The Ahlu-Sunnah Wal Jamaah are agreed upon that all the Companions are incomparable in Adal and Thaqahat. The Legitimate Difference of Opinion on this I hope that this will become a means of guidance and Allaah is the One who guides. And this manuscript is not taken from the library of Liyadan, rather it is taken from Maktabah Ahmed al-Thalith Istanbul Turkey. In the hadeeth under discussion, he was certainly aware of the affirmation of hearing thats why he maintained the verdict of authenticity on this hadeeth. I am going to quote one hadeeth for each opinion. 2834748. Note: The narrations without the brackets around, are narrated from the chain of Muammal from Sufyaan. Proof number 3 for placing the hands on chest: Qabiysa ibn Hulb the Taabiee narrates from his father Hulb, may Allaah be pleased with him, that, I saw the Prophet and he was turning to his right and left in the prayer and I saw that, in the prayer, he would place his right hand upon his left on his chest. (Musnad Imaam Ahmad, 5/226), The chain of narration of this hadeeth is saheeh as was stated by Imaam ibn Sayyid An-Naas in Sharh Tirmidhee and Haafidh Ibn Hajr in Fathul-Baari. Create an account, If you do not have an account, you can click the button below to create one, Create new account the left. Then he shifted from that place and washed his feet. From the saying of Imam Ahmed in Kitaab al-Illal wal Marifat ar-Rijaal Simaak yarfahuma An Ikrimah An Ibn Abbaas we come to know that the Jarah of Imam Ahmed of Mudtarib ul-Hadeeth is related to this specific chain of Simaak AN Ikrimah AN Ibn Abbaas. Such a narrator is not Daeef accrding to Imam Ibn Hibbaan. otherwise is either weak (based on weak evidence) or has no basis. his chest. Therefore this (criticism and) narration is Mardood (Rejected). Hadith on Masajid: Where are the neighbors of Allah? Haafidh Zubair Alee 22/9/1999. So deriving evidence from these to place the hands on the chest in prayer is correct. [Tuhfatul Ahwadhee 2/81]. Daraqutni: Thiqah, makes many mistakes. [Tahdheeb at-Tahdheeb: 10/381]. It is the way to show absolute humility. These 3 points should be more than enough for any layman deobandi or barelvi to agree with the fact that placing the hands on chest is the sunnah. the prayer. Ibn Hibbaan = He mentioned him in Kitaab ath-Thiqaat, and said: He is Faqeeh and righteous. Among the criticizers, the criticizm of Imam Bukhari is not even proven. Al-Bukhaari = He has Munkar narrations [Ad-Duafa by Al-Bukhaari: 148], And he said: He is Munkir ul-Hadeeth, I do not narrate anything from him.. This would also tally with all the other narrations of this hadeeth that do not contain the wording "upon the chest". How did StorageTek STC 4305 use backing HDDs? Furthermore, the Ahadith which say to place the hands in a place other then the chest, are inauthentic, some are weak while others are fabricated. hamidah (Allaah hears the one who praises Him) he raised his hands, and * Some people open up the whole shop of taweelaat on the words yadau hazihi ala hazihi sadrihi (placed them on his chest) of Musnad Ahmed. [H. 252], Baghwi graded one of his hadeeth to be Hasan. To proceed: Sahl ibn Sad, may Allaah be pleased with him, reported, The people were ordered to place their right hand upon their left forearm. (Saheeh al-Bukhaaree, 1/102). The former teacher of Darul Uloom Deoband Maulaana Waheed uz-Zamaan Qaasmi al-Kairawaani, writes that: Zaraa means: The Part from Elbow to the Middle Finger [See: Qamoos al-Jadeed: Pg 308, Pub. Following is the hadith in musnad ahmed: Sayyiduna Hulb (ra) relates, 'I saw the Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) turn from both his right and left and I also saw him place this upon his chest.' Yahya (one of the narrators) described this as being the right hand upon the left above the wrist joint. 16. 