Placing the right hand over the left in prayer and the madhhab of Imām Mālik

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Evidence for placing the right hand over the left and the command to do so عَنْ وَائِلِ بْنِ حُجْرٍ، أَنَّهُ رَأَى النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم… وَضَعَ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى الْيُسْرَى Wāʾil ibn Hujr narrated that he saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)…place his right hand over his left hand. (SahīhContinue reading “Placing the right hand over the left in prayer and the madhhab of Imām Mālik”

Signs of the hour: long sermons and short prayers

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم The sunnah is to make the khutbah (sermon) short and the salāh (prayer) long قَالَ أَبُو وَائِلٍ خَطَبَنَا عَمَّارٌ فَأَوْجَزَ وَأَبْلَغَ فَلَمَّا نَزَلَ قُلْنَا يَا أَبَا الْيَقْظَانِ لَقَدْ أَبْلَغْتَ وَأَوْجَزْتَ فَلَوْ كُنْتَ تَنَفَّسْتَ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ ‏ “‏ إِنَّ طُولَ صَلاَةِ الرَّجُلِ وَقِصَرَContinue reading “Signs of the hour: long sermons and short prayers”