Ruku
Ruku is the bowing position in prayer, performed after the standing recitation in each rakah, back level and hands on the knees. It comes before that rakah's two prostrations. A specific phrase of remembrance is said while in it.
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How does one who prays lying on their side or on their back perform their prayer, and what is the method for performing the Takbir, Ruku, Sujud, reciting the Tashahhud, and gesturing (Eema')?
Obligatory prayer performed while lying down is not valid if the worshipper is able to stand or sit. As for voluntary prayer, it is permissible to perform it while sitting, with half the reward of one who stands.…
What is the ruling on increasing the glorifications (tasbih) in bowing (ruku') and prostration (sujud) beyond three times, or decreasing them to less than five in prostration, and should one lengthen the bowing and prostration in night prayers by increasing the glorifications?
The minimum perfection for the glorifications (tasbeehat) in bowing (ruku') and prostration (sujood) is three glorifications. As for increasing them, there is no limit to that, and the more a worshipper increases in…
Must prayers that were performed without sniffing and expelling water (instinshaq and istinthar) or tayammum, and without complete bowing (ruku') and prostration (sujud), be repeated after a nose surgery, given that there was no initial medical consultation, but it was later found that these could have been performed?
First: Sniffing water into the nose (istanshaq) during ablution (wudu') is considered sunnah (recommended) by the majority of scholars, and obligatory by the Hanbalis. As for ghusl (ritual bath), it is obligatory…
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How does a woman place her hands when bowing (ruku') and prostrating (sujud) in prayer?
What is the ruling on the prayer of one who led the congregational prayer due to the imam's absence, despite there being someone more deserving than him, then added an extra bowing (ruku') in the second rak'ah, performed only one prostration of forgetfulness (sajdat al-sahw) before the taslim, and his takbir was not heard when rising from it, and he made the taslim while the congregants were still prostrating?
Is the variation in how seated worshipers in the mosque sit during the bowing (ruku'), prostration (sujud), and intermediate positions due to differences among the madhhabs, and what is the correct way in that regard? Is there a jurisprudential disagreement concerning how a seated worshiper should rise from bowing and sit between the two prostrations? Is he obligated to fully straighten his back when rising from bowing, whