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سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
أبواب تفريع استفتاح الصلاة
Prayer (Tafarah Abwab Estaftah Assalah)
باب الإِقْعَاءِ بَيْنَ السَّجْدَتَيْنِ
Chapter: Sitting In The Iq’a Position Between The Two Prostrations.
Sunan Abu Dawud 845 — Sitting In The Iq’a Position Between The Two
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
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Brief Explanation
1؎: This is the prescribed (masnun) form of iq‘a’ which is specific to the sitting posture between the two prostrations (sajdahs). As for the prohibited form of iq‘a’ which is forbidden in the hadith, it is to sit like a dog, placing the buttocks and both hands on the ground while raising both shins and thighs, or, in the state of tashahhud, to plant both feet upright and sit on the heels.
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
