Fiqh of Salat-1Part Seven

8/8/2019 Fiqh of Salat-1Part Seven

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R ecitation after al-Fatihah

The Recitation in Fajr Prayer:He would recite from sixty to one hundred ayaatduring the Fajr prayer. (Abu Barzah in bothSaheeh (B/M).He would recite long surahs from Al-Muffassal( From Qaf to Ammah). He recited al-Waqia, at-

Tur, Qaf and similar surahs in his Fajr Prayers.He also recited ar- R oom, Yasin, al-Muminoon,and as-Safaat in his Fajr Prayers.


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On Fridays, he would recite as-Sajdah inthe first rakah and al-Insaan in the second

rakah.He recited one time, while traveling, surahal-Falaq in the first rakah and an-Naas inthe second rakah. (Abu Dawood/others)He would make the first rakah longer thanthe second one. (B/M)


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R ecitation after al-FatihahH is Recitation in the Sunnah Prayer beforeFajr Prayer:His recitation in this prayer used to be very short

(Ahmed). Aisha would ask herself: Did herecite the Mother of the Book? (B/M). He wouldrecite al-Kafiroon in the first rakah after al-Fatihah, and al-Ikhlas in the second rakah. He

used to say: What beautiful surahs they are!.This is a man who believed in his Lord/This aman who knew his Lord.


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He would sometimes recite one ayah after al-Fatihah. He recited (2/136) Say we

believed in Allah and what has beenrevealed to us and in the second rakahhe recited (3/64) Say O people of theBook! Come to a common word betweenus.


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R ecitation in the Dhuhr Prayer

Recitation in Dhuhr Prayer:He would sometimes make this recitation verylengthy. Abu Saeed said: I was standing up in

the noon prayer, and one could go to al-Baqieand take care of some matters, return to hisfamily, make ablution, come back and still findthe Prophet (pbuh) in the first rakah due to the

length of recital. (M)They used to think that he wants people to catchthe first rakah. (Abu Dawood)


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R ecitation in Dhuhr Prayer

He would sometimes recite around 30 versesthe length of as-Sajdah in both rakahs. (M)He would sometimes recite at-Tariq, al-Burooj,al-Layl, and similar surahs.They used to know his recitation in Dhuhr and

Asr prayers by the movements of his beard. (B)

He would sometimes recite some verses after al-Fatihah in the third and fourth rakahs.


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R ecitation in Asr Prayer

Recitation in Asr Prayer:Asr prayer recitation used to be half the

length of the Dhuhr prayer recitation if itwas long, or the same length if it was shortwith the same surahs. (al-Alah, al-Lail, al-Buruj, at-Tariq or similar surahs).


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R ecitation in Maghrib Prayer

The prophet (pbuh) used to recite differentsurahs in the Maghrib prayer.He would sometimes recite short surahsfrom al-Muffassal (From ad-Duha till an-Naas).At other times, he would recite long surahs

like al-Araaf in the two rakahs, al-Anfal,at-Tur or al-Mursalaat. All of that wasrelated through authentic chains.


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R ecitation in Isha Prayer

The Prophet (pbuh) used to recite in Isha prayer medium surahs from al-Mufassal (From Ammato ad-Duha).

He taught Muath to recite as-Shams, al-Alah,Iqra, al-Layl and similar surahs.Recitation in Witr Prayer:He used to recite al-Alah in the first rakah, al-

Kafiroon in the second rakah and al-Ikhlas inthe third rakah. He would sometimes add to itthe last two surahs.


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R ecitation in the Jumaah Prayer

He used to recite al-Alah in the first rakah andal-Ghashiyyah in the second rakah.He would sometimes recite al-jumaah,al-Munafiqoon or replace it with al-Ghashiyyahin the second rakah.Recitation in the two Eid Prayers:

He used to recite al-Alah and al-Ghashiyyah.He would sometimes recite Qaaf and al-Qamar.


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Desirable Qualities of theR

ecitationThe prophet (pbuh) used to prolong the sound of the long vowels, pause at the end of every ayah,and draw out his voice with the recital. (Ibn al-

Qayyim)It is part of the sunnah to make ones voicebeautiful while reciting. Hadith: Beautiy theQuran with your voices. (Abu Dawood/others)

Hadith: The one with the best voice in recitingthe Quran is the one that when you hear him,you feel that he fears Allah. (Ibn al-Mubarek inaz-Zuhd). It was classified saheeh.


