Placing the hands on the chest

Question

Question: is it permissible to place the hands on the chest or not?

Answer

For a man the sunna is to fold the hands below the navel, and for a woman on the chest. If a man prayed with his hands folded on his chest, the prayer is still valid, but he has abandoned a sunna: [ar]وَوَضَعَ يَمِينَهُ عَلَى يَسَارِهِ تَحْتَ سُرَّتِهِ مُسْتَفْتِحًا؛ لِمَا رَوَيْنَا، وَهُوَ سُنَّةُ الْقِيَامِ[/ar] “And he places his right hand on his left below his navel upon…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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