And al-Shafi'i said: The Sunnah is to lean on one's hands when rising, because Malik ibn al-Huwayrith said in the description of the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), that when he raised his head from the second prostration, he sat straight, then he leaned upon the ground. Narrated by al-Nasa'i (6). And because that is more helpful (7) to the person praying. As for us, we have what Wa'il ibn Hujr narrated, who said: "I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), when he prostrated, place his knees before his hands, and when he rose, he raised his hands before his knees." Narrated by al-Nasa'i (8) and al-Athram. In another wording: "And when he rose, he rose upon his knees and leaned upon his thighs." From Ibn Umar, he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) forbade a man to lean upon his hands when rising in prayer. Both were narrated by Abu Dawud (9). Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: It is part of the Sunnah in the obligatory prayer, when a man rises in the first two rak'ahs, that he should not lean with his hands on the ground, unless he is an old man who cannot [do otherwise]. Narrated by al-Athram. Ahmad said: The narration from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) came to that effect. From Abu Hurayrah, that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) used to rise in prayer on the balls of his feet. Narrated by al-Tirmidhi (10), who said: Khalid ibn Ilyas narrates it (11). Ahmad said: People have abandoned his hadith. And because it is more difficult, it is more virtuous, just like the 'tajafi' (raising the belly from the thighs in prostration) and the 'iftirash' (sitting on the left foot). The hadith of Malik is interpreted as having occurred from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) due to the difficulty of standing for him because of his weakness and age, for he said:
(6) In: The Chapter of Leaning on the Ground when Rising, from the Book of al-Tatbiq. Al-Mujtaba 2/186. (7) In the original: "awn" (help). (8) In: The Chapter of What First Reaches the Ground of a Human in His Prostration, and the Chapter of Raising the Hands from the Ground Before the Two Rak'ahs, from the Book of al-Tatbiq. Al-Mujtaba 2/163, 186. It was also recorded by al-Tirmidhi in: The Chapter of What Has Been Said Regarding Placing the Knees Before the Hands in Prostration, from the Chapters of Prayer. 'Aridat al-Ahwadhi 2/69. (9) The first in: The Chapter of Opening the Prayer; and the second in: The Chapter of the Dislike of Leaning on the Hand in Prayer, from the Book of Prayer. Sunan Abi Dawud 1/170, 227. (10) In: The Chapter of What Has Been Said Regarding How to Rise from Prostration (a chapter thereof), from the Chapters of Prayer. 'Aridat al-Ahwadhi 2/82. (11) The wording of al-Tirmidhi: And Khalid ibn Iyas is weak according to the scholars of hadith. It is also said: Khalid ibn Ilyas.
والشافعىُّ: السُّنَّةُ أَنْ يَعْتَمِدَ على يدَيْهِ في النُّهُوضِ؛ لأنَّ مالكَ بنَ الحُوَيْرِثِ قال في صفةِ صلاةِ رسولِ اللهِ -صلى اللَّه عليه وسلم-، أنَّهُ لَمَّا رَفَعَ رأسهُ من السجدَةِ الثَّانِيةِ اسْتَوَى قاعدًا، ثم اعْتَمَدَ على الأرْضِ. رَوَاهُ النَّسَائِىُّ (٦). ولأنَّ ذلكَ أَعْوَنُ (٧) لِلْمُصَلِّى. ولَنا، ما رَوَى وائِلُ بنُ حُجْرٍ، قال: "رأيتُ رسولَ اللهِ -صلى اللَّه عليه وسلم- إذا سجدَ وضعَ رُكْبَتَيْهِ قبلَ يديهِ، وإذا نَهَضَ رَفَعَ يديهِ قبلَ رُكبتيهِ" رَوَاهُ النَّسَائِىُّ (٨)، والأثْرَمُ، وفى لفظٍ: وإذَا نَهَضَ نهَض على رُكْبَتَيْهِ، واعْتَمَدَ على فَخِذَيْهِ. وعن ابْنِ عمرَ، قال: نَهَى رسولُ اللهِ -صلى اللَّه عليه وسلم- أَنْ يَعْتَمِدَ الرَّجُلُ على يدَيْهِ إذا نَهَضَ في الصلاةِ. رَوَاهُمَا أبو داوُد (٩)، وقال علِيٌّ رضِيَ اللهُ عنه: إنَّ مِن السُّنَّةِ في الصلاةِ المكْتوبَةِ، إذا نَهَضَ الرَّجُلُ في الرَّكْعتَيْنِ الأُولَيَيْنِ، أنْ لَا يَعْتَمِدَ بِيدَيْهِ على الأرْضِ، إلَّا أَنْ يَكونَ شَيْخًا كبيرًا لا يَسْتَطِيعُ. رَوَاهُ الأثْرَمُ. وقالَ أحمدُ: بذلك جاءَ الأثَرُ عن رسولِ اللهِ -صلى اللَّه عليه وسلم-. وعن أَبِى هُرَيْرةَ، أنَّ النَّبِيَّ -صلى اللَّه عليه وسلم- كانَ في الصلاةِ يَنْهَضُ على صُدُورِ قَدَمَيْهِ. رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِىُّ (١٠). وقال: يَرْوِيهِ خالدُ بنُ إلياسَ (١١). قالَ أحمدُ: تَرَكَ الناسُ حديثَهُ. ولأَنَّهُ أشقُّ فكَانَ أفضلَ، كَالتَّجَافِى والافتِرَاشِ. وحديثُ مالكٍ مَحْمُولٌ على أنَّه كانَ مِن النَّبِيِّ -صلى اللَّه عليه وسلم- لمَشَقَّةِ القِيَامِ عليهِ لِضَعْفِهِ وكِبَرِهِ، فإِنَّه قالَ
(٦) في: باب الاعتماد على الأرض عند النهوض، من كتاب التطبيق. المجتبى ٢/ ١٨٦.(٧) في الأصل: "عون".(٨) في: باب أول ما يصل إلى الأرض من الإنسان في سجوده، وباب رفع اليدين عن الأرض قبل الركعتين، من كتاب التطبيق. المجتبى ٢/ ١٦٣، ١٨٦. كما أخرجه الترمذي، في: باب ما جاء في وضع الركبتين قبل اليدين في السجود، من أبواب الصلاة. عارضة الأحوذى ٢/ ٦٩.(٩) الأول، في: باب افتتاح الصلاة، والثانى، في: باب كراهية الاعتماد على اليد في الصلاة، من كتاب الصلاة. سنن أبي داود ١/ ١٧٠، ٢٢٧.(١٠) في: باب ما جاء كيف النهوض من السجود (باب منه)، من أبواب الصلاة. عارضة الأحوذى ٢/ ٨٢.(١١) لفظ الترمذي: وخالد بن إياس ضعيف عند أهل الحديث. ويقال: خالد بن إلياسَ.
