Fatwa ID: 06786

 

Answered by: Maulana Mohammed Zakariya

 

Question:

 

I follow Hanafi and their women sit differently than men and I noticed that when I go to soojod or go out from soojod my feet need to be lifted to move to the sojood position. I even searched up how women pray and videos about it and they actually lift up their feet to move to that position and out of the soojod position, so is the prayer valid? I’m not lifting my feet while I’m doing soojod. I just lift them while going into, or out of soojod.

 

 

 

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

 

Answer:

 

First and foremost, it is important to note that performing Sajdah correctly is an obligatory action in Salah.

 

Ibn Abbas reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: I have been commanded to prostrate myself on seven bones:” forehead,” and then pointed with his hand towards his nose, hands, feet, and the extremities of the feet; and we were forbidden to fold back clothing and hair.

 

If the feet do not touch the ground in Sajdah and remain above the ground for the entire Sajdah duration, then the Salah will be invalid.

 

However, the Salah will be valid if the feet touch the ground for a short while and then are lifted above the ground.

 

Exercising utmost caution and refraining from raising one’s feet during Sajdah is paramount. Throughout the entirety of Sajdah, it is imperative to keep the feet firmly grounded. Lifting the feet from the ground is considered Makrooh (disliked) in this practice.

 

Furthermore, according to other Ulama, if the feet remain elevated from the ground for the duration of three Tasbeehat (the recitation of Subhanallah), it may render the Salaah invalid.

 

 

Only Allāh knows best.

Written by Maulana Mohammed Zakariya

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah

Darul Ifta Birmingham

 

 

 

 

Reference: 

 

Sahih Muslim Book 4, Hadith 260 Chapter: The Limbs Of Prostration And The Prohibition Of Tucking Up One’s Hair And Garment Or Having One’s Hair In A Braid When Praying

 

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزٌ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ طَاوُسٍ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ “‏ أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أَسْجُدَ عَلَى سَبْعَةِ أَعْظُمٍ الْجَبْهَةِ – وَأَشَارَ بِيَدِهِ عَلَى أَنْفِهِ – وَالْيَدَيْنِ وَالرِّجْلَيْنِ وَأَطْرَافِ الْقَدَمَيْنِ وَلاَ نَكْفِتَ الثِّيَابَ وَلاَ الشَّعْرَ ‏”‏ ‏

 

 

Darrul Mukhtaar

(ومنها السجود) بجبهته وقدميه ووضع أصبع واحدة منهما شرط

Raddul Muhtaar Vol 1 Pg 447

: قوله (وقدميه ) يجب إسقاطه لأن أصبع واحدة منهما يكفي كما ذكره بعد ح وأفاد أنه لو لم يضع شيئا من القدمين لم يصح

 

 

Fataawa Hinidiyyah Vol 1 Pg 70

ولو سجد ولم يضع قدميه علي الأرض لايجوز