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Hadith 1268
Hadith #
1268
Book
Al-Kāfi
Volume
3
Section
29
Part
The Book of Prayer
Chapter
Manners of Standing and Sitting Positions in Salah (prayer)
Source
Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī
۞
2. Through the same chain of narrators as that of the previous Hadith, it is narrated Hammad ibn ‘Isa from Hariz from Zurarah who has said the following
“He (the Imam) (a.s.), has said, ‘When a woman stands up for Salah (prayer) she should place her feet close to each other and should not keep them apart from each other. She should keep her hands over her chest over her breast. In Ruku‘ position she should place her hands above her knees on her thighs so as not to bend down very much to lift up her rear end. When sitting she should sit on her posteriors unlike a man. When bowing down for prostration she should first bring down her knees before her hands, then place herself on the ground. When sitting she should keep her thighs together and raise her knees from the ground. When moving to stand up a woman should rise upward without allowing her rear end to be seen being lifted up first.”
2ـ وَبِهَذِهِ الأسَانِيدِ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ حَرِيزٍ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ قَالَ
إِذَا قَامَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ فِي الصَّلاَةِ جَمَعَتْ بَيْنَ قَدَمَيْهَا وَلاَ تُفَرِّجُ بَيْنَهُمَا وَتَضُمُّ يَدَيْهَا إِلَى صَدْرِهَا لِمَكَانِ ثَدْيَيْهَا فَإِذَا رَكَعَتْ وَضَعَتْ يَدَيْهَا فَوْقَ رُكْبَتَيْهَا عَلَى فَخِذَيْهَا لِئَلاَّ تُطَأْطِىَ كَثِيراً فَتَرْتَفِعَ عَجِيزَتُهَا فَإِذَا جَلَسَتْ فَعَلَى أَلْيَتَيْهَا لَيْسَ كَمَا يَقْعُدُ الرَّجُلُ وَإِذَا سَقَطَتْ لِلسُّجُودِ بَدَأَتْ بِالْقُعُودِ بِالرُّكْبَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الْيَدَيْنِ ثُمَّ تَسْجُدُ لاَطِئَةً بِالأرْضِ فَإِذَا كَانَتْ فِي جُلُوسِهَا ضَمَّتْ فَخِذَيْهَا وَرَفَعَتْ رُكْبَتَيْهَا مِنَ الأرْضِ وَإِذَا نَهَضَتْ انْسَلَّتْ انْسِلاَلاً لاَ تَرْفَعُ عَجِيزَتَهَا أَوَّلاً.
Tags WomenProstration (Sujud)

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