Where to Place Hands During Salah ?

Placing the Hands on chest is the Sunnah:

Bismillah Alhamdulillah,

 This article contains 4 AUTHENTIC Proofs of placing the hands on CHEST in Salaah ànd Refutation of  Ilyaas Ghumàn Deobandee.

⚠Attention: Before we continue, It is important to know the MEANING OF CHEST i.e 'Sadr' in Arabic.
🏻In the ARABIC Dictionary of DEOBAND, Qamoos Al Waheed pg 915, the Word 'SADR' means "the CHEST of a Human (FROM BENEATH THE THROAT  UPTO  THE TUMMY)".

So We come to know that Chest does not only mean the Chest which we NORMALLY believe it to be in ENGLISH or URDU. it means ALL THE AREA BELOW THE THROAT AND ABOVE THE NAVEL
🔴🏻Hence we can Place our hands any where above the navel and beneath the throat🏻🔴

🏻Some Deobandees Doing False Propaganda against the Imams of Kaaba that, they don't place Hands on the Chest. This is Cleared Above and We Don't have Objection and Even that doesn't become Daleel for AhluSunnah wal Jamaah.

🇸🇦The Imams of Two Holy Mosques Surely place their hands above the Navel (i.e CHEST).

❌❌ Our Objection is on PLACING HANDS BELOW THE NAVEL [ i.e on the PRIVATE PART ] ❌❌

FIRST... I would like to add 3 important bonus points for our DEOBANDI(Tablighees/Thanvees) and BARELVEES brothers and sisters that insist on the position that placing the hands on the chest is not the Sunnah. These 3 points should be more than ENOUGH for any LAYMEN Deobandi or Barelvi to agree with the fact that placing the hands on CHEST is the Sunnah.
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1⃣ If placing the hands is NOT the Sunnah or Against Sunnah then the first person not to be acting this should be your MOTHER, DAUGHTER, WIFE, SISTER or any WOMEN you know because all of them place their hands on the CHEST.

❌🏿Deobandis KhichdiMuqallideen say that there is Ijma of women placing hands on chest but this is NOT True.

🏻Abdur Rahmaan Al Juzayri writes: That the Hanbalees say that the Sunnah for men and women is to place hands below the navel.
(Kitaab ul Fiqh 'Ala Madhaahib Al Arba' vol 1 Pg 251)
❌❌So the claim of ijma from deobandis and barelvis is not right❌❌

Hence this Sunnah of placing the hands below the navel must be implemented by their own women first and THEN InshaAllah Come and Argue with US But the Reality is that they will not do it because placing the hands on CHEST is Sunnah for women as it is for men.

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 2⃣ "Taqreer-e-Tirmidhi" written by Ashraf Ali thanvi deobandi, Published by Idaara Taleefaat-e-Ashrafyah, Multan reviewed by Mufti Justice Taqi Usmani deobandi. It is written on Page 82 of this book that:

"Some Sahaba placed their hands above the navel which means on the Chest as other ahadeeth have the mention of the word 'Sadr'(chest) and some sahaba placed their hands below the navel"

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3⃣ Allamah Sindhi Hanafi said:

وبالجملة فكما صح أن الوضع هو السنة دون الإرسال ثبت أن محله الصدر لا غير وأما حديث أن من السنة وضع الأكف على الأكف في الصلاة تحت السرة فقد اتفقوا على ضعفه

Just as it is Sunnah to clasp the hands and not let them hang by one’s sides, It is proven that they are to be placed on the chest, not elsewhere. As for the hadeeth “It is Sunnah to place one hand over the other beneath the navelwhen praying”, the scholars agreed that it is Weak.

[Hashiyat Sindh Ala Ibn Majah Vol 2 page no.210]

▶We begin with the name of Allaah who is the Most Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy. To proceed: 

Some Ignorant Deobandees  Pseudo Muftees Khichdi Muqallid such as🏿ILYAS GHUMAN🏿 said that the Hadeeths of placing Hands on Chest is not in Sahih Bukhaaree, not in Sahih Muslim, even this Guy Claimed that it is not Even in Kutub e Sitta. Exposing the Lies of "Ilyas Ghuman al Thanvee"

Proof From Sahih Bukharee:➖

Sahl ibn Sa'd, may Allaah be pleased with him, reported, "The people were ordered to place their right hand upon their left forearm."

 (Saheeh al-Bukhaaree, 1/102) 

Comments:
🏻We can understand from this hadeeth that one should fold ones hands whilst in Salaah. Of course if the left hand were to be placed upon the left forearm as stated above then naturally, the hands would rest on the CHEST. 

 🏻The forearm here means from the finger region of the hand right up to the elbow. In another hadeeth it is reported that, "He (sallelaho alaihi wa alaihi wasalam) placed his right hand upon his left hand, wrist and forearm."

(Sunan Nasaa'i with the footnotes of AllaamahSindhee(1/141),AbuDawood(1/112), lbnKhuzairnah(1/243,480) and Ibn Hibbaan (p.485) have all authenticated this narration). 

 🏻The understanding of the above narrations is further reinforced by the hadeeth, 

"He used to place his hand upon his chest ..." to the end of the narration. (Musnad Ahmad (5/226) with this wording also At-Tahqeeq of Ibn Hibbaan al-Jawzee (1/283) and( 1/338) in manuscript form). 

 🏻This matter is further reported in many narrations which my respected teacher, Shaikh Muhammad Badee'ud-Deen Shah Ar-Raashidee has collated and analysed in this treatise. 

Generally, according to the scholars of hadeeth, the narrations which are put forth by the Deobandi's, Bareilwi's and other branches of the Hanafi's, according to the scholars of Hadeeth are all weak and rejected. One such narration possibly the one which is most frequently used, is of a report in Sunan Abee Dawood (p. 756). This narration includes 'Abdur-Rahmaan ibn Ishaaq al-Koofee, who is unanimously known amongst the scholars to be weak. 

One may refer to classical Hanafi texts such as Nasbur-Rayah of Zailee (1/314), Al-Banaaya Fee Sharh Hidaayah (2/208) and others. In actual fact, it is mentioned in the notes to the book Hidaayah al-Awlayn, (no. 17, 1/103) that this narration is, "... weak by consensus."

▶ Some 4 Authentic Proofs of Placing the Hands on Chest are as follows:

🔴Proof 1) The hadeeth of Sahl ibn Sa'd radhi Allahu anho

🔴Proof 2)  The Hadeeth of Waa'il ibn HujrRadhi Allahu anho

🔴Proof 3) The Hadeeth of  Qasbiya ibn Hulb from his father radhi Allahu anho.

🔴Proof 4) The hadeeth of Tawoos(rahimahullah)