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الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
أبواب صفة الصلاةChapters on the Description of Prayer
2 - بَابُ هَيْئَةِ الْجُلُوسِ لِلتَّشَهُّدِ وَالْإِشَارَةِ بِالسَّبَّابَةِ وَغَيْرِ ذَلِكَ2 - Chapter on the Sitting Posture for Tashahhud, Pointing with the Index Finger, and Other Matters
Hadith 1787
اُردوEn
(وَعَنْهُ مِنْ طَرِيقٍ ثَانٍ) عَنْ طَاوُسٍ أَيْضًا قَالَ: رَأَيْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ يَجْثُو عَلَى صُدُورِ قَدَمَيْهِ فَقُلْتُ: هَٰذَا يَزْعُمُ النَّاسُ أَنَّهُ مِنَ الْجَفَاءِ، قَالَ هُوَ سُنَّةُ نَبِيِّكَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ
(Second chain) Tawus says: I saw Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) sitting with his feet upright and sitting on them. I said: People consider this manner to be harshness and rudeness. He said: This is the Sunnah of your Prophet.
Brief Explanation
Benefits: … In this hadith, in fact, a particular manner of the sitting of rest (jalsah al-istirahah) has been described, which is called *iq‘a’*. It should be kept in mind that there are two forms of *iq‘a’*: one form is permissible and Sunnah, and the other is impermissible and not Sunnah.
Permissible form: In the sitting of rest (jalsah al-istirahah), to keep both feet upright and to sit on their heels.
Impermissible form: To raise the shins and thighs and sit on the buttocks, placing the hands on the ground.
Sayyiduna Abdullah ibn Abbas radi Allahu anhu says: “It is from the Sunnah in prayer that you place your buttocks on your heels between the two prostrations (sajdahs).” (Al-Mu‘jam al-Kabir by Tabarani: 3/106/1, Al-Sahihah: 383)
That is: It is Sunnah that in prayer, between the two prostrations (in the sitting), you place your buttocks on your heels.
Also, Mu‘awiyah ibn Khudayj rahimahullah says: I saw Tawus performing *iq‘a’* and said: “You were doing *iq‘a’* in prayer, why?” He replied: “You have not seen only me performing *iq‘a’*, rather, this is a way of prayer. I have seen Sayyiduna Abdullah ibn Abbas, Sayyiduna Abdullah ibn Umar, and Sayyiduna Abdullah ibn Zubayr performing this *iq‘a’*.”
Shaykh al-Albani rahimahullah said: From this hadith and these narrations, it is known that the aforementioned type of *iq‘a’* is legislated; it is Sunnah and doing so is an act of worship. This was not due to any excuse, as some prejudiced people think. How can their statement be correct, when three Companions practiced it considering it Sunnah, and the eminent jurist from the Tabi‘in, Tawus, followed them, and Imam Ahmad said (in Masā’il al-Marwazi: 19): “The people of Makkah also used to perform *iq‘a’*.” Thus, whoever wishes to act upon this Sunnah and revive it, these Salaf are sufficient for him.
It should be kept in mind that there are two ways of sitting between the prostrations:
(1) To keep the right foot upright and spread the left foot and sit on it, and
(2) To keep both feet upright and sit on their heels, which is called *iq‘a’*.
We should, by adopting the practice of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, act upon both methods at different times, so that none of the Sunnahs of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam are left out. (Al-Sahihah: 383)
Permissible form: In the sitting of rest (jalsah al-istirahah), to keep both feet upright and to sit on their heels.
Impermissible form: To raise the shins and thighs and sit on the buttocks, placing the hands on the ground.
Sayyiduna Abdullah ibn Abbas radi Allahu anhu says: “It is from the Sunnah in prayer that you place your buttocks on your heels between the two prostrations (sajdahs).” (Al-Mu‘jam al-Kabir by Tabarani: 3/106/1, Al-Sahihah: 383)
That is: It is Sunnah that in prayer, between the two prostrations (in the sitting), you place your buttocks on your heels.
Also, Mu‘awiyah ibn Khudayj rahimahullah says: I saw Tawus performing *iq‘a’* and said: “You were doing *iq‘a’* in prayer, why?” He replied: “You have not seen only me performing *iq‘a’*, rather, this is a way of prayer. I have seen Sayyiduna Abdullah ibn Abbas, Sayyiduna Abdullah ibn Umar, and Sayyiduna Abdullah ibn Zubayr performing this *iq‘a’*.”
Shaykh al-Albani rahimahullah said: From this hadith and these narrations, it is known that the aforementioned type of *iq‘a’* is legislated; it is Sunnah and doing so is an act of worship. This was not due to any excuse, as some prejudiced people think. How can their statement be correct, when three Companions practiced it considering it Sunnah, and the eminent jurist from the Tabi‘in, Tawus, followed them, and Imam Ahmad said (in Masā’il al-Marwazi: 19): “The people of Makkah also used to perform *iq‘a’*.” Thus, whoever wishes to act upon this Sunnah and revive it, these Salaf are sufficient for him.
It should be kept in mind that there are two ways of sitting between the prostrations:
(1) To keep the right foot upright and spread the left foot and sit on it, and
(2) To keep both feet upright and sit on their heels, which is called *iq‘a’*.
We should, by adopting the practice of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, act upon both methods at different times, so that none of the Sunnahs of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam are left out. (Al-Sahihah: 383)
