Fatwa ID: 05568

Answered by: Maulana Mohammed Haroon Hussain

Question:

I was always under the impression that women should keep their feet together in salaah – kindly advise.

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

Answer:

The space between the feet for men and women when they are standing in salaah is at least 4 fingers [1]. There is no specific requirement for women to keep their feet together in salaah and there is no report of there being a dispute between scholars on the standing posture of women in salaah being different from that of men. In fact, the answers given are that men and women should both stand with their feet at least 4 fingers apart [2].

Only Allah knows best

Written by Maulana Mohammed Haroon Hussain

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Towsir Miah

Darul Ifta Birmingham

[1] ويسن (تفريج القدمين في القيام قدر أربع أصابع) لأنه أقرب الى الخشوع ، وفي الطحطاوي: نص عليه في كتاب الأثر عن الامام ولم يحك فيه خلافًا – حاشية الطحطاوي على مراقي الفلاح – جاد 1 – ص 262 – دار الكتب العلمية

[2] وينبغي أن يكون بين قدميه أربع أصابع في قيامه كذا في الخلاصة

الفتاوى الهندية – جلد 1 – ص 81 – كتاب الصلاة – الفصل الثالث في كيفية الصلاة – دار الكتب العلمية