THE POSITION OF THE HANDS IN THE SALAH OF THE PROPHET pdf

The Position Of The Hands In The Salah Of The Prophet By Badi Al-Din Al Sindi

THE POSITION OF THE HANDS IN THE SALAH OF THE PROPHET

We can understand from this hadeeth that one should fold one’s hands whilst in Salaah.

Of course, if the left hand were to be placed upon the left forearm as stated above then naturally, the hands would rest on the chest. The forearm here means from the finger region of the hand right up to the elbow.

In another hadeeth, it is reported that “He placed his right hand upon his left hand, wrist and forearm.” (Sunan Nasaa’i with the footnotes of Allaamah Sindhee (1/141), Abu Dawood (1/112), Ibn Khuzaimah (1/243, 480) and Ibn Hibbaan (p.485) have all authenticated this narration).

The understanding of the above narrations is further reinforced by the hadeeth, “He used to place his hand upon his chest …”

 to the end of the narration. (Musnad Ahmad (5/226) with this wording also At-Tahqeeq of Ibn Hibbaan al-Jawzee (1/283) and (1/338) in manuscript form).

 This matter is further reported in many narrations which my respected teacher, Shaikh Muhammad Badee’ud-Deen Shah Ar-Raashidee has collated and analyzed in this treatise.

Generally, according to the scholars of hadeeth, the narrations which are put forth by the Deobandi, Bareilwi’s, and other branches of the Hanafi, according to the scholars of Hadeeth are all weak and rejected.

 One such narration possibly the one which is most frequently used, is of a report in Sunan Abee Dawood (p. 756).

 This narration includes ’Abdur-Rahmaan ibn Ishaaq al-Koofee, who is unanimously known amongst the scholars to be weak.