A Day in The Life of a Salafi
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Lesson 9 Notes
Corrections and Clarifications
14:20
‘3 cubits’ was a mistake on my part. This is the approximate distance between the feet and the sutrah.
The mimininun height of a sutrah is the same as the raised rear part of a saddle (the cantle). An-Nawawi rahimahullah explained:
"أَقَلّ السُّتْرَة مُؤْخِرَة الرَّحْل، وَهِيَ قَدْر عَظْم الذِّرَاع، هُوَ نَحْو ثُلُثَيْ ذِرَاع، وَيَحْصُل بِأَيِّ شَيْء أَقَامَهُ بَيْن يَدَيْهِ هَكَذَا."
“The minimum size of a sutrah is the height of the back of a saddle, which is about the length of the forearm — around two-thirds of a cubit. Any object placed in front of the person praying at that height is sufficient.” [Refer to hadith 771 in Sahih Muslim]
59:00
The head should be in line with the back during rukūʿ. Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) described:
((وَكَانَ إِذَا رَكَعَ لَمْ يُشْخِصْ رَأْسَهُ وَلَمْ يُصَوِّبْهُ، وَلَكِنْ بَيْنَ ذَلِكَ))
“When he bowed, he would neither raise his head nor lower it, but rather keep it between the two.” [Muslim 498]
54:36
While the majority of scholars—some even say there is consensus—consider it recommended to recite another surah after Al-Fātiḥah in the first two rak‘ahs, there are some Mālikīs who say it is obligatory to do so in the obligatory prayer.
قال النَّوويُّ: (وفيه استحبابُ السورة بعدها، وهذا مُجمَعٌ عليه في الصبح والجمعة والأُوليَيْنِ مِن كلِّ الصلوات، وهو سنَّةٌ عند جميع العلماء، وحكى القاضي عياضٌ رحمه الله تعالى عن بعض أصحاب مالك وجوبَ السورة، وهو شاذٌّ مردود) ((شرح النَّووي على مسلم)) (4/105).
56:20
Correct translation:
قال ابن قدامة: لا نعلم بين أهل العلم في أنه يسن قراءة سورة في الركعتين الأوليين من كل الصلاة.
“We do not know of any [disagreement] among the scholars that IT IS recommended to recite a surah in the first two rak‘ahs of every prayer.”
https://t.me/masjidsahabah/1917