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The Manner of Bowing (ruku)

Sunan of Ruku: Placing the hands on the knees. The hands

should be supported by the knees and thearms should be apart from ones sides. Thefingers should not be collected when placedon the knees. They should be separated.

The back needs to be straight. The height of the head should be equal to that of the hips.


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The Manners of Bowing

Abu Humaid reported that when the Prophet(pbuh) bowed, he would be straight, his headneither up nor down (with respect to his back),and he would place his hands on his knees asif he was holding them. (an-Nasai).

Ali said: If you put a cup of water on theback of the prophet (pbuh), while he wasbowing, its content would not spill.(Ahmad/others)


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R ising up from R uku

Proof: Hadith People used to be commandedthat a man should place his right hand on his leftarm in Salat . (B)

This is a general statement that only excludesthe other positions where the hands are placedin different ways: During ruku, they are placed on the knees.

During sujud, they are placed on the ground. While sitting, they are placed on the thighs. While standing up, they are placed on the chest, and

this includes before and after ruku.


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R ising up from R uku

Some scholars (al-Albaani) said thatplacing the right hand over the left oneafter we rise up from ruku is aninnovation. His argument is that nocompanion has ever mentioned anythingabout it.

It seems like this is a tough verdict.


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The Manners of ProstratingH ow do we Move from the Standing Position to Sujud?

The majority of scholars prefer that one shouldplace his knees on the floor before his hands.This is the choice of Imam Ahmed, ash-Shafie,

Abu Haneefah, Ishaaq, Sufian ath-Thawri, andsome other scholars.Proof: Narrated yazeed bin Haroon fromShuraik , from Aasim bin Kulaib, from his father,from Waail ibn Hijr who said: I have seen

Allahs Messenger (pbuh) making sujud and heplaced his knees before his hands, and when herose up, he lifted up his hands before his knees.


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Manners of ProstratingDiscussion of the hadith:This hadith was collected by Abee Dawood,Tirmithi , an-Nasai and others.

Ibn Alqayyim, ibn Baaz, ibn Uthaimeen: thehadith is sahih.Al-Albaani: the hadith is weak.The defect: the judge Shuraik bin Abdullah an-Nakhai got some brain disorder/Alzheimer'sdisease for some time before he passed away.Yazeed ibn Haroon is one of his students whoheard from him before and after he got sick.


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Manners of Prostrating

According to the most common principalsof hadith, his narration from Shuraikshould be rejected unless it is supportedby the narration of another reliablenarrator who got it from Shuraik before hegot sick.

So this hadith is not a solid proof.


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Manners of ProstratingThe second Opinion: one should place hishands down before his knees. This is the choiceof Imam Malik, Al-awzaai, and the scholars of Hadith.Proofs:Hadith: Narrated Abu Huraira that AllahsMessenger (pbuh) said: When one of youprostrates, let him not go down as the camel

does and let him place his hands down beforehis knees. (Ahmed/Abu Dawood/Tirmithi/others)It was classified as saheeh by al-Albaani.


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Manners of ProstratingDiscussion of this H adith:The first group of scholars said that this hadith must beMaqloob =R eversed. It should read: and let him placehis knees down before his hands.

They reached this conclusion by observing how thecamel sits down. Its front legs are called hands in Arabic,and he puts them first when sitting down.The second group said: By going back to the main

Arabic sources, we found that the knees of any animalwith four legs are placed in his hands. Therefore whenthe camel goes down, he placed his knees first and weare commanded not to imitate it. The end result, we aresupposed to place our hands first. Furthermore, youhave no proof that this hadith is maqloob.


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Conclusion

What did Shaikh al-Islam ibn Taymiyah sayabout this matter?He said: Praying in both ways is

permissible, according to the consensus of the scholars. If a person wants to go downwith his knees first or with his hands first,his prayer is valid in either case, but thescholars disputed as to which one ispreferable.

To be Continued inshaAllah.

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