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Difference between the Salat of men and
women
There is a strong prevalent view that all the
laws of salah are common to both men and
women, and that there is no difference
between them.
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How can it be general when specific
instructions have been given by Prophet saw
for both the genders ?
It is sunna for a man to distance his abdomen from his
thighs, his elbows from his sides and his arms off the
ground.
Ibn Abbas ( May Allah be pleased with him) said:
I came to the Prophet saw from behind and I saw the
whiteness of his armpits ad he kept them far away
from his sides and raised his stomach ( from the
ground). ( Abu Dawud 898).
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The reward of congregational prayer
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Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah ( ) رضئ هللا عنnarrates that
the Prophet ( ) ص هللا هللا عه م ه مsaid,
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Unlike men women should not give
adhan or say the iqamah.
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For the purpose of correcting or
deterring someone in salah men
should say 'subhanallah' loudly, whilst
women are only allowed to clap their
hands.
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Raising hands in Tahrima:
Sayyiduna Wail bin Hujr ( ) رضئئئ هللا عن ئ
reports that the Prophet ( ) صئ هللا هللا عه ئ م ئه م
said, 'Oh Ibn Hujr! When you pray make
your hands level with your ears. And the
woman shall raise her hands close to her
bosom.”
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We derive some very important
and fundamental principles about
the prayer of a woman from all the
above hadeeth.
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Imam Baihaqi says,
“All of the laws of salah in which a woman
differs from a man are based on the
principle of satr (concealment).”
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Remember:
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Verdicts and practice of the
Companions ( ) رضئ ع ينه
Khalid bin al Lajlaaj reports as part
of a longer hadeeth that women
were ordered to do tarabb'u ( to
draw out one's right leg towards the
right side of the body and to place
the left leg beneath the right leg)
when sitting in salah.
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Nafi' narrates that Safiyyah (R)
would pray and do tarabb'u.
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Sayyiduna Ibn Umar ( ) رضئ هللا عنwas once
asked, 'How did women pray their salah during
the time of the Prophet ( ' ) ص هللا هللا عه م ه مHe
replied, 'They used to sit cross legged until they
were told to practice ihtifaz.”
(Narrated by all three, Abu Muhammad al Bukhari,
Qadhi Umar bin al Hasan Ashnani, and Ibn Khusruw
in their Musnads of Imam Abu Hanifah's hadeeth.)
Ihtifaz is to lean to one side and rest on the
posterior.
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'When a woman prostrates she should
do ihtifaz and press her thighs
together.', and in Abdul Razzaq's
narration “press her thighs against her
stomach.”
(Abdul Razzaq 5072 and Ibn Abi Shaibah
2777)
Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas ( ) رضئ هللا عنwas
asked about the prayer of a woman. He
replied, 'She should pull herself close
together and do ihtifaz.’
(Ibn Abi Shaibah 2778)
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