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I have posted a new thread regarding the same topic.
I have questions regarding this book and would really appreciate a response. Please help! May Allah reward you for your efforts inshaAllah.
I know that it may be a tall order but if you read this and may know someone who will know please them to look at the site.
My questions are many and long so please read and respond where you can inshaAllah.
ONCE AGAIN I have the new version so add a few page numbers to the page numbers that Ive written and that should be the number in the old version. InshaAllah.
1) P.4 There is a hadith that talks of the prophet sallaalahu aleyhi waslam telling those who prayed behind him to sit when he did (when he lead the prayer). Does this mean that if an imaam needs to sit and pray, the whole congregation must? If this is so what happens to the reward of those in congregation? Is it half of those who pray standing even though they were able to do so?
2) P.5 Where the prophet sallalahu aleyhi wasalam prayed through the night (in the night prayer) in the sitting position- in what context is this? Is it because he was ill or is it should one pray sitting at times and standing at other times? Also again what is the reward of the one who prays sitting in the night prayer?
3) P.6. If the prophet sallalahu aleyhi wasalam ordered people to pray in their shoes and without- why do we always pray with them off- especially in a masjid?
4) P.7. With regards to the pulpit- did the prophet sallalahu aleyhi wasalam literally come down off the pulpit and do sujood and then return to it? Did he come down and do sujood in congregation? Is this what normally happens in a masjid- sisters obviously do not see the brothers side so I have no idea.
5) P.7. The sutrah. In the masjid what is the sutrah- in other words, where is it placed and what would it be- in the home what is the sutrah? If when in a masjid a person walks in front of you (even if you have a bag or something in front of you to take the form of a sutrah)- should you rush to block them, and is it permissible to do this during the prayer? What about children as they often do this when their mothers are praying?
6) In section ?What he sallahu aleyhi wasalam used to recite in the different prayers, part 10, p.39 (new version), in the footnote 1, there is reference to the hadith of rakahs after the Witr prayer:
?The evidence for these two rakahs is found in Saheeh Muslim and others as a practise of the prophet sallalahu aleyhi wasalam, but they oppose his saying: Makethe last of your prayer at night odd (witr) transmitted by Bukhari and Muslim. The scholars have differed in reconciling these two hadith, none of them being convincing to me, so the most cautious thing is to leave the two rakahs in compliance with the command of the prophet sallalahu aleyhi wasalam and Allah knows best.
Later I came across an authentic hadith which had a command for two rakahs after witr, so the order of the prophet sallalaahu aleyhi wasalam agrees with this action and the two rakahs are validated for everyone; the first [The messenger of Allah sallaalahu aleyhi wasalam said Make the last of your prayer at night odd (witr) Related by Bukhari and Muslim] command is thus one of recommendation, not negating the two rakahs. The latter [Abu Salamah asked ?A?ishah about the prayer of the messenger of Allah sallalahu aleyhi wasalam. She said, ?He performed thirteen rakah (in the night prayer): he observed eight rakahs and would then observe Witr and then observe two rakahs sitting and when he wanted to bow, he sttod up and then bowed down and then observed two rakahs in between adhaan and iqaamah of the Dawn prayer.?] hadith is given in Silsilat al-ahadeeth as-saheehah (1993)- appendix 7.?
Appendix 7 (p.110) then highlights the two hadeeth and talks of how one does not contradict the other:
??its seems that the purpose of his command to make the last prayer at night odd was to prevent neglect of the one odd rakah, so this objective is not contradicted by the two rakahs after it, as established in his practise and his command. Allah knows best.?
So my questions are:
a) Do we have to perform the extra two rakahs all the time after witr or being a recommendation we should do it as and when we feel- how can we decide (is it dependent on the state of our emaan at the time and is this what is meant by the possibility of the odd rakah being rejected)?
b) How many rakah in the witr prayer. I was told 2 and then 1. However in the book it reads (p.38)
?He sallalahu aleyhi wasalam used to recite ?Glorify the Name of Your Lord Most High [87:19]? in the first rakah, ?Say: O you who disbelieve [109:6]? in the second and ?Say He is Allah the one and Only [112:4]? in the third.?
So how many do I read?
7)On p.60 there is reference to the Rising from Sajdah. This goes on to the section To sit muftarishan between the Two Sajdahs. In these sections there are refernces to sitting on the foot and having the right foot upright but there isn?t any mention of how the hands should be placed. Have I missed this in the book? Are there evidences for how the hands should be? To put the palms on the knees as in Tashahud- is this enough?
On p.64 there is a description of the sitting in Tashahhud which recalls the sitting muftarishan
?as he used to between the two sajdahs and ?he would then sit in the first tashahhud similarly.??
The text then goes on to describe the Tashahhud and the place of the palms at this point.
Does the evidence for this relate to sitting between the two sajdahs too?
I would be much obliged to anyone who can help me with this info InshaAllah.
Jazakallahu kahyr
Wasalamu aleykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh
umm eeasa.
This message was edited by Umm.Eeasa.Beg on 9-22-03 @ 6:29 PM
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Umm.Eeasa.Beg
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