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Interlacing One's Fingers In The Masjid

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Darussalam · Volume 1

8. The Book Of The Masjids

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الحديث: 719 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 49

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720. It was narrated that Al-Aswad said: "Alqamah and I entered upon 'Abdullâh bin Mas'ûd and he said to us: 'Have these people prayed?' We said: 'No.' He said: 'Get up and pray.' So we went to stand behind him, and he put one of us on his right and the other on his left, and he prayed with no Adhân and no Iqâmah. When he bowed he interlaced his fingers and placed his hands between his knees, and he said: 'I saw the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ doing that.'"[1] (Sahîh) As for during the bowing position, the majority consider it abrogated, and it appears later. See No. 1300 and what follows it.

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719 - أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ: أَنْبَأَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ قَالَ: دَخَلْتُ أَنَا وَعَلْقَمَةُ عَلَى عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ فَقَالَ لَنَا: «أَصَلَّى هَؤُلَاءِ؟» قُلْنَا: لَا. قَالَ: «قُومُوا فَصَلُّوا». فَذَهَبْنَا لِنَقُومَ خَلْفَهُ، فَجَعَلَ أَحَدَنَا عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَالْآخَرَ عَنْ شِمَالِهِ، فَصَلَّى بِغَيْرِ أَذَانٍ وَلَا إِقَامَةٍ، فَجَعَلَ إِذَا رَكَعَ شَبَّكَ بَيْنَ أَصَابِعِهِ وَجَعَلَهَا بَيْنَ رُكْبَتَيْهِ وَقَالَ: «هَكَذَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَعَلَ»

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    [1] Regarding this chapter, this event was not in the Masjid, but in the home of Ibn Mas'ûd, as mentioned in another narration of the author, no. 130, as well as Muslim. But proof for the meaning of the chapter is recorded by Al-Bukhârî Nos. 480-482. While a narration of Abû Dâwûd (562), and others, contains: "And let him not intertwine his hands together." - when headed to the Masjid for prayer. Scholars have mentioned various forms of harmonization between these. Perhaps the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ did not realize he had done it in the narrations that mention him doing so, or that occurred before he forbade it. It is also possible that it refers to when intertwining the fingers as a sign of boredom.