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Rising from Bowing (i'tidal)
The one praying then rises from the bowing until standing straight again, saying "Sami'allahu liman hamidah", Allah hears the one who praises Him, and then "Rabbana wa lakal-hamd", Our Lord, and to You belongs all praise.
The Prophet ﷺ told the man who prayed badly to rise from bowing until he stood up straight. 'A'ishah said that when he raised his head from bowing he would not go down into prostration until he had stood fully upright, and Abu Humayd described him standing straight until every vertebra returned to its place.
This short standing is easy to rush, which is exactly why it is singled out in the hadith. Let the back settle straight before going down.
The four schools differ on some details. Show them
Each school's ruling, with the schools that share it named together.
Is rising from bowing and standing straight a pillar?
3 of 4 schools agree. Differing: Hanafi.
Show each school
- Obligatory (wajib), not a pillarHanafi
- Pillar (rukn)Maliki · Shafi'i · Hanbali
- Hanafi
- Abu Hanifah and Muhammad did not count it a pillar, and the relied-upon view makes it wajib (some Hanafis said sunnah); Abu Yusuf held it to be a pillar.
- Maliki
- Rising from bowing is obligatory, and standing straight after it is also obligatory in the relied-upon view.
- Shafi'i
- It is a pillar, following the command to the man who prayed badly to stand up straight.
- Hanbali
- Both the rising and the standing straight are pillars.
- Sahih al-Bukhari 793 Sahih · in the two Sahihs
- Sahih Muslim 498Sahih · in the two Sahihs
- Sahih al-Bukhari 828 Sahih · in the two Sahihs
- Sahih al-Bukhari 735 Sahih · in the two Sahihs
What the hadith grades mean
- Sahih (authentic): an unbroken chain of trustworthy, precise narrators, free of hidden flaws or contradiction. It is acted upon.
- Hasan (good): like sahih, but a narrator's precision is slightly lighter. It is also accepted and acted upon. "Hasan sahih" means it reaches sahih by its routes.
- Da'if (weak): a break in the chain or a narrator who is not reliable enough. It is not used to establish beliefs or rulings.
- Very weak (munkar, matruk): a seriously flawed chain or a narrator accused of lying. It is not relied on at all.
- Mawdu' (fabricated): falsely attributed to the Prophet ﷺ. It may not be narrated as his words except to warn against it.
- The two Sahihs: every hadith with a full chain in Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim is accepted as sahih by the scholars of hadith.
- Historical report: biographies and histories (Ibn Ishaq, Ibn Sa'd, al-Tabari) record events with chains that are often incomplete. They are used for the story, not for rulings.
- Hadith scholars grade a narration; the four madhhabs do not. Where a hadith carries a ruling, the page shows which schools act on it.
The positions of the four schools are summarised from their standard references and are pending review by a qualified scholar. Follow the school you were taught, and for your own situation, ask a scholar.
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