Question<\/p>\n
Is there a limit as to how low the hands are allowed to be placed below the navel when offering Salah?<\/p>\n
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Answer<\/p>\n
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According to the Hanafi Jurists, the hands are places below the navel [i.e.in the Salah of a man].<\/p>\n
Wa\u2019il bin Hujr r.a. [a companion of the Prophet \ufdfa] reported that he saw Prophet \ufdfa placing his right hand upon his left hand below his navel in Salah. [Ibn Abi Shaiba]<\/em><\/p>\n Ali bin Abi Talib r.a. narrated that, it is from the Sunnah [of the Prophet \ufdfa] to place the right hand upon the left below the navel. [Abu Dawood, Ahmad, Darqutni,<\/em> Bayhaqi Tahawi-Ahkaam al Quran]<\/em><\/p>\n Imam Tirmidhi, after narrating the Hadith of placing the right hand upon the left, he states that some [people of knowledge] are of the view that the hands are placed above the navel and some are of the view that it should be placed below the navel and all [methods] are correct.<\/p>\n Ibn Al-Mundhir al Nays\u0101b\u016br\u012b r.a. [319 \u0647\u0640]narrates in his al<\/em>–Awsat fi al<\/em>–Sunan wa<\/em>–al<\/em>–ijma<\/em>` wa-al-ikhtilaf that Abu Hurairah r.a. said; it is from the Sunnah [of the Prophet \ufdfa] to place the right hand upon the left hand below the navel. The after he quotes Ishaq bin Rahawaih [Imam Bukhari\u2019s teacher]; placing the hands below is the strongest view held in accordance to Hadith and closest [posture] to humbleness.[1]<\/a><\/p>\n Ibn Qayim r.a. mentions in his Badai\u2019 al Fawaid, <\/em>that according to Imam Ahmad r.a, it is correct to place the hands on the navel, above the navel and below the navel.[2]<\/a><\/p>\n The hands should be placed just below the navel and not too low to the extent that it is on the private pate or pubic region. If a person with an oversized abdomen finds difficulty in placing his hands just below his navel, then he may place it on or above the navel.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n And Allah Ta\u2019\u0101la Knows Best<\/strong><\/p>\n Mufti Kaleem Muhammad<\/strong><\/p>\n Darul Iftaa, Jaamia Madinatul Uloom (Trinidad)<\/strong><\/p>\n www.fatwa-tt.com<\/strong><\/a> \/<\/strong>www.jaamia.net<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n