The Ruku of the Messenger (sallaallahu alayhi wa

sallam) Shaykh Muhammad ibn Umar Baazmool

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The Ruku of the Messenger (sallaallahu alayhi wa sallam), by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Umar
Baazmool
Taken From the Book: Sharh Sifah Salatin Nabee (Explanation of the Prophets Prayer Described)
[currently being translated]

What is the description of the rukoo?

The description of the rukoo is that the individual bends his back and places his hands
upon his knees; his back is to be level to the point that if a person were to come with a
hollow plate and place it upon his back, it would remain in its place. So this indicates that
the back is level.
The author (Shaykh al-Albaanee, rahimahullaah) mentioned in that which he has cited
from the ahadeeth, that the Messenger (sallaallahu alayhi wa sallam), when he would bow,
[he] would spread his back to the point that if someone were to pour water upon it then it
would remain in its place. Because then, [the] back is level and is not curved (or bent).
As for the head and the neck, then he would not droop his head, meaning he would not
bend it towards the ground. Nor would he raise it, meaning he would not raise it higher that
the level of his back. And he is to place his head and neck even with the level of his back.
What is affirmed, as the author has mentioned, in the ahadeeth, is that the Messenger
(sallaallahu alayhi wa sallam) would place his palms upon his knees. Not upon his thighs
above the knees. Nor upon the shin below the knees. He would separate his fingers and
firmly grasp his knees with his hands as if he holding his knees.

Translated by: Raha Batts

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