Source: Shaykh Abū Ḥudhayfah Muḥammad Jāwīd Salafī – Āʾīnah Tawḥīd wa Sunnat: Jawāb Shirk kyā hai maʿa Ḥaqīqat-i Bidʿat
❖ Topic:
Placing the hands on the chest during Ṣalāh (prayer) is from the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.
◈ Evidence from Aḥādīth:
❖ Sayyidunā Wāʾil ibn Ḥujr رضي الله عنه said:
“I prayed with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he placed his right hand over his left hand on his chest.”
(Ṣaḥīḥ Ibn Khuzaymah, Kitāb al-Ṣalāh, Bāb: Wadhʿ al-Yamīn ʿala al-Shimāl fī al-Ṣalāh, Vol. 1, p. 243 – Hadith: 479)
❖ Sayyidunā Sahl bin Saʿd رضي الله عنه said:
“The people were ordered to place their right hand on their left forearm during the prayer.”
(Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī, Kitāb al-Adhān, Bāb: Wadhʿ al-Yamīn ʿala al-Shimāl – Hadith: 730)
❖ Sayyidunā Hilaal رضي الله عنه said:
“I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ turning to the right and to the left during prayer, and I also saw him placing his hands on his chest.”
(Musnad Aḥmad, Vol. 5, p. 226 – Hadith: 22313)
✅ Conclusion:
The above authentic narrations clearly establish that:
➤ Placing the right hand over the left in prayer is Sunnah.
➤ The position of the hands was on the chest, as explicitly stated.
➤ This practice was commanded and observed by the Prophet ﷺ and his Companions رضي الله عنهم.
