A woman's posture in sajda and in the jalsa

Question

In Bihishti Zewar (“Heavenly Ornaments”), [in the section] on the prayer of a woman, it is written: “At the time of sajda she should keep the fingers of the hands and the toes towards the qibla, but not stand her feet upright; rather, she should put them out to the right side” — end of quote. Likewise: “When she performs the second sajda, she should sit on her left buttock” — end of quote. For the first issue a reference is given to al-Bahr: [ar]إنها لا تنصب أصابع القدمين[/ar] “She does not stand her toes upright.

Answer

The text of al-Bahr is also found in Tahtawi, Shami and al-Si'aya, and I have not seen anything contrary to it anywhere in Hanafi fiqh. Although I found no explicit statement anywhere about putting the feet out to the right side, the explicit statement about not standing the feet upright is in many books: [ar]والمرأة مستثناة من أمر النصب لما أن الأحب في حقها ما هو أستر لها كما…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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