8. Ibn Maeen = Thiqah [Taareekh Uthmaan bin Saeed ad-Daarimi: 26, 360], 4. When he intended to bow, he would take his hands out from his cloak, raise them, exalt Allah, and then bow. This proves all the baseless taweelaat of the Muawwaleen to be baseless and wrong, and the words of Ala Sadrih get proven to be Saheeh and Preserved. A strong Shahid of the above narration is present in Musnad Ahmed (5/226 H. 22313), Al-Tahqeeq fi Ikhtilaaf ul-Hadeeth by Ibn al-Jawzi (1/28 H. 477), so the tadlees in this narration is no longer harmful. classed as daeef (weak) by al-Nawawi, Ibn Hajar and others. Al-Haakim = He authenticated him [Al-Mustadrak: 2/168 H. 2706], 1. Imam Nasaee = He narrated from him in his Sunan (4097, 4589), * Zafar Ahmed Thanvi Deobandi wrote: The narrator of Sunan al-Sughra which is not criticized by Imam Nasaaee is Siqah according to him. [Qawaaid Uloom ul-Hadeeth Pg 222], 18. Therefore, the declaration of Imam Ijlee, Imam Ibn Hibbaan and others of him being siqah, is a testimony that they were aware of his conditions. Does the Mursal hadith (hadith in which the Companion who related it from the Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, is missing from the chain) narrated by Tawoos about placing the hands on the chest in the prayer found in Sunan Abi Dawood have any unreliable narrator in its chain? InshaAllah Read more: http://www.systemoflife.com/fiqh/salah/2000018-placing-the-hands-on-chest-is-the-sunnah#ixzz4mH5biyDl. al-Shaafai and ashaab al-rai. Then he placed his right hand on his left hand, wrist and forearm. In general, with regard to placing the right hand upon the left, it comes from the following narration: Qutaybah narrated to us; Ab al-Ahwas narrated to us; from Sammk bin Harb; from Qabsah bin Hulb; from his father [Hulb at-T] who said, The Messenger of Allaah (SAW) used to lead us in prayer and grasp his The teacher of Khateeb Baghdaadi, Qaadhi Abul Alaa al-Waasiti is included among the students of Abu Muslim Abdur Rehmaan bin Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Mihraan bin Salamah Al-Thiqah Al-Saalih [Taareekh Baghdaad: 10/299]. As for the Haafidh al-Haythami = Siqah and he has weakness in him. [Majma az-Zawaid: 8/183]. Log in, Join our e-mail list for regular site news and updates, All Rights Reserved for Islam Q&A 1997-2023. Abu Nuaym al-Asbahani = He took evidence from him in his Saheeh Al-Mustakhraj Ala Saheeh Muslim [1/289, 290 H. 535]. Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal = I only know good about him. [Al-Jarah wal Tadeel: 9/82, Chain Saheeh], 3. Suspicious referee report, are "suggested citations" from a paper mill? Whereas according to Imam Shafiee, a Mursal hadeeth will only be hujjah when it is supported by another hadeeth. Also, Ibn Nujaym Hanafee in Al-Bahr ar-Raqaaiq, Allaamah Abul Hasan al-Kabeer as-Sindhee in Fathul-Wadeed Sharh Abee Dawood, Aliaamah Muhammad Hayaat Sindhee in his Fathul-Ghafoor and Shaikh Abu Turaab Raashidullaah Shah Raashidee in his Darjud-Duroor have all stated this hadeeth to be authentic (saheeh). See Mizaan ul-Itidaal (2/233), 2. End quote. the hands are to be placed, it is on the chest. Adh-Dhahabi = He authenticated him in Talkhees ul-Mustadrak. [1/297]. Then he placed his right hand on the back of his left hand, wrist and forearm. So I watched him, and he stood and said takbeer, raising his hands until they were level with his ears. It only takes a minute to sign up. Simaak bin Harb is the narrator of Sihah Sittah and is one of the Tabieen. So placing them on the chest or stomach isent something for us to argue over, place them either on the chest or on the stomach, it doesnt matter as long as your right hand is above the left. Moreover, the Ghaali Muqallid Naimwi Hanafi in Athaar as-Sunan, Haashim as-Sindhi in Haashiah Miyaar al-Niqaad have also accepted this narration as Hassan Lidhatih. 9. For example see: Al-Ihsaan bi Tarteeb Saheeh Ibn Hibbaan [1/143 H. 66, Pg 144 H. 68, 69 etc], and Athaaf al-Maharah [3/63, 64, 65 etc]. Ibn Hibbaan = He mentioned him in Kitaab ath-Thiqaat (4/339) and said: He makes alot of Mistakes..Thawree and Shubah have narrated from him.. He poured water with his right hand over his left twice or thrice and then washed his private parts and rubbed his hand on the earth or on a wall twice or thrice and then rinsed his mouth, washed his nose by putting water in it and then blowing it out arid then washed his face and Zaraa and poured water over his head and washed his body. It is an established saying that, even the Siqah narrators get mistaken (sometimes), therefore if such a narrator is Siqah according to the Jumhoor, then his proven Mistakes are to be left, and in his remaining narrations, he