Skip to content
Skip to content

This archive is reader-funded. Help keep SunniPath's answers and books online, free for everyone.

Donate

Toes, and Jumping in Prayer

Answered by
Sidi Faraz Rabbani

This archive is free and reader-funded.Donate to keep it online


Question: Could you please confirm for me the following rulings?
1] I have heard that Sh.IbnAbideen (r) has mentioned inhis Hashiyyathat keeping both feet on the ground inall the prayer is wajib whilst if one were to removeone foot it would Makruh-e-tanzihi (slighty disliked), and this is the strongest position, imean couldyou check the hashiyyafor us please, etc.?

This opinion has not been correctly understood. It is dislikedto lift a foot off the ground without reason in the prayer.

  In prostration, it is:

·        Obligatory (fard) to place any part of one toe of one foot on the ground, even if only for a moment

·        Necessary (wajib) to place any part of one toe of both feet on the ground, even if only for a moment

·        It would be dislikedto lift one or both feet off the ground without reason, though doing so does not invalidate the prayer. Mufti MahmoudUsmani and Shaykh Adibboth stated that there is no basis for this belief, as the texts are clear on this point, and it just rises out of a misreading of the texts or pious ignorance.

·        A confirmed sunnato point one’s toes towards the qibla.

  Also having a part of one foot on the ground throughoutthe prayer is a Fard?

The only way this would not be true if you jumped. Jumping is excessive action, which invalidates prayer.

Wassalam,
Faraz Rabbani

This answer was published by SunniPath and is preserved as written. Rulings can depend on circumstances; for your own situation, consult a qualified scholar.

Originally published by SunniPath (sunnipath.com).

Comments

No comments yet.

Add a comment

Comments appear after review. Your email address is not displayed.

Message us to support the project