The Praying person should put his hands grasped right over left below his naval, and this is reported on'Ali and Abi Hurairah and Ath-Thawri and Ishaaq, That 'Ali (رضي الله عنه) said from the Sunnah is to put the right hand over the left hand below the naval, reported by Imam Ahmad and Abu Dawood.
And on the authority of Ahmad that he said on his chest above his naval, and this is a statement of Sa'eed bin Jubair and Ash-Shafi'i because of what was reported on Waa'il bin Hajr, that he said he saw the Prophet (صلى الله عليه و سلم) praying and he put his hands on his chest one upon the other.
And there is another third narration of Ahmad that he said a person has the choice of putting them either below his naval, or above his naval because of both being reported in narrations, and there is ease in this issue as to what to do.
-Sharh Al-Kabeer, Shams-u-deen bin Qudaama Al-Maqdisi Al-Hanbali (D. 682 Hijri)
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ReplyDeleteBrother, I hate to argue over these issues as much as you do. When he said على صدره تحت السرة would it not be more correct to translate it as "from above the navel till the chest" instead of saying 'on the chest". And since Ahmad has a narration through Abu Daud clearly mentioning he disliked placing hands on the chest.