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Folding Hands in Salah: Fatwa of Salafee Scholars

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#1 [Permalink] Posted on 6th June 2011 12:31

Asslamo Allaikum,

The two foremost Salafi Scholars of our times say on the matter:

Shaikh Ibn Jibrīn (RA)  wrote in his Sharh of the classic Hanbalī text :أخصر المختصرات


All of that which has been narrated is permissible, if someone folds them underneath the naval this is permissible, as it has been narrated from many of الفقهاء the Fuqahā’ yet what is preferred is to fold them above the naval or on the chest.

[Sharh Akhsar al-Mukhtasarāt page # 119]

Shaikh āli al-Fauzān ﴾ حفطه لله ﴿ warns in his book al-Mulakhkha al-Fiqhī:


We do not find any logical justification for strictness and narrow mindedness observed by some of youth nowadays when applying the acts of the Sunnah during prayer, which may lead them to perform it in a very strange manner. Some of them put their hands on the upper part of the chest, under the neck, instead of putting them on the chest or under the navel as stated in the Sunnah. [al-Mulakhkha al-Fiqhī Volume # 1 page # 127]

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#2 [Permalink] Posted on 6th June 2011 12:41
Should this go under Taqleed? If so shall I move it there?
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#3 [Permalink] Posted on 6th June 2011 13:23

"abu mohammed" wrote:
Should this go under Taqleed? If so shall I move it there?

Asslamo Allaikum,

Not sure.

But this is classical Hanbali position in which placing the hands below the Navel and above the Navel (but not too high up on the Chest) are both valid.

Jazakullah Khairun

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#4 [Permalink] Posted on 6th June 2011 13:44
No school of fiqh advocates the fastening of the hands on the chest.

Hanbali:

Imam Ahmed Ibn Hanbal's رضي الله عنه view is that that hands should be fastened below the navel. This is his most famous narration and is adopted by virtually all the hanbali ulama.

Ibn al Qayyim رضي الله عنه writes in his Badai' al Fawaid that Abu Talib said, 'I asked Ahmed Ibn Hanbal, 'Where should a man place his hands when praying?' He replied, 'Upon the navel or below it.'' [Badai' al Fawaid 3/73]

Tha Hanbali scholar of 18th century Arabia, Sheikh Muhammad bin Abdul Wahhab also says, 'He should then clasp his left wristbone with his right hand and place them below the navel. This signifies humbleness before his Lord, the Almighty.' [Kitab Adaab al Mashy ila al Salah, second section on fiqh, p6]

Sheikh ul Hadeeth Moulana Muhammad Zakariyya quotes the authors of Nail al Maarib, al Anwaar and al Rawdh al Murabb'a in his Awjaz al Masalik and then concludes, 'We learn from this that the preferred and secure narration amongst the Hanbali ulama is that of below the navel.' [Awjaz al Masalik 3/171]

The Hanbali scholar Alaa al Deen al Mardawi writes in his al Insaaf, 'He should place his hands below the navel. This is the Madhhab (of the Hanbali's), and upon this are the clear majority of the Hanbali ulama.' [al Insaaf 1/46]

Imam Ahmed رضي الله عنه also has two other narrations: 1) Above the navel but below the chest. 2) A choice of either of the two positions without preference for either.


"The Salah of a Believer..." Shaykh Riyadh Ul Haq
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