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Question ID: 156048Country: India

Title: Putting one's hands above navel during salah

Question: So far I know after Takbir Tahrimah man needs to cross his arms below the navel but women to put their hands on their chest, keeping right over the left. If man deliberately crosses his arms above his navel after Takbir Tahrimah will his payer be in order?

Answer ID: 156048Posted on: Sep 1, 2020

Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim !

(Fatwa: 394/346/L=4/1439)

It is sunnah to keep the hand below the navel in salah. However, if someone placed his hands above navel then too his salah shall be valid.

Allah (Subhana Wa Ta'ala) knows Best

Darul Ifta,

Darul Uloom Deoband, India

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Title: Putting one's hands above navel during salah

Question: So far I know after Takbir Tahrimah man needs to cross his arms below the navel but women to put their hands on their chest, keeping right over the left. If man deliberately crosses his arms above his navel after Takbir Tahrimah will his payer be in order?

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