Ruling on Tatlīq in Prayer
Source: Fatāwā Amunpūrī by Shaykh Ghulām Muṣṭafā Ẓahīr Amunpūrī
❖ Question
What is the ruling on tatlīq (placing both hands between the knees in rukūʿ) during prayer?
❖ Answer
Tatlīq in prayer refers to placing both hands between the knees while in rukūʿ. In the beginning, tatlīq was permissible, but later it was abrogated.
❖ Scholarly Consensus
◈ Imām Abū Bakr Ibn Isḥāq al-Ṣibghī (d. 342H):
((اتفق العلماء كلهم على نسخه وتركه من التطبيق))
“All the scholars are unanimously agreed that tatlīq has been abrogated and abandoned.”
— al-Sunan al-Kubrā by al-Bayhaqī 2/81, with a ṣaḥīḥ chain
Conclusion
- Tatlīq was an early practice in rukūʿ.
- It was later abrogated and is no longer part of the Sunnah.
- The scholars are unanimously agreed on leaving it.
