Head Position in Salat

[NaSra]

Asalamalaikum all :unsure:


I've been thinking about this lately, InshaAllah hopefully someone can shed some light on it.


When you stand in Prayer and your reciting your Quraan, aren't we suppose to lower our head down in humility? I see sometimes People having their head straight up and they look up.


When we're also sitting ~reciting Atihiyat~ aren't we suppose to keep our head abit down? Sometimes I see people sitting there without lowering their head, and it makes me wonder whether that is ok?


I was taught that if you don't lower your head in humility when in Prayer its a sin. Our entire posture should be in humility, I was taught when I was little that when I stand in Prayer I shouldn't stand too confident nor keep my head too high, I should lower it because I'm standing infront ALLAH SWT and I should be in complete submission and Humility infront of my lord and look like an obedient slave and not boasting.


I have also heard (I don't know if this is an actual hadith etc, or whether this was said to me to discipline me, that Allah will punish us, and that we will lose our sight, because we looked right into Allah, because when we're in Prayer we're actually standing infront of ALLAH).


I hope I made some sense because really I'm a bit worried about this whenever I notice it.


Jezekalah khairan

[Muslimah]

Bismillah


as salam alykom Nasra


You did make a lot of sense actually.


What u learnt is what i leant as well, however, take in consideration that not everyone prayer is fully correct. So if u see things like that, it is just someone doing an incorrect act during prayer.


Insh a Allah to be scientific on this, let me search for prayer guide in pics...


Till then, Alhamdulelah, as much as i know, what u know is correct. the part about loosing sight, i have no idea about. But what i know is that we shouldnt look up, since we usually commit sins and we shouldnt be so blunt looking up to Allah and shamlessly committing the sins. something on this line......did I also make sense :nervous:

[Dan]

Bismillah


As Salam alaikum


From the Prophet's Prayer Described (online abridged version)


by Muhammad Naasirud-deen al-Albaanee


HUMILITY AND ATTENTIVENESS (al-Khushoo’) AND


LOOKING AT THE PLACE OF PROSTRATION


(41) He must have humility and attentiveness in his Prayer, and


should avoid everything that may divert his attention, whether it


be designs or decoration. Nor should he pray when food that he


desires has been served, nor whilst he is having to withhold urine


or faeces.


(42) Whilst standing he should look towards the place of his


prostration.


(43) He should not turn to the right or the left, since his turning


aside will be something that Satan snatches away and steals from


the person's Prayer.


(44) It is not allowed for him to raise his sight to the sky.


Sahih Bukhari


Volume 1, Book 12, Number 717:


Narrated Anas bin Malik:


The Prophet said, "What is wrong with those people who look towards the sky during the prayer?" His talk grew stern while delivering this speech and he said, "They should stop (looking towards the sky during the prayer); otherwise their eye-sight would be taken away."


Volume 1, Book 12, Number 718:


Narrated 'Aisha:


I asked Allah's Apostle about looking hither and thither in prayer. He replied, "It is a way of stealing by which Satan takes away (a portion) from the prayer of a person."


During my search I came upon some ahadith that Insha'Allah will help us slow down in our prayers and not do the rocking motion with little pause that many of us have between the two prostrations


Volume 1, Book 12, Number 758:


Narrated Al-Bara:


The bowing, the prostration the sitting in between the two prostrations and the standing after the bowing of the Prophet but not Qiyam (standing in the prayer) and Qu'ud (sitting in the prayer) used to be approximately equal (in duration).


Volume 1, Book 12, Number 766:


Narrated Al-Bara':


The bowing, the prostrations, the period of standing after bowing and the interval between the two prostrations of the Prophet used to be equal in duration .

[NaSra]

Asalamalaikum 2 all


Jezekelah khairan to you both for your replies it's extremely beneficial MashaAllah.


Muslimah you made alot of sense. :thumb:


SubhanaAllah may Allah reward my parents for telling me about the "eyesight matter". I wanted to tell this to others but I had no daleel. Jezekelah khair Brother the hadiths you posted answered my questions one after the other MashaAllah. :thumb:


You know how people bow/kneel down to kings and queens? :(


I would never bown down to anything except Allah.


Only Allah is most deserving of it. :)


May Allah illuminate your grave for answering my need, ameen ya rab