There is a reason I don’t like praying in public. Everyone has an opinion about how I’m doing it wrong. I’ve been told women should pray like any guy does and I’ve also been told women should be more demure. I don’t care about unsolicited opinions, I just want to do what’s right. It makes more sense to me to keep my elbows the way guys do but apparently that’s a massive no no. Eh?
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According to Hanafi fiqh and with good mashhur transmission women's prayer is considerably different to men.
Women do not have to have iqama, but men's prayer is deficient without it.
Women pray with feet together and hands on top of each other on the chest and elbows curved around the contours of their bodies. Women prostrate without lifting their backs, that is the same posture in sitting should be maintaining as close as possible to the sajdah, not the men. In sujud women should keep elbows close in to the body and hands fairly close too. For rafa yadain women raise hands to shoulders, men to the ears. Women have left foot and right foot out to the right side, men should sit on the left foot and keep toes of right feet on ground.
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The book on Salah for Sisters, from Dawat e Islami, I brought this for my Sister but its available online
Expect A spiritually beneficial and Hanafi rules from it. Once you know what is what, in terms of importance, and gain a complete understanding of things you will be more in control of how to proceed in your salah
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You didn't mention the fiqh in which it is preferable to pray in a similar way to men(not talking about iqamah) She prefers it this way, so just make it easy for her. It's not haram to pray the way she mentioned.
Peace sister LP
Jazakillahukhair ... I'm aware of certain differences in ahadith, but my dilemma is that it is not my job to interpret them for rulings or to be going around giving people cause for doing as per what makes them feel easy. My post is merely mentioning the Hanafi position. You might be right about it being permissible, in which case there is a lot that is permissible such as praying in bed. Permissibility for relaxing something should be on the basis of a real hardship. So long as she knows the "correct" position and gets allowance for relaxing something in prayer by a qualified person then she is able to respond to her critics that "yes I know this is not the best way to do it, but I have been given concession for this by a qualified mufti as I find it less awkward to do, etc"
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Peace sister LP
Jazakillahukhair ... I'm aware of certain differences in ahadith, but my dilemma is that it is not my job to interpret them for rulings or to be going around giving people cause for doing as per what makes them feel easy. My post is merely mentioning the Hanafi position. You might be right about it being permissible, in which case there is a lot that is permissible such as praying in bed. Permissibility for relaxing something should be on the basis of a real hardship. So long as she knows the "correct" position and gets allowance for relaxing something in prayer by a qualified person then she is able to respond to her critics that "yes I know this is not the best way to do it, but I have been given concession for this by a qualified mufti as I find it less awkward to do, etc"
Apologies. I think I made a mistake somewhere.
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Peace sister LP
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Since I don't follow any particular school of thought it was difficult to get a good answer. I finally asked my khala and her religious teacher to resolve my issue.
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I have one confusion regarding doing sajda.
I have read in Sahih Bukhari about doing sajda and it says your toes should point towards kaaba like men do. It does not say it is different for women. But in order to have the toes pointed, it seems the only way to do it is to sit like men. I try to have my body as close and back as lowered as possible.
I also read in the same place that do not rest your arms on the floor when doing sajda.
Is there any other place where how women pray has been mentioned ?