Qurrat Uyun al-Musallin fi Bayan Sifat Salat al-Muhsinin min al-Takbir ila al-Taslim fi Daw al-Kitab wa al-Sunna
- Author died
- 1440 AH
- Editions
- Safir Press
Qurrat Uyun al-Musallin fi Bayan Sifat Salat al-Muhsinin min al-Takbir ila al-Taslim fi Daw al-Kitab wa al-Sunna (The Delight of the Eyes of the Worshippers: Clarifying the Manner of Prayer of the Doers of Good from the Takbir to the Taslim in the Light of the Quran and Sunnah) is a legal treatise on the performance and description of Islamic prayer by the Saudi scholar Saeed bin Wahf al-Qahtani (d. 1440 AH / 2018 CE) .
Composition and Purpose
The treatise was completed by the author on Friday morning, 18 Sha'ban 1420 AH (December 1999 CE), and was published as the twenty-fourth work in his multi-volume scholarly series (Silsilat Mu’allafat Sa'id ibn 'Ali ibn Wahf al-Qahtani) . The author authored the text as an abridged guide demonstrating the exact physical and verbal sequence of prayer (sifat al-salat)—from the opening takbir to the concluding taslim—substantiated with evidences from the Quran and the prophetic Sunnah, adhering to the prophetic directive: صلوا كما رأيتموني أصلي ("Pray as you have seen me pray") .
Method and Content
In formulating and verifying legal rulings throughout the treatise, al-Qahtani drew extensively upon the teachings, verdicts, and legal preferences (tarjihat) of his teacher, Abd al-Aziz ibn Abd Allah ibn Baz . He also made frequent reference to the legal determinations and hadith classifications of later scholars such as Muhammad ibn Salih al-Uthaymin and Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani, alongside classical authorities including Ibn Taymiyyah, Ibn al-Qayyim, Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, and Muhammad ibn Isma'il al-San'ani .
The work is organized sequentially around the requisite actions of prayer:
- Preconditions and Preparation: Performing complete ablution (isbagh al-wudu), facing the Qiblah, and placing a barrier (sutrah) close ahead if praying as an imam or individually .
- Commencement: Formulating intention in the heart without vocalizing it, pronouncing the opening takbir while standing, casting the gaze toward the place of prostration, and raising the hands level with the shoulders or earlobes .
- Standing (Qiyam): Placing the right hand over the left wrist, forearm, or hand upon the chest; reciting one of the established opening supplications (du'a al-istiftah); seeking refuge from Satan; and reciting the basmalah quietly .
- Recitation and Movements: Reciting Surah al-Fatihah as an obligatory pillar, followed by additional Quranic passages, bowing (ruku), standing upright from bowing, prostration (sujud), sitting between the two prostrations, the sitting for the testification of faith (tashahhud), invoking blessings upon the Prophet ﷺ, making supplications, and concluding with the taslim .
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