Assalaamu 'alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Baraktuh,
As you have written, the exerpt is from Sayyid Sabiq's Fiqh us Sunnah.
There are more than just a few hadith which the Ahnaf use in order to place
the hands in Salat (over 20 infact) - and frankly all of the four Mujtahid
Imam's have their valid reasons for following a certain way. Which is correct?
They all are since they are people who have reached the status of Mujtahid
Mutlaq or similar.
Yes Sayyid Sabiq's book may be useful for some matters, but it is not the
book that covers everything in detail and Sheikh Wahbi Zuhayli's collection is
far more expansive - though it's only available in Arabic Turkish -
unfortunately we have alot of books on Fiqh not available in English - such as
the great classic works, so we tend to rely on the Saudi books more so than the
others.
Fi Amanillah
Wassalaamu 'alaikum
Abu Khadijah
M. Malhar@yahoo.com wrote:
Fiqh-us-Sunnah
Fiqh 1.132
Sunnah acts of prayer, The Position of the Hands
Al-Kamal ibn al-Hamam is of the opinion, There is no authentic hadith
stating that one must place the hands under the chest or below the navel.
According to the Hanifiyyah, the hands are to be placed below the navel, and
the Shafiyyah say below the chest. Ahmad has two narrations corresponding to
these two opinions. The correct position is somewhere in the middle - to be
equal. Observes at-Tirmidhi, Knowledgeable companions, their followers and
those that came after them believed that one should put his right hand over the
left during prayer, while some say above the navel and others say below the
navel... Nevertheless, there do exist hadith that the Propet, upon whom be
peace, placed his hands on his chest. Reported Hulb at-Ta'i, I saw the
Prophet, upon whom be peace, praying with his right hand over his left upon his
chest above the elbow. This is related by Ahmad and at-Tirmidhi, who grades it
as hassan.
Reported Wa'il ibn Hajr, Once when I prayed with the Prophet, upon whom be
peace, he placed his right hand over his left upon his chest. The report is
recorded by Ibn Khuzaimah, who considers it as sahih, and by Abu Dawud and
an-Nasa'i with the wording, Then he put his right hand over the back of his
left wrist and forearm.
Sunan of Abu-Dawood
Hadith 758PAGE NO: 194 Narrated by Tawus
The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) used to place his right hand on his
left hand, then he folded them strictly on his chest in prayer.
Narrated by Wa'il bin Hujr( R.A) I prayed with the Prophet( P.B.U.H) he put
his right hand on his left
( and then placed them) on his chest.
( Reported by Ibn Khuzaima )
THE FOLLOWING HADITHS ARE CONSIDERED TO BE WEAK BY MAJOR SCHOLARS
Sunan of Abu-Dawood
Hadith 755Narrated by Ali ibn AbuTalib
AbuJuhayfah said: Ali said that it is a sunnah to place one hand on the other
in prayer below the navel.
Sunan of Abu-Dawood
Hadith 756Narrated by Ali ibn AbuTalib
Jarir ad-Dabbi reported: I saw Ali (Allah be pleased with him) catching hold
of his left hand) by his right hand on the wrist above the navel.
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