Pease and please if possible suggest the method of salah from start till end only and strongly on the basis of Quraan and authentic sunnah with each and every reference given clearly. One more thing i was asking that in salah while in sujood is it sunnah to join self ankles to our own self other leg ankle? since i read in a booh called “Fiqh Ul Hadeeth” by Shaikh Nasirudden Albani with Ibn Khuzema and Ibne maja as reference but i just listened that this hadeeths regaring ankle as not saheeh. What is true . reply with the reference of your explanation.


Praise be to Allaah.

Firstly: 

With regard to the
description of how the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon
him) prayed, in detail, this has been explained previously on our site, in
the answer to question no. 13340. For information on the evidence and a
detailed discussion thereon, please refer to the book by Shaykh Muhammad
Naasir al-Deen al-Albaani (may Allaah have mercy on him) entitled Sifat
Salaat al-Nabi sall Allaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam min al-Takbeer ila al-Tasleem
ka’annaka taraahu [available in English under the title: The
Prophet’s Prayer Described from beginning to end as though you see it].
This is a useful book which in sha Allaah will give you sufficient
information about the evidence, as there is not enough room on our website
to list all the evidence, just a summary thereof.  

Secondly: 

With regard to placing the
feet together when prostrating, is the Sunnah is to place them apart, or to
keep them together? The fuqaha’ differed concerning this matter and there
are two views: 

1-

That it is mustahabb to
keep them apart. This is the view of the majority of scholars who discussed
this issue. They quoted as evidence the proof in the Sunnah that it is
mustahabb to keep the knees and thighs apart when prostrating. They said:
And the feet should follow them. So the basic principle is that they should
be kept apart too. 

Abu Dawood (735) narrated
that Abu Humayd (may Allaah be pleased with him) said, describing the prayer
of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him): “When he
prostrated, he kept his thighs apart.” 

Al-Shawkaani (may Allaah
have mercy on him) said: 

The words “he kept his
thighs apart” mean that he kept his thighs, knees and feet apart. 

The companions of
al-Shaafa’i said: The distance between the feet should be a handspan. End
quote. 

Nayl al-Awtaar
(2/297). 

Al-Nawawi (may Allaah have
mercy on him) said: 

Al-Shaafa’i and his
companions said: It is mustahabb for the one who is prostrating to keep his
knees and feet apart. Al-Qaadi Abu’l-Tayyib said in his commentary: Our
companions said: There should be the distance of a handspan between his
feet. End quote. 

Al-Majmoo’
(3/407). 

2-

That it is mustahabb to put
the feet together. Among contemporary scholars, this view was favoured by
Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen and Shaykh al-Albaani (may Allaah have mercy on him). 

Those who favoured this
view quoted as evidence the report narrated by the Mother of the Believers
‘Aa’ishah (may Allaah be pleased with her) who said: I noticed that the
Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) was not
there and he had been with me in my bed. I found him prostrating, with his
heels together and his toes turned towards the qiblah, and I heard him
saying, “I seek refuge in Your pleasure from Your wrath, and in Your
forgiveness from Your punishment, and in You from You; I praise you and I
cannot praise You enough.”

Narrated by al-Tahhaawi in
Bayaan Mushkil al-Athaar (1/104); Ibn al-Mundhir in al-Awsat
(no. 1401); Ibn Khuzaymah in his Saheeh (1/328); Ibn Hibbaan in his
Saheeh (5/260); al-Haakim in al-Mustadrak (1/352), and from
him by al-Bayhaqi in al-Sunan al-Kubra (2/167). 

Al-Haakim said: This is a
saheeh hadeeth according to the conditions of the two Shaykhs (al-Bukhaari
and Muslim) but they did not narrate this version. I do not know of anyone
who mentioned keeping the heels together when prostrating except what is in
this hadeeth. 

Al-Dhahabi said in
al-Talkhees: It meets their (al-Bukhaari and Muslim) conditions. 

Ibn al-Mulaqqin said in
al-Badr al-Muneer (3/669): Its isnaad is saheeh. It was classed as
saheeh by Shaykh al-Albaani (may Allaah have mercy on him) in Asl Sifat
Salaat al-Nabi sall-Allaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam (2/736). 

Ibn Khuzaymah included this
hadeeth in a chapter entitled: Chapter on keeping the heels together whilst
prostrating. 

Al-Bayhaqi included it in a
chapter in al-Sunan al-Kubra (2/167) entitled: Chapter on what was
narrated concerning keeping the heels together whilst prostrating. 

Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may
Allaah have mercy on him) said: 

What appears to be the case
from the Sunnah is that the feet should be kept together, i.e., touching one
another, as it says in al-Saheeh, in the hadeeth of ‘Aa’ishah when she
noticed that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)
was not here, and her hand alighted on the soles of his feet which were held
upright as he was prostrating. 

One hand could not alight
upon both feet unless they were held together. 

That is also mentioned in
Saheeh Ibn Khuzaymah, in the hadeeth of ‘Aa’ishah mentioned above:
The Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) was holding
his heels together.  

Based on this, the Sunnah
is for the feet to be kept together, unlike the thighs and hands. End
quote. 

Al-Sharh al-Mumti’
(3/169) 

And Allaah knows best.