السنن الكبرى للبيهقي
Sunan al-Kubra al-Bayhaqi
كتاب الصلاة
Book of Prayer
باب: ما يستحب للمرأة من ترك التجافي في الركوع والسجود
It is recommended for a woman not to keep her limbs apart in bowing and prostration
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قَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ النَّخَعِيُّ: كَانَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ تُؤْمَرُ إِذَا سَجَدَتْ أَنْ تَلْزِقَ بَطْنَهَا بِفَخِذَيْهَا كَيْلَا تَرْتَفِعَ عَجُزَتُهَا وَلَا تَجَافِيَ كَمَا يُجَافِي الرَّجُلُ".
Ibrahim al-Nakha'i (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "The woman used to be commanded, when she prostrates, to press her stomach against her thighs so that her buttocks are not raised, and not to keep (her limbs) apart in the way a man keeps them apart."
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ، أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْفَقِيهُ، أنبأ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ زِيَادٍ قَالَ: ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ، ثنا أَبُو الْأَحْوَصِ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنِ الْحَارِثِ قَالَ: قَالَ عَلِيٌّ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ " إِذَا سَجَدْتِ الْمَرْأَةُ فَلْتَضُمَّ فَخِذَيْهَا " وَقَدْ رُوِيَ فِيهِ حَدِيثَانِ ضَعِيفَانِ لَا يُحْتَجُّ بِأَمْثَالِهِمَا.
Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) says: When a woman prostrates, she should keep her thighs together.
Two weak hadiths have been narrated on this matter, the like of which are not used as evidence.
Two weak hadiths have been narrated on this matter, the like of which are not used as evidence.
أَحَدُهُمَا حَدِيثُ عَطَاءِ بْنِ الْعَجْلَانِ، عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ الْعَبْدِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، صَاحِبِ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: " خَيْرُ صُفُوفِ الرِّجَالِ الْأَوَّلُ، وَخَيْرُ صُفُوفِ النِّسَاءِ الصَّفُّ الْآخِرُ " وَكَانَ " يَأْمُرُ الرِّجَالَ أَنْ يَتَجَافَوْا فِي سُجُودِهِمْ، وَيَأْمُرُ النِّسَاءَ يَنْخَفِضْنَ فِي سُجُودِهِنَّ، وَكَانَ يَأْمُرُ الرِّجَالَ أَنْ يَفْرِشُوا الْيُسْرَى، وَيَنْصِبُوا الْيُمْنَى فِي التَّشَهُّدِ، وَيَأْمُرُ النِّسَاءَ ⦗٣١٥⦘ أَنْ يَتَرَبَّعْنَ وَقَالَ: " يَا مَعْشَرَ النِّسَاءِ لَا تَرْفَعْنَ أَبْصَارَكُنَّ فِي صَلَاتِكُنَّ تَنْظُرْنَ إِلَى عَوْرَاتِ الرِّجَالِ " أَخْبَرَنَاهُ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ، ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ، ثنا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ مَزْيَدٍ الْبَيْرُوتِيُّ، أنبأ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ شُعَيْبٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ سُلَيْمٍ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ عَجْلَانَ أَنَّهُ حَدَّثَهُمْ فَذَكَرَهُ وَاللَّفْظُ الْأَوَّلُ وَاللَّفْظُ الْآخِرُ مِنْ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ مَشْهُورَانِ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا مُنْكَرٌ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ.
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The best rows of the men are the first rows, and the best rows of the women are the last rows." He (peace and blessings be upon him) used to command the men to keep their arms away from their sides in prostration, and to command the women to prostrate drawn together; he used to command the men to lay down the left foot and keep the right one upright in the tashahhud, and to command the women to sit cross-legged. And he said: "O assembly of women! Do not raise your gaze in your prayer, but keep it lowered, so that you do not look at the private parts of the men."
The first and the last wordings of this hadith are well known from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and what is between them is munkar (rejected). And Allah knows best.
The first and the last wordings of this hadith are well known from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and what is between them is munkar (rejected). And Allah knows best.
وَالْآخَرُ: حَدِيثُ أَبِي مُطِيعٍ الْحَكَمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْبَلْخِيِّ، عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ ذَرٍّ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " إِذَا جَلَسَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ فِي الصَّلَاةِ وَضَعَتْ فَخِذَهَا عَلَى فَخِذِهَا الْأُخْرَى، وَإِذَا سَجَدَتْ أَلْصَقَتْ بَطْنَهَا فِي فَخِذَيْهَا كَأَسْتَرِ مَا يَكُونُ لَهَا، وَإِنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى يَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهَا وَيَقُولُ: يَا مَلَائِكَتِي أُشْهِدُكُمْ أَنِّي قَدْ غَفَرْتُ لَهَا ".
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When a woman sits in the prayer, she should place one thigh over the other thigh, and when she prostrates, she should press her stomach against her thighs; this gives her the greatest covering. And when Allah Almighty looks at her, He says: 'O My angels! Bear witness that I have forgiven her.'"
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو سَعْدٍ الصُّوفِيُّ، أنبأ أَبُو أَحْمَدَ بْنُ عَدِيٍّ، ثنا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ السَّرْخَسِيُّ، ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ الْبَلْخِيُّ، ثنا أَبُو مُطِيعٍ، ثنا عُمَرُ بْنُ ذَرٍّ، فَذَكَرَهُ قَالَ أَبُو أَحْمَدَ: أَبُو مُطِيعٍ بَيْنَ الضَّعْفِ فِي أَحَادِيثِهِ، وَعَامَّةُ مَا يَرْوِيهِ لَا يُتَابَعُ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ الشَّيْخُ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ: وَقَدْ ضَعَّفَهُ يَحْيَى بْنُ مَعِينٍ وَغَيْرُهُ، وَكَذَلِكَ عَطَاءُ بْنُ عَجْلَانَ ضَعِيفٌ وَرُوِي فِيهِ حَدِيثٌ مُنْقَطِعٌ وَهُوَ أَحْسَنُ مِنَ الْمَوْصُولَيْنِ قَبْلَهُ.
A similar hadith is reported through another chain. In it, the narrator Abu Muti' is weak; he is clearly weak in his hadiths, and most of what he narrates is not corroborated.
(b) Imam al-Bayhaqi (may Allah have mercy on him) says that Yahya bin Ma'in and others declared Abu Muti' weak. Likewise, Ata' bin Ajlan is da'if (weak). A munqati' (broken-chain) hadith has also been narrated on this, and it is better than the two connected ones before it.
(b) Imam al-Bayhaqi (may Allah have mercy on him) says that Yahya bin Ma'in and others declared Abu Muti' weak. Likewise, Ata' bin Ajlan is da'if (weak). A munqati' (broken-chain) hadith has also been narrated on this, and it is better than the two connected ones before it.
أَخْبَرَنَاهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ أنبأ أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ الْفَسَوِيُّ، ثنا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ اللُّؤْلُؤِيُّ، ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ، ثنا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ، أنبأ ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، أنبأ حَيْوَةُ بْنُ شُرَيْحٍ، عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ غَيْلَانَ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَرَّ عَلَى امْرَأَتَيْنِ تُصَلِّيَانِ فَقَالَ: " إِذَا سَجَدْتُمَا فَضُمَّا بَعْضَ اللَّحْمِ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ فَإِنَّ الْمَرْأَةَ لَيْسَتْ فِي ذَلِكَ كَالرَّجُلِ ".
It is narrated from Yazid bin Abi Habib (may Allah have mercy on him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by two women who were praying. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When you prostrate, press part of your body against the ground, for in this the woman is not like the man."
