takbir and raising the hands as he did at the beginning of the prayer. Therefore, it is not permissible to take a truncated hadith from a detailed hadith and make it a regular voluntary practice. Is that clear?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: All right.
The questioner : How do you write the word "Asia" in letters?
The Shaykh : Alif, then ya, then sin, then a closed ta.
The Shaykh : Letting the garment hang below the ankles while standing. I think you intended something else and made a mistake. Do you mean the first standing or the second standing?
The questioner : After bowing.
The Shaykh : Ah, I see what you mean. Ah, so the one who said, "I intended one thing and said another," was right. You mean by your question: Did the Shari'ah prescribe placing the right hand over the left in the second standing, which follows bowing? The answer is: No, this has no basis.
The questioner : Grasping the hands.
The Shaykh : And it is only grasping the hands—may Allah guide us and you—and it was only reported in the first standing. As for the other standing, the second one, which is after raising the head from bowing, this has no basis. The original practice is letting the hands hang down.
The questioner : Leaving the hands [hanging].
The Shaykh : Yes. Even if it had not been reported from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) through authentic chains that he placed his right hand over his left in the first standing, we would have let our hands hang down. But authentic hadiths were reported regarding placing the hands in this first standing, so we did so. And not a single authentic hadith was reported regarding the second standing, so we let our hands hang down, meaning we returned to the original practice.
The questioner : The hadith of Wa'il ibn Hujr?
The Shaykh : The hadith of Wa'il ibn Hujr—may Allah guide us and you—was reported regarding the first standing. The hadith that some of the scholars of Najd today cite as evidence—that peace and blessings be upon him—that he
When he stood up in prayer, he placed his right hand over his left.
إذا قام في الصلاة وضع اليمنى على اليسرىAnd not those who go astray.
وَلَا الضَّالِّينَAmeen
آمينThe questioner : It did not specify.
The Shaykh : It did not mention the standing after raising the head from bowing, whereas it mentioned the takbir and raising the hands as he did at the beginning of the prayer. Therefore, it is not permissible to take a truncated hadith from a detailed hadith and make it a regular voluntary practice. Is that clear?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: All right.
The questioner : How do you write the word "Asia" in letters?
The Shaykh : Alif, then ya, then sin, then a closed ta.
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