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Abu Khuzaimah Ansari We generally neglect two postures of the prayer, the standing after ruku and the period between the two sujud or prostrations. We tend to stand after ruku and immediately go into sujud or we make the two sujud without any duration between them. The Sunnah teaches us …

Abu Khuzaimah Ansari This resting period although is observed by many Muslims, it is sometimes or often rushed and not given due importance. Jalsah Istraha is resting for a short period after the second prostration. This resting is connected to the end of the first and third rakah since one …

Abu Khuzaimah Ansari I have noticed this Sunnah being seldom practised nowadays and wanted to encourage brothers to practise it. Al-Iqa’ is to rest the buttocks on the heels while they are joint and the toes are facing the Qiblah (i.e. squatting) while sitting between the sujud (prostration). Imam an-Nawawi …

by  Abu Khuzaimah Ansari Ahmad Shamil in an article attempted to prove Shaykh Irshad al-Haq distorted the words of as-Samarqandi in his article Did as-Samarqandi say rafay yadain nullifies salah? (Irshad ul Haq Athari’s tahreef) on Hanafiyya wordpress and Darul Tahqiq copying them, published it on their site. I did not …

Summarised and Translated Abu Hibban and Abu Khuzaimah Ansari A general point: What is taqlid? Imam Ibn Abdul Barr and Imam Ibn al-Qayyim quote Abu Abdullah b. Khawaz Mandad saying, ‘Taqlid in the shariah is to turn to the saying of someone without proof and this is impermissible in the …