and directing their tips toward the Qiblah. It was narrated by al-Nasa'i (6). Nafi' said: When Ibn 'Umar prayed, he would face the Qiblah with everything, even his sandals. It was narrated by al-Athram.
Section: Iqa' (sitting on one's heels) is disliked, which is to spread one's feet and sit on one's heels. Ahmad described it this way. Abu 'Ubayd (7) said: This is the opinion of the people of hadith. Iqa' according to the Arabs is a man sitting on his buttocks with his thighs upright, like the iqa' of a dog or a wild beast. I do not know of anyone who held that iqa' in this manner is recommended. As for the first type, it was disliked by 'Ali, Abu Hurayrah, Qatadah, Malik, al-Shafi'i, and the people of ra'y (school of reasoning), and this is the practice of the majority of the scholars. Ibn 'Umar practiced it and said: Do not take me as an example, for I have grown old. Muhanna reported from Ahmad that he said: I do not do it, but I do not criticize those who do it. He said: The 'Abadilah (the Ibn 'Umar, Ibn 'Abbas, Ibn al-Zubayr, and Ibn 'Amr, known as the 'Abadilah) used to do it. Tawus said: I saw the 'Abadilah doing it: Ibn 'Umar, Ibn 'Abbas, and Ibn al-Zubayr. From Ibn 'Abbas, he said: It is part of the Sunnah that your buttocks touch your feet. Tawus said: We asked Ibn 'Abbas about iqa' on the feet during prostration? He replied: It is the Sunnah. He said: We said, "We consider it a harshness (jafa') upon a man!" He replied: It is the Sunnah of your Prophet. Narrated by Muslim and Abu Dawud (8). Our argument is what al-Harith narrated from 'Ali, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "Do not perform iqa' between the two prostrations." And from Anas, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said to me: "When you raise your head from prostration, do not perform iqa' as a dog performs iqa'." Both were narrated by Ibn Majah (9). In the description of the sitting of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) in the hadith of Abu Humayd (10): Then he bent his left leg and sat upon it. And in the hadith of
(6) In: Chapter on facing the Qiblah with the tips of the toes when sitting for the tashahhud, from the Book of al-Tatbiq. Al-Mujtaba 2/187. (7) Gharib al-Hadith 1/210. (8) Narrated by Muslim, in: Chapter on the permissibility of iqa' on the heels, from the Book of Masajid. Sahih Muslim 1/380, 381. And Abu Dawud, in: Chapter on iqa' between the two prostrations, from the Book of Prayer. Sunan Abi Dawud 1/194. (9) In: Chapter on sitting between the two prostrations, from the Book of Establishing Prayer. Sunan Ibn Majah 1/289. The first one was also narrated by al-Tirmidhi, in: Chapter on what has been said regarding the dislike of iqa' in prostration, from the Chapters on Prayer. 'Aridat al-Ahwadhi 2/79. And Imam Ahmad, in: Al-Musnad 1/146. (10) Its authentication was mentioned previously on page 122.
