Placing The Right Hand On The Left Hand During The Prayer
Darussalam · Volume 2
11. The Book Of TheCommencement Of ThePrayerSunan an-Nasai Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 887 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 125
Source no. 887 · Volume 3 · Page 31
Sahih chain
صحيح الإسناد، وسيأتي طرف منه (٢ / ١٩٤) // (١٠١٠) //
Source no. 854 · Volume 1 · Page 193
Sahih chain · qualified assessment
(صحيح الإسناد) - م ٢/ ١٣ لكن سياقه أتم، فيه ذكر الركوع والسجود وغيرهما، ولم يذكر هو ولا غيره القبض بعد الركوع وسيأتي طرف منه ٢/ ١٩٤ [١٠١٠].
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888. It was narrated that Mûsa bin ‘Umayr Al-‘Anbarî and Qais bin Sulaim Al-‘Anbarî said: “Alqamah bin Wâ’il told us that his father said: ‘I saw the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ, when he was standing in prayer, holding his left hand with his right.’” (Sahîh)
887 - أَخْبَرَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ، قَالَ: أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، عَنْ مُوسَى بْنُ عُمَيْرٍ الْعَنْبَرِيِّ، وَقَيْسِ بْنِ سُلَيْمٍ الْعَنْبَرِيِّ قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا عَلْقَمَةُ بْنِ وَائِلٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ: «رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا كَانَ قَائِمًا فِي الصَّلَاةِ قَبَضَ بِيَمِينِهِ عَلَى شِمَالِهِ»
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This demonstrates that in the posture of upright standing the Qiyâm in prayer, the right hand should be placed upon the left in a way grasping it. This is the course of action of the vast majority of scholars. Some Malikis and the Shiites maintain that the hands be left in their natural position along one's sides without placing one upon the other. But none of them has what amounts to a plausible argument, never mind actual evidence.