Fatwa: # 22607
Category: Prayer
Country: United Kingdom
Date: 5th October 2012

Title

Where should men fold their hands in Qiyaam while performing Salah?

Question

Asalam o alaikum,

I wanted to know about position of hands in 'qayaam' for men??? is it exactly on chest like women or abdomen or between them?? and how important this is in praying salah?? mention hadith with source if possible??

JazakAllah

Answer

Answer:

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

It is Sunnah for men to place their hands under their navel in Qiyaam while performing Salah.[1]

 

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Abdul Hannan Nizami,
Student Darul Iftaa
Chicago, USA

Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.



[1] ويعتمد بيده اليمنى على اليسرى تحت السرة (الهداية في شرح بداية المبتدي، ج1ص49، دار احياء التراث العربي)

(ثم وضع يمينه علي يساره، تحت سرته، عقب التحريمة، بلامهلة) لانه سنة القيام في ظاهر المذهب، (امداد الفتاح شرح نور الايضاح، ص290، بشار بكري عرابي)

إِنَّ مِنَ السُّنَّةِ فِي الصَّلَاةِ وَضْعُ الْكَفِّ عَلَى الْكَفِّ تَحْتَ السُّرَّةِ (السنن الكبرى للبيهقي، ج2ص48، دار الكتب العلمية)

 

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