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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on placing the knees before the hands during prostration

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Question:
Your Eminence! In his second question, he asks: Is it correct that the one praying should lower himself with his hands before his knees, or is it more correct to do what we see, where the worshippers lower themselves with their knees into prostration?

Answer:
This is the Sunnah. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would lower himself into prostration on his knees and say:
Let none of you kneel down as a camel kneels down.لا يبرك أحدكم كما يبرك البعير
. The camel kneels on its hands, placing its hands forward. So the Sunnah for one who has the strength is to lower himself on his knees, followed by his hands, and then his face. This is the Sunnah: the knees, then the hands, then the face. This is if he is able to do so, and this is the best. If something prevents him from doing so, such as old age or illness, he prostrates on his hands, and praise be to Allah. Yes.

The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Source binbaz.org.sa

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