will be Hasan ul-Hadeeth. Yahya (one of the narrators) described this as being the right hand upon the left above the wrist joint. (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: As for Ahmed bin Hanbal = He Narrated from him. This is worse for had he narrated these munkar ahadeeth from weak authorities we would have excused him. [Kitaab al-Marifat wal Taareekh: 3/52]. Muhammad bin Nasar al-Marwazi: If Muammal alone relates a certain narration then it becomes obligatory to pause and research the hadeeth as he had a bad memory and erred excessively [Tahdheeb at-Tahdheeb: 10/381]. So, the Maliki madh-hab preferred the narration of al-Qasim. * Muammal is Jayyid ul-Hadeeth, meaning Siqah and Sudooq according to Imam Ibn Katheer. Ibn Adee = He is Sudooq and there is nothing wrong in him. [Al-Kaamil: 3/1300], 11. Then it should be known that from mans body, the heart is perceived as being of the greatest importance. Before we continue, It is important to know the meaning of Chest i.e Sadr in arabic. This is one of the sunnahs of prayer, and is proven from the Prophet See: Al-Kawakib al-Niraat by Ibn al-Kiyaal Pg 159. How does a fan in a turbofan engine suck air in? Yet sharing them-. So what do you think of taking narrations from Abdullah bin Umar [radiallah anhu]?? See: Tahdheeb at-Tahdheeb: Vol 1 Pg 4,5, and Quwaaid fi Uloom ul-Hadeeth by Ashraf Ali Thanvi Pg 217. So the claim of ijma from deobandis and barelvis is not right. " Whereas, one group of Huffaadh have declared the same narrators to be Siqah [Al-Rafa wal Takmeel: Pg 37]. The Hanafees anwer this criticism and say Abu Haneefah was a great Jurist of his time and therefore the criticisms on him are not sustainable. The forearm here means from the finger region of the hand right up to the elbow. When you check only the versions narrated on the authorithy of Hulb via his son you may find at least 20 to 40 quotes in different books at least 5-10 are in Musnad Ahmad and a similar amount in al-Bayhaqi's as-Sunan al-Kubra and twice of that in the books of at-Tabarani. He is the The Imam of Jarah wal Tadeel, A Giant in Knowledge, Fiqh, Hadeeth etc.. People of knowledge depend upon him. Ibn Sayyid an-Naas = He authenticated a hadeeth containing Muammal [Sharh Tirmidhi Vol 2 Pg 211]. End quote. Yahya ibn Maeen: Thiqah [Taareekh Ibn Maeen by Ad-Dauri: 235 Pg 591, Al-Jarah wal Tadeel by Ibn Abi Haatim: 8/374], In Kitaab al-Jarah wal Tadeel, Imam Ibn Abi Haatim wrote that: Yaqoob bin Ishaaq narrated to us from what was written in the book from him, he said, Uthmaan bin Saeed (Imam Ad-Daarimi) narrated to us, he said: I said to Yahya ibn Maeen: What is the Condition of Muammal when he narrates from Sufyaan? 17. Adh-Dhahabi = Al-Imam, Al-Kabeer, Mufti.. [Siyar Alaam al-Nabula: 5/433]. So is it possible to be more clear this time? Explained by Ustadh Nadeem Previous hadiths: https://sites.google.com/view/riyadussalihin/home Classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh Abi Dawood. Al-Nasaai (887) narrated that Waail ibn Hujr (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: I saw the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) when he was standing in prayer; he clasped his right hand over his left. Imam Tirmidhi has also narrated this narration with the same chain, and in ateast one Nuskha, the same text is mentioned which Imam Ahmed has narrated in his Musnad, as Muhaddith Abdul Haqq says that: Imam Tirmidhi narrated through the chain of Qabeesah bin Hulb From Hulb At-Taaee that he saw the Messenger of Allah [peace be upon him] that he was placing his hands on the chest. [Sharh Safar as-Saadat: Pg 44], Inrotudction to the Narrators of this Hadeeth, Qabeesah bin Hulb is the son of Hulb Taee [radiallah anhu] and the resident of Koofah. of prayer according to the majority of scholars. Classed as 1. It should be kept in mind that Imam Ibn Khuzaymah has completely followed his conditions, therefore Allamah Jalal ud-Deen Suyuti writes; The status of Saheeh Ibn Khuzaymah is high in authenticity than Saheeh Ibn Hibbaan, because Imam Ibn Khuzaymah is very cautious about this matter. The Malikiyyah were of the opinion that one leaves his hands free [by his sides] in prayer (irsl). 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