Fatwa ID: 08848

Answered by Alimah Humairah Badshah

Question:

When I came out of ruku I was leaning further back then when I was standing reciting Quran. Does this invalidate salah?

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

Answer:

When one is reciting Surah Al-Fatiha and other Quran verses during salah they should be in the standing position. When one comes up from ruku’, one should also be in the standing position. The definition of standing is that when one extends their hands in this position their hands should not reach their knees. It does not matter if the two positions differ in minute ways in terms of standing angle, so long as they are both positions which meet the minimum requirements in the defintion of standing.

If in either position one’s back is overly bent without a valid excuse to the extent that it would be considered ‘bowing’ rather than ‘standing’, the obligatory standing of that salah action will not be considered complete and therefore one’s salah will not be valid. However, this failure to achieve ‘standing’ is much more likely to occur in the standing after ruku’ rather than the standing during recitation. If the standing in ruku’ was more “back” than the standing in salah, it appears that both standings would have been valid and the salah would have been complete.

References:

وَمِنْهَا الْقِيَامُ) وَهُوَ فَرْضٌ فِي صَلَاةِ الْفَرْضِ وَالْوِتْرِ. هَكَذَا فِي الْجَوْهَرَةِ النَّيِّرَةِ وَالسِّرَاجِ الْوَهَّاجِ وَفَرْضُهُ يَتَأَدَّى بِأَدْنَى مَا يَنْطَلِقُ عَلَيْهِ الِاسْمُ. كَذَا فِي الْكَافِي فِي آخِرِ فَصْلِ الْقِرَاءَةِ وَحَدُّ الْقِيَامِ أَنْ يَكُونَ بِحَيْثُ إذَا مَدَّ يَدَيْهِ لَا يَنَالُ رُكْبَتَيْهِ

Al-Fataawa Al-Hindiyyah (Daar Al-Fikr, https://shamela.ws) v.1 p.69

ثُمَّ إذَا اسْتَوَى قَائِمًا كَبَّرَ وَسَجَدَ

Al-Fataawa Al-Hindiyyah (Daar Al-Fikr, https://shamela.ws) v.1 p.75

Only Allah (عز و جل) knows best.

Written by Alimah Humairah Badshah

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah

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