{"id":2401,"date":"2018-02-24T19:45:10","date_gmt":"2018-02-24T23:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fatwa-tt.com\/?p=2401"},"modified":"2018-03-13T21:15:11","modified_gmt":"2018-03-14T01:15:11","slug":"fiqh-class-second-point-of-salaah-ruku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fatwa-tt.com\/index.php\/fiqh-class-second-point-of-salaah-ruku\/","title":{"rendered":"Fiqh Class-Second Point of Salaah (Ruku’)"},"content":{"rendered":"

As-sal\u0101mu \u2018alaykum wa-rahmatull\u0101hi wa-barak\u0101tuh.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Weekly Fiqh classes on various important subjects are conducted by Mufti Kaleem. These are beneficial and practical summaries of the classes.<\/em><\/p>\n

Second Point of Salaah
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For first point see https:\/\/fatwa-tt.com\/2018\/02\/20\/fiqh-class-salaah<\/p>\n

(Ruku\u2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Say Takbeer before going into Ruku\u2019<\/li>\n
  2. Do not raise the hands when saying Takbeer.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Question<\/strong>: In many Ahaadith, it is mentioned that the Prophet \ufdfa raised his hands before going into Ruku\u2019. Therefore why don\u2019t the Hanafi followers raise their hands?<\/p>\n

    Answer<\/strong>: There are many Ahaadith which describes the Salah Prophet \ufdfa, in details and despite that there is no mention of the Prophet \ufdfa raising the hands before Ruku\u2019.[1]<\/a> There are also Ahaadith where some of the companions of the Prophet \ufdfa clearly stated that the Prophet \ufdfa didn\u2019t raise his hands before going Ruku\u2019.[2]<\/a> There are also many Ahaadith which states that the Prophet \ufdfa used to raise his hands before going into Ruku\u2019. The Hanafi Jurists are of the opinion that the stronger view is that the hands should not be raised except at the beginning of the Salah.<\/p>\n

    Imam Tirmidhi reports in his Sunnan that Abdullah bin Masood [ra] said: Shall I not perform Salah (demonstrating) to you the Salah of the Prophet \ufdfa? [Alqamah mentions] that he [Abdullah bin Masood] preformed Salah and did not raise his hands except at the first instance [at the time of commencing]. Hadith #257<\/p>\n

    Imam Tirmidhi graded the Hadith as Hasan. Thereafter he mentions that this is the view [not raising the hands] of some of the companions of the Prophet \ufdfa and the [some of the] Ta\u2019bieen and this is the view of Sufyaan al Thawri and the People of Kufah<\/u>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Ibn Rushd [ra], famous Maliki Jurist [595 \u0647\u0640] mentions that the view of not raising the hands [before Ruku] is the view of the people of Kufah and all its Jurists.[3]<\/a> Thereafter, he mentions that this is also the madhab of Imam Malik [ra] as it was the practice of the People of Madina<\/u><\/strong>.[4]<\/a><\/p>\n

    Imam Abu Dawood [ra] records in his Sunan that; Maymun al-Makki [ra] said: that he saw Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr r.a [companion of the Prophet \ufdfa] performing Salah. He pointed with his hands, he raised his hands when he stood up, when he bowed and when he prostrated, and when he got up after prostration, he raised his hands. Then I [Maymun al-Makki] went to Ibn Abbas [ra] and said to him I saw Ibn al-Zubayr [r.a.] performing Salah in a way that I never saw anyone praying. I then told him about the pointing with his hands (raising his hands). He said: If you like to see the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (\ufdfa) follower the prayer as offered by Abdullah ibn az-Zubayr. [Hadith # 739]\n

    Maymoon al Makki [r.a] objected to the Salah of Abdullah bin al Zubair [r.a.], in which he raised his hands other than for the Takbeer Tahrima (at the beginning). Maymoon al Makki, who lived in Makkah regarded the Salah performed by Ibn al Zubair [by raising the hands] as strange practice to the People of Makkah<\/u><\/strong>, so much so that he said that he hasn\u2019t seen anyone [from the people of Makkah] performing Salah in that manner [i.e. by raising the hands].<\/p>\n

    Thus is seems apparent that the view of not raising the hands was the practice of majority of the Muslim world [i.e. People of Kufa, People of Medina and the People of Makkah], even at the time of the Sahabah and the Tab\u2019een.<\/p>\n

    Furthermore, many of those companions of the Prophet \ufdfa who have reported the action of raising the hands, it has also been reported that they themselves on did not raise their hands in Salah [except at the beginning].[5]<\/a> This indicates that raising the hands was abrogated as is the view of most Hanafi Jurists or that both raising the hands and not raising the hands are correct.<\/p>\n

    In conclusion, due to the numerous number of Ahaadith supporting the action raising the hands, it cannot be negated. However, at the same time due not raising the hands cannot be rejected nor ascribed as being contrary to the Sunnah. The two views are correct however, according to the Hanafi Madhab, not to raise the hands (except at the beginning of the Salah) is more virtuous as it is regarded as being closer to the Sunnah of the Prophet \ufdfa.\u00a0 This is the case due to the following reasons;<\/p>\n

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    1. The numerous number of Ahaadith that describe the Salah of the Prophet \ufdfa but didn\u2019t make any mention of the \u2018raising of the hands\u2019.<\/li>\n
    2. Those Ahaadith which explicitly negate the raising of the hands.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n