Al-Sharḥ al-MumtiʿIbn al-'Uthaymin

The answer is: he should raise them as far as he is able, for Allah, Most High, says:

“So fear Allah as much as you are able.” [al-Taghabun 64:16]

Likewise, if a person has an impairment such that he cannot raise them level with his shoulders but can only raise them higher than that—for example, if his elbows cannot bend and remain straight—should he raise them?

The answer is: he should raise them, for Allah, Most High, says:

“So fear Allah as much as you are able.” [al-Taghabun 64:16]

If he is unable to raise one hand, he should raise the other, in accordance with the verse. This is also because, when the Prophet ﷺ was standing at Arafat with his hands raised in supplication and the rein of his she-camel fell, he took it with one hand while keeping the other raised, supplicating to Allah with it. (1)

He may also raise them to the upper parts of his ears, as this has been narrated from the Prophet ﷺ. (2) Thus, the manner of raising the hands is among those acts of worship that have been transmitted in a variety of forms.

The scholars, may Allah have mercy on them, differed regarding acts of worship transmitted in a variety of forms: is it better to confine oneself to one of those forms; or to perform them all at different times; or to combine those forms that can be combined? (3) The correct view is the moderate second opinion: that

(1) Narrated by Imam Ahmad, 5:209; and al-Nasai, Book of Hajj Rites, chapter: Raising the Hands in Supplication at Arafah, 5:254. (2) Narrated by Muslim, Book of Prayer, chapter: The Recommendation to Raise the Hands to the Level of the Shoulders with the Opening Takbir, in Bowing, and When Rising from Bowing, no. 391 (25, 26). (3) Majmu Fatawa Shaykh al-Islam, 22:335-337; and Qawaid Ibn Rajab, p. 14.
الجواب: يرفعُ إلى حيث يقدِرُ عليه؛ لقول الله تعالى: ﴿فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ﴾ [التغابن: ١٦]، كذلك إذا قُدِّرَ أنَّ في الإِنسان آفةً لا يستطيعُ أن يرفعهما إلى حَذوِ المنكبين، بل إلى أكثر مِن ذلك، كما لو كانت مرافقُه لا تنحني، بل هي واقفة، فهل يرفع؟ الجواب: يرفع، لقوله تعالى: ﴿فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ﴾ [التغابن: ١٦]. وإذا كان لا يستطيع رَفْعَ واحدةٍ رَفَعَ الأُخرى للآية، ولأنَّ النبيَّ ﷺ لمَّا كان واقفاً بعرفة فَسَقَطَ خِطامُ ناقتِه، وكان رافعاً يديه يدعو؛ أخذه بإحدى يديه، والأخرى مرفوعة يدعو اللهَ بها (١). وله أن يرفعهما إلى فُروع أُذنيه؛ لورود ذلك عن النَّبيِّ ﷺ (٢)، فتكون صفة الرَّفْعِ مِن العبادات الواردة على وجوهٍ متنوِّعة. والعلماءُ ﵏ اختلفوا في العبادات الواردة على وجوهٍ متنوِّعة، هل الأفضل الاقتصار على واحدة منها، أو الأفضل فِعْلُ جميعها في أوقات شتَّى، أو الأفضل أنْ يجمعَ بين ما يمكن جَمْعُه (٣)؟ والصَّحيح: القول الثاني الوسط، وهو أن
(١) أخرجه الإمام أحمد (٥/ ٢٠٩)؛ والنسائي، كتاب المناسك، باب رفع اليدين في الدعاء بعرفة (٥/ ٢٥٤). (٢) أخرجه مسلم، كتاب الصلاة، باب استحباب رفع اليدين حذو المنكبين مع تكبيرة الإحرام والركوع وفي الرفع من الركوع (٣٩١) (٢٥، ٢٦). (٣) «مجموع فتاوى شيخ الإسلام» (٢٢/ ٣٣٥ ـ ٣٣٧)، و «قواعد ابن رجب» ص (١٤).

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