Placement of the hands in Ṣalāh
We see certain Shāfiʿī brothers after folding their hands after takbīr tahrīmah, they place it more towards the left side of the abdomen. Is there any mention of this in the fiqh kitābs?
Fatāwā
Sujūd on nose: Required or not?
I can’t see why our madhhab says that it is mustahab and not wajib for the nose to touch the ground in sujud, where the hadith is clear that an indication was made to the nose. Can you please guide me?
Al-Fatāwā al-Sirājiyyah on the Shāfiʿī Qiblah
The Shāfiʿī position, of course, is that one should face the actual qiblah (ʿayn al-qiblah), while the Ḥanafīs take the more indulgent position of the general direction of the qiblah (jihat al-qiblah). With the Ḥanafīs having taken a position of greater latitude it becomes difficult to understand why the Shāfiʿī qiblah comes to be described as “wrong”, since one would naturally expect the narrower position to be subsumed within the broader one.
Concerned Muslim
Concernes about “looking like a Muslim”: While the idea of someone “looking like a Muslim” might sometimes be based upon a perception of the spiritual effulgence of nur on that person’s face, it is also a fact that people often draw conclusions in that regard on grounds much less spiritual, even offensive at times.
ʿAqīdah – The Creed of Ahl Al-Sunnah
An explanation of the two declarations of faith which constitute one of the pillars of Islam by Abu Hamid al-Ghazali – Translated by Dawood Suleiman