Title: Assalamualaikum Q)I was told by a Alim that when raising hands for takbeer tahreemah it is bidah for the thumbs to touch the ear lobes because it is not proved from hadith is this true? Q2)When raising hand for takbeer tahreemah is it sunnah for the thumbs or the Index fingers to be inline with the ear lobes? Q3-Is it a sunnah in hanfi mazhab also to raise the hands up to shoulders when saying takbeer tahreema?

Question: Assalamualaikum Q)I was told by a Alim that when raising hands for takbeer tahreemah it is bidah for the thumbs to touch the ear lobes because it is not proved from hadith is this true? Q2)When raising hand for takbeer tahreemah is it sunnah for the thumbs or the Index fingers to be inline with the ear lobes? Q3-Is it a sunnah in hanfi mazhab also to raise the hands up to shoulders when saying takbeer tahreema?

Answer ID: 10344Posted on: Sep 1, 2020

Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim !

(Fatwa: 145/141=D/1430)

Raising hands up to earlobes is proved from hadith. In Sahih Muslim, Malik bin Huwairith narrates: when the Messenger of Allah (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم) would say Allahu Akbar he used to raise his hands up to ears. While the hadith of Wayil bin Hajr has been reported by Abu Dawood: The Prophet (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم) raised his hands and they reached up to his shoulders and his two thumbs reached to the level of ears. (Page 121)

(2) Yes, it is sunnah as per the ahadith mentioned above.

(3) It is sunnah that the hands should be raised up to shoulders so that the thumbs reach to the level of earlobes:

رفع الیدین للتحریمۃ حذاء الأذنین للرجل حتی یحاذي بإبھامیہ أذنیہ (مراقي الفلاح)