سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
أبواب تفريع استفتاح الصلاةPrayer (Tafarah Abwab Estaftah Assalah)
باب الإِقْعَاءِ بَيْنَ السَّجْدَتَيْنِChapter: Sitting In The Iq’a Position Between The Two Prostrations.
Hadith 845
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ مَعِينٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ، عَنْ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ ، أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ طَاوُسًا ، يَقُولُ : قُلْنَا لِابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ فِي "الْإِقْعَاءِ عَلَى الْقَدَمَيْنِ فِي السُّجُودِ ، فَقَالَ : هِيَ السُّنَّةُ ، قَالَ : قُلْنَا : إِنَّا لَنَرَاهُ جُفَاءً بِالرَّجُلِ ، فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ : هِيَ سُنَّةُ نَبِيِّكَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ " .
Tawus said: we asked Ibn Abbas about sitting on heels between the two prostrations. He said: It is the sunnah. We said: We look upon it as a pressure on the foot. He said: This is the sunnah of your Prophet ﷺ
Related hadith on this topic
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
845. Commentary:
Sitting on the heels is called "iq‘ā’", and it is permissible to sit in this manner between the prostrations (sujūd) occasionally. However, the other form of iq‘ā’, known as "‘uqbat ash-shayṭān", is impermissible; that is, when a person raises his shins upright and sits on his buttocks.
Sitting on the heels is called "iq‘ā’", and it is permissible to sit in this manner between the prostrations (sujūd) occasionally. However, the other form of iq‘ā’, known as "‘uqbat ash-shayṭān", is impermissible; that is, when a person raises his shins upright and sits on his buttocks.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 845
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary:
Vocabulary of the Hadith:
(1)
AL-IQ‘Ā’:
There are two forms of iq‘ā’:
(1)
Placing one’s buttocks on the ground, raising the shins upright, and spreading the hands on the ground like a dog—
this, by consensus, is prohibited, and in another hadith, it has been forbidden.
(2)
Sitting between the two prostrations (sajdahs) by placing one’s buttocks on the feet (heels)—
Ibn Abbas radi Allahu anhu considers this a Sunnah,
and the Companions,
the hadith scholars, and Imam Shafi‘i rahimahullah deem it permissible.
(2)
JAFĀ’:
Heaviness and hardship,
ill-manners.
al-rijl:
If it is read as “rijl,” it means “foot,” and if read as “rajul,” it means “man”—that sitting in this manner is a cause of heaviness and hardship for a person.
Benefits and Issues:
There is no authentic hadith establishing any difference in posture or manner between the prayer of men and women, and the form of iq‘ā’ is for the person for whom sitting in this manner is convenient and easy.
Vocabulary of the Hadith:
(1)
AL-IQ‘Ā’:
There are two forms of iq‘ā’:
(1)
Placing one’s buttocks on the ground, raising the shins upright, and spreading the hands on the ground like a dog—
this, by consensus, is prohibited, and in another hadith, it has been forbidden.
(2)
Sitting between the two prostrations (sajdahs) by placing one’s buttocks on the feet (heels)—
Ibn Abbas radi Allahu anhu considers this a Sunnah,
and the Companions,
the hadith scholars, and Imam Shafi‘i rahimahullah deem it permissible.
(2)
JAFĀ’:
Heaviness and hardship,
ill-manners.
al-rijl:
If it is read as “rijl,” it means “foot,” and if read as “rajul,” it means “man”—that sitting in this manner is a cause of heaviness and hardship for a person.
Benefits and Issues:
There is no authentic hadith establishing any difference in posture or manner between the prayer of men and women, and the form of iq‘ā’ is for the person for whom sitting in this manner is convenient and easy.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 1198
