Assalamu alaykum. Uh there's a sister
here wants to know the method of salah.
Is it the same for the man and the
woman? Same for the Shafi and the
Hanafi. This is a question that is the
method of offering salah for the man and
woman the same for the Shafi or Hanafi
the same. Our beloved prophet Muhammad
sallallahu alaihi wasallam said it's
mentioned in Sai Bkari number one. The
prophet said pray as you see me pray.
The prophet did not say that the women
should pray separately or the men should
pray separately that the hadith again in
Bkharam number one in the book of salah
that the sahabyas they prayed the same
way as the men prayed there's no
different type of praying for men and
women you should pray the same as the
prophet prayed irrespective whether you
are a man or a woman I am aware that
there are books available in the market
in India and throughout the world of
different schools of thought that the
style of praying for women is different
because they are seen and the men is
different. There's no such for reply in
Islam always your answer should be
backed up with Quran and say always
Quran and say so whenever you give
reference any scholar let it be the
biggest scholar in the world if he gives
the answer there should be proof
quotation from the Quran and had ask him
for
proof produce your proof in there's not
a single sit there's no verse in the
Quran which says that the styles for
offering salah it's different for the
men and women I am aware that scholars
of their own view they said okay fine
because women should should be
protected. They should pay differently.
These are their thinking. But the
prophet never said that we should pray
as the prophet prayed. Regarding the
style for offering salah as the hanfi
style and the shafi style I'm aware that
it does differ. The hanafi they keep
their hand below the navl. The shafi
keep their hand on the chest. They do
they say amen loudly. Again my first
answer say Bkari the prophet said in
volume number one in the book of salah
pray as you see me
pray and all the four imas I im shi
imbal imam buhanifha Imam Malik all the
great four imas said that if you find
any of my fatwa which goes against Allah
and his rasool throw my fatwa on the
wall I'm aware Abu Hanifa may Allah be
pleased with him he was a great scholar
I respect him I love
him People say that he said that when
you offer salah keep your hands below
the navl. There's a hadith in Abu
Dhab if you read volume number one book
of salah which says that the prophet
kept his hand below his navl when he
offered salah. But this is a immediately
the next hadith says which is a sai
hadith that the prophet kept his hand
above the navl. There are other sai
had in which say that the prophet kept
his hand on the chest. So when there are
sai hadith saying the prophet kept on
the chest the hadith below the navl is
so the right way to offer salah keep it
on the chest that doesn't mean
everything I imam shafi is right or I
abah please with them both that they're
wrong see they were great scholars we
respect them they were great but we
failed to realize that at that time the
hadith one compiled during the life of
the prophet the Quran was compiled there
was no question at all under his own
supervision But the hadith weren't
compiled they start being compiled later
on 50 years 100 years 150 years later
on. So these scholars came earlier and
because they didn't have all their sai
had with them the fatwas that they gave
were based on the knowledge that they
had. I don't think that may Allah made a
mistake what he did because that sai had
didn't reach him. So maybe according to
me the zhadi reached him and he may have
said keep your hand below the navl. The
sai hadith may have reached imam shafi.
He said that keep your hands on the
chest. Again say Bkari says volume
number one in the book of salah that you
have to raen the prophet said not
because imam shafi is saying I'm
following it because my prophet said it
now in
voodoo. There's a verse in the Quran in
surah maida chapter number five that it
says that when the woman touches the
woodoo breaks the Arabic word is masa
coming from namasa which means touch.
According to Imam Shafi, may Allah be
pleased with him. He says that if the
woman touches the woodoo breaks, Imam
Abu Hanifh said if the woman touches a
man who's in voodoo, woodoo does not
break. Now the Arabic verse of the Quran
says la masa if the woman touches voodoo
breaks. But there are two meanings of
masa. One is a sexual touch and the
other is a physical touch. So Imam
Shafi, may Allah be pleased with him. He
took it as a physical touch. Imam Abu
Hanifh he took it as sexual touch. So
both had a difference of opinion but
when you go to Abu Daw number one in the
hadith says may Allah be pleased with
her the prophet was in voodoo he kissed
her and the prophet without doing voodoo
again went for salah there's another
hadith in say bkari in the book of salah
volume number one the Aisha was sleeping
prophet put the leg off for salah so
this proves that physical t does not
break the woodoo so here Abu Hanifh may
Allah be pleased with him is right and
imam shafi not that he made a mistake
willfully that hadith didn't reach
So all the great scholars and all the
IMA said that if you find any of my
fatwa which goes against Allah and his
rasool then throw my fatwa on the wall.
So I say that I am a pakahani I Dr. Zaka
why Abu Hanifha maybe give the fatwa
keep below the navl offering salah but
the saii says keep on the chest so I
have an offering salah I keep off my
chest I'm a
pakahi Imm Shafi said if you find any of
my fatwa which goes against salah and
the throw my fatwa on the wall so I im
shi said that if the woman touches a man
in woodoo woodoo breaks but sayi says
wudoo does not break so my woodoo does
not break if a woman unintentionally
touches me so because I've thrown the f
of IM Shafi on the all he said that I'm
a paka shafi I'm a paka hanafi I'm a
paka shafi I'm pakkah humbly I'm also a
paka maliki pakka means taunch I follow
100% other people follow 80% 90% or 60%
of I follow total all the great for said
if you find any of my fatwa which goes
against my fatwa on the wall all these
scholars the great scholars you have to
respect them but you have to realize
that the hadith weren't compiled today
everything on your fingertips on the CD
in the books available. So now the
scholars are there and out of lack of
information for example there's my
brother who's a doctor and coernicus.
Copernicus was a great scientist but my
brother has more knowledge than copper
nikas on science even more than Einstein
but Einstein was more brilliant because
today science has advanced that doesn't
mean my brother is more genius than than
Albert Einstein. Albert Einstein is a
much bigger genius than my brother. But
now brother because hundreds of years
have passed he has more information
about science. So information he has
more but a bigger genius is Albert
Einstein Isaac Newton is Copper Nikas.
But today because science is advanced we
have the information with us. So those
scholars were great genius. We love
them. We respect them. But today the
information has been compiled. We have
to realize as Allah says in the Quran in
surah Iran chapter number three verse
number
103 hold the rope of Allah strongly and
be not divided. We should not divide
ourselves into all sex. So the only way
of offering salah is not hanfi style or
shafi style or maliki style. It is the
style of the prophet and
imbuified with him. They told if you
find anything of my fatwa which goes
against throw my fatwa on the wall. So
if you're a pakahanafi, you have to
offer as the sai had says. If you're a
pakka shafi, offer as what the sai had
says. Then you'll be following the true
Islam. Hope that answers the question.
Brothers,