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Waqf Ikhlas publications Endless Bliss Fascicle-4 http://www.hizmetbooks.org place and also those sunnats and supererogatory prayers that have become fasid. Please see the two hundred and fifty-sixth page of the Turkish version! 18- MAKRUHS OF NAMAZ Most of the following information has been translated from Durr-ul-mukhtar, and from its explanation Radd-ul-mukhtar. The makruhs of namaz are of two kinds. When used alone, the word makruh means Tahrimi makruh, which is a prohibition that has been determined by dalil (proof) or deduction (zann). Something for whose prohibition there is no proof or witness but which it is good not to do is called Tanzihi makruh. It is (Tahrimi) makruh not to do the wajibs [and the muakkad sunnats] and (tanzihi) makruh not to do the [sunnats that are not muakkad] in namaz. Tanzihi makruh is closer to halal and Tahrimi makruh is closer to haram. Though the namaz performed with makruhs is sahih, it will not be accepted (maqbul), that is, one will not receive the blessings promised. Below are the forty-four makruhs of namaz: 1 - It is makruh to drape your coat over your shoulders instead of putting it on. It is not makruh to leave the front of your coat open or shut. 2 - When prostrating for the sajda, it is makruh to pull up your skirts or your trouser cuffs. 3 - It is makruh to begin namaz with your skirts or sleeves rolled up. If you made an ablution in a hurry in order to catch the imam and as a result left them rolled up, you should unroll them slowly during namaz. Likewise, if a person's headgear falls off as he performs namaz, he had better put it back on his head. [Therefore, it is makruh to begin namaz with short sleeves that only go down to the elbows, with a flannel, or with short trousers that are just below the knees. It is wrong to say: "It is makruh to perform namaz with a shirt with long sleeves that are rolled up, but it is not makruh with a short sleeved shirt." Every fiqh book refers to: "rolled-up skirts and sleeves." A skirt is not rolled up. But it is lifted up so as to uncover the legs. The book Nimat-i Islam says concerning the eleventh of the makruhs of namaz: "It is makruh for a man to begin namaz with bare arms." Also, it is written on the two hundred and sixty-eighth page of the book Marifatnama that it is makruh to perform namaz with bare arms]. Sleeves that are above the elbows are even worse. If a person rolls up his trousers or sleeves during namaz, his namaz becomes nullified. 4 - Useless movements, such as playing with your clothes, are makruh. But useful movements do not bring harm upon your namaz, e.g. wiping the sweat off your forehead with your hand. When your trousers or loose robe stick on your skin, it is not makruh to pull them away from your skin lest the shape of your awrat parts are seen. It is makruh to shake off dust. There is a hadith prohibiting useless movements in namaz and laughing loudly in a cemetery. It is not useless to scratch yourself during namaz, but raising your hand three times within one rukn nullifies your namaz. 5 - It is makruh to perform namaz by wearing clothes that you work in or that you could not wear if you were to see your superiors. Yet it is not makruh if you have no other clothes. [If you have enough money you should buy extra clothes.] It is not makruh to perform namaz by wearing pajamas or any other clothing that you wear when going to bed. 6 - It is makruh to have something in your mouth that will prevent you from reciting the Qur'an al-karim correctly. If it prevents you from pronouncing the Qur'an correctly your namaz becomes nullified. Page 105 of 181
Waqf Ikhlas publications Endless Bliss Fascicle-4 http://www.hizmetbooks.org 7 - To perform namaz bare-headed. If a person does not cover his head because he slights the importance of covering his head in namaz, it is makruh. But if he ignores it because he means to slight namaz itself, he becomes a disbeliever. Kasal (indolence) means not to do something because one does not want to do it. But inability means not to do something because one cannot do it though one wants to do it. If one's headgear falls, it is recommendable to put it back on one's head with a single action. There is no harm in performing namaz bare-headed in order to show your humbleness, yet you still had better cover your head. It is also makruh to uncover your head seeking comfort and relief from heat. [You can cover your head with a headgear of any color when performing namaz. Books of din do not contain any statements concerning black headgear being worn by Jews in synagogues. It is sunnat to wear a black headgear. See chapter 8!] [Rasulullah and the Sahaba performed namaz with their blessed na'ls [pattens] on. Na'ls are shoes with leather soles. It is written in the book Targhibussalat: "It has been said by savants that a person sitting in namaz barefooted, without socks on, should use his right hand to cover the sole of his foot. For it is bad manners to show your soles to other believers at any time. In namaz it is even more distasteful. According to some other savants, one must not cover one's bare foot with one's hand during namaz. For it is sunnat to put one's hands on one's thighs when sitting in namaz. And the person sitting behind you, in turn, should look down at his own lap in adherence to the sunnat. When both individuals sit in accordance with the sunnat no bad manners will occur." As it can be seen, even according to those savants who say that one should not cover one's foot with one's hand when sitting, being barefooted is repugnant. Since it is makruh to take one's hands away from one's thighs while sitting, one should not commit a second makruh in order to make up for the makruh of being bare-footed. Savants have said that if the person behind you looks at his lap, in regards to him you will become secure against annoying the person sitting behind you. As written in Halabi kabir, it is makruh not to keep the hands in the position of the sunnat when standing, in the ruku, in the sajdas, and when sitting. And it is for this reason that it is written: "It is makruh to omit a wajib or a sunnat. Therefore it is makruh for men to cover their bare feet with their hand while in the sajda," in the beginning of the makruhs of namaz in the book Maraqilfalah and at the end of the makruhs in Halabi. The book Bahjatulfatawa, which supports its every fatwa with proofs from books of fiqh, has been unable to show any proof for this wrong fatwa and has left the space for a proof blank. Ibni Abidin says at the end of the makruhs of namaz: "It is better to perform namaz with na'ls or mests than to be bare-footed. Furthermore, you will have disagreed with Jews. A hadith ash-Sharif declares: 'Perform namaz with na'ls on lest you be like Jews.' Rasulullah and the Sahaba would perform namaz with na'ls which they wore outdoors. Their na'ls were clean, and the floor of Masjid an-Nabi was covered with sand. They would not enter the Masjid with dirty na'ls." When your shoes are smeared with najasat, you must not enter a mosque with them on. You can carry out the sunnat by wearing socks. And a person whose socks are najs or who does not have any socks to wear should perform namaz with a loose robe that hangs down to his heels. Also, it is written in the books Halabi, Bariqa and Hadiqa that there are numerous blessings in the namaz that is performed with covered feet. It is not permissible to perform namaz with bare head and feet, to make the sajda on a higher place, or to force those who are under your command to perform namaz in this manner by saying, "Non-Muslims pray with bare head and feet in churches. As they do, we must pray in a civilized manner." It is makruh to be like disbelievers during worships. And he who disapproves of the manners ordered by Islam becomes a disbeliever.] Page 106 of 181
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