سنن ابن ماجه
Ibn Majah
كتاب إقامة الصلاة والسنةEstablishing the Prayer and the Sunnah Regarding Them
بَابُ : مَا يُكْرَهُ فِي الصَّلاَةِChapter: What is disliked in the Prayer
Hadith 967
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا عَلْقَمَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الدَّارِمِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَجْلَانَ ، عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ ، عَنْ كَعْبِ بْنِ عُجْرَةَ ، أَنَّ ّرَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " رَأَى رَجُلًا قَدْ شَبَّكَ أَصَابِعَهُ فِي الصَّلَاةِ ، فَفَرَّجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَيْنَ أَصَابِعِهِ " .
It was narrated from Ka’b bin ‘Ujrah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saw a man who had interlocked his fingers during the prayer, so the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) separated his fingers.
Related hadith on this topic
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
562. Commentary:
Imam Bukhari rahimahullah has presented ahadith in Sahih Bukhari «كتاب الصلوة باب تشبيك الأصابع فى المسجد» and elsewhere, from which the concession for this action is established. And the aforementioned hadith is also authentic. (Shaykh al-Albani rahimahullah)
The reconciliation and synthesis among them is that during the prayer or while proceeding towards the prayer specifically, this action is prohibited, and the prohibition is of a discouraging (tanzihi) nature, but not outside of that.
➋ While coming to the mosque, intertwining the fingers, cracking them, or other similar pointless actions—such as running, peeking here and there, idle talk, and laughing loudly—are in no way appropriate, because a person is, in effect, considered to be in prayer.
Imam Bukhari rahimahullah has presented ahadith in Sahih Bukhari «كتاب الصلوة باب تشبيك الأصابع فى المسجد» and elsewhere, from which the concession for this action is established. And the aforementioned hadith is also authentic. (Shaykh al-Albani rahimahullah)
The reconciliation and synthesis among them is that during the prayer or while proceeding towards the prayer specifically, this action is prohibited, and the prohibition is of a discouraging (tanzihi) nature, but not outside of that.
➋ While coming to the mosque, intertwining the fingers, cracking them, or other similar pointless actions—such as running, peeking here and there, idle talk, and laughing loudly—are in no way appropriate, because a person is, in effect, considered to be in prayer.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 562
