THE RULING ON PLACING THE HANDS ON THE HEART IN PRAYER
THE RULING ON PLACING THE HANDS ON THE HEART IN PRAYER – SHAIKH AL-ALBANI
Shaikh al-Albani rahimahullah said:
“Building upon that, you find in some of the Arab lands, rather in some of the Schools of thought which are followed, [the mention of] of placing the right hand upon the left on the heart and not on the chest [in prayer]. This is against the Sunnah. The Sunnah is to place them upon the chest and not to place them on the heart, which the Prophet sallahu alayhi wa salam described with his statement:
ألا وإن في الجسد مضغة إذا صلحت صلح الجسد كله وإذا فسدت فسد الجسد كله ألا وهي القلب
There is a piece of flesh in the body if it becomes good (reformed) the whole body becomes good but if it gets spoiled the whole body gets spoiled and that is the heart.
So it is not from the Sunnah is to place the hands like this, inclining them towards the left. Verily, the Sunnah is to place them like this upon the chest. So whoever takes them to the left due to a philosophical explanation has no foundation. Verily, it is the that the heart is the center of Iman. So placing the hands upon the chest is from the angle of preserving the Iman whose place of settlement is the heart. These explanations, for which Allah did not sent down an authority, are not reported in any Hadith, not even a weak Hadith or a fabricated Hadith from the Prophet sallahu alayhi wa salam that the Prophet sallahu alayhi wa salam used to incline to the heart when placing his hands on his chest like this. So you find some incline when placing his hands like this, then he comes with his forearm under his armpit. The Sunnah is to place the hands on the chest and not incline them to the left on the heart. So inclining them to the left on the heart, like the one who does this, does not have an origin for this or this. Verily, the hands are placed on the chest. It has come in some books of tafseer that the Prophet sallahu alayhi wa salam explained His statement:
إِنَّا أَعْطَيْنَاكَ الْكَوْثَرَ فَصَلِّ لِرَبِّكَ وَانْحَرْ
Verily, We have granted you (O Muhammad (Peace be upon him)) Al-Kauthar (a river in Paradise); Therefore turn in prayer to your Lord and sacrifice (to Him only).
[108:1-2]
He said: (انحر) that is: place your hands on your chest. So the chest is here and not here. This is what I loved to mention between the answer to your question”.
[Fatawa al-Judda no. 16 Side A]
Translated by
Faisal Ibn Abdul Qaadir Ibn Hassan
Abu Sulaymaan
WE HAVE MADE FROM WATER EVERY LIVING THING [21:30]
MEANING OF THE VERSE: WE HAVE MADE FROM WATER EVERY LIVING THING [21:30] – SHAIKH AL-ALBANI
Question: The verse:
وَجَعَلْنَا مِنَ الْمَاءِ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ حَي
And We have made from water every living thing.
[21:30]
However, there are Biologists who say: that some of the Bacteria does not live upon water.
Shaikh: Some of what?
Questioner: Types of germs or bacteria do not live upon water.
Shaikh: “In regards to the meaning of the verse, it does not mean live upon water. Its origin. The origin of its existence is from water and this is the meaning of the verse. Not that it [the creation] lives upon water…”
[Taken from: http://www.alalbany.net/313 ]
Translated by
Faisal Ibn Abdul Qaadir Ibn Hassan
Abu Sulaymaan
Benefit regarding shaking hands while eating:
Shaikh Ibn ul-‘Uthaymeen rahimahullah said:
“…As for shaking hands when eating, then there is no one who wants to shake hands when eating! If a person enters and the people are eating nd he wants to shake their hands. He shakes the hands of each one, there is no one who does this…”
[Fatawa al-Haram al-Makki 1410 H no. 8 side B]
So it is best that people do not shake hands when eating, but just exchange Salam verbally.
And Allah Knows Best
Translated by
Faisal Ibn Qaadir Ibn Hassan
Abu Sulaymaan
THE RULING ON SEEKING FORGIVENESS OR PRAISING ALLAH AFTER BURPING
THE RULING ON SEEKING FORGIVENESS OR PRAISING ALLAH AFTER BURPING – SHAIKH ABDUL-MUHSIN AL-‘ABBAD
Question: Oh Virtuous Shaikh, what is the ruling on the one who burps and praising Allah because most people praise Allah when they burp. Has there come a proof for that? Another questioner says: we hear people who burp and say: May Allah forgive me. Which of these two is correct?
Answer: “I do not know anything that proves this one or that one”
[Sharh Sunan Tirmidhi no. 269]
Translated by
Faisal Ibn Abdul Qaadir Ibn Hassan
Abu Sulaymaan
That is the great success.
Surah Al-Burooj, Verse 11:
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ لَهُمْ جَنَّاتٌ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُ ذَٰلِكَ الْفَوْزُ الْكَبِيرُ
Verily, those who believe and do righteous good deeds, for them will be Gardens under which rivers flow (Paradise). That is the great success.
(English – Mohsin Khan)
The parable of a good and bad friend…
Abu Musa reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “The parable of a good friend and a bad friend is that of a seller of musk and a blacksmith. The seller of musk will give you some perfume, you will buy some, or you will notice a good smell. As for the blacksmith, he will burn your clothes or you will notice a bad smell.”
Source: Sahih Bukhari 1995, Sahih Muslim 2628
Adorn yourself with honour…
Accepting the apologies of others:
Accepting The Apologies of Others,
Al-Imam Ibnul Qayyim, may Allah have mercy upon him, said:
“…Whosever wrongs you then comes and apologizes for his wrongness then the trait of humbleness obliges upon you to accept his apology whether it be true or false and to leave his hidden affairs to Allah ta’alaa, as the Messenger, alayhi as-salaatu was-salaam, done with the hypocrites those who fell behind from joining him in the battle, so when he, alayhi as-salaatu was-salaam, arrived (back) they came to him apologizing to him, whereas he accepted their excuses and left their hidden affairs to Allah Ta’alaa and from the signs of nobility and humbleness is that if you see deficiency in his apology then do not take him to account for it and do not debate with him rather say perhaps the affair is as you say and if something has been decreed then it will occur and there is no prevention of it…”
Ref: Madaarij as-Saalikeen (333/2)
As al-Imam ash-Shaafi’e, may Allah have mercy upon said:
دية الذنب الاعتذار
“The blood-money of a sin is by apologizing”
There will come a time…
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