Zād al-MaʿādIbn al-Qayyim

“The Sunnah is to place one palm over the other below the navel during prayer.” Ibn Abī Shayba (1) said: “The Sunnah is what has been reported from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him; what is established from him is that he would place his right hand over his left during prayer.” Abū Ishāq al-Jūzjānī (2) said: “As for what they have mentioned about placing the hands above or below the navel, I know of no such report from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. However, ʿAlī said: ‘It is part of the Sunnah in the obligatory prayer to place the right hand over the left below the navel’” (3).

Sometimes he would open his prayer with:
“O Allah, distance me from my sins as You have distanced the east from the west. O Allah, wash me clean of my sins with water, snow, and hail. O Allah, cleanse me of sins and wrongdoing as a white garment is cleansed of dirt” (4).

At other times he would say:
“I have turned my face toward Him who created the heavens and the earth, in sincere devotion, and not

(1) I could not trace its source. (2) Apparently in his book al-Mutarjam, a commentary on al-Shālanjī’s questions. This is among the sources used by the author and his teacher. See the author’s discussion of hand placement in Badā’i‘ al-fawā’id (3:981–983). (3) The passage “above the wrist and forearm … below the navel” is omitted in mb and n, as well as in the printed editions. (4) Reported by al-Bukhārī (744) and Muslim (598), from Abū Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him.
السنَّةُ وضعُ الكفِّ على الكفِّ في الصلاة تحت السُّرَّة. وقال ابن أبي شيبة (١): السنَّة ما روي عن النبي ﷺ، وهو الذي ثبت عنه أنه كان يضع يمينه على شماله في الصلاة. قال أبو إسحاق الجُوزجاني (٢): وأما ما ذكروا من فوق السُّرَّة وتحتها، فإني لا أعرفه عن النبي ﷺ، غيرَ أنَّ عليًّا قال: من السنَّة في الصلاة المكتوبة وضعُ اليمنى على اليسرى تحت السُّرَّة (٣). وكان يستفتح تارةً بـ «اللهمَّ باعِدْ بيني وبين خطاياي كما باعدتَ بين المشرق والمغرب. اللهمَّ اغسِلْني من خطاياي بالماء والثلج والبَرَد. اللهمَّ نقِّني من الذنوب والخطايا كما ينقَّى الثوبُ الأبيضُ من الدَّنَس» (٤). وتارةً يقول: «وجَّهتُ وجهيَ للذي فطر السماوات والأرض حنيفًا وما
(١) لم أهتد إلى مصدره. (٢) في كتابه «المترجَم» في شرح مسائل الشالنجي، فيما يظهر. وهو من مصادر المصنف وشيخه. وانظر كلام المصنف في موضع وضع اليد في «بدائع الفوائد» (٣/ ٩٨١ - ٩٨٣). (٣) العبارة «فوق الرسغ والساعد ... تحت السرة» ساقطة من مب، ن وكذا من النسخ المطبوعة. (٤) أخرجه البخاري (٧٤٤) ومسلم (٥٩٨) من حديث أبي هريرة ﵁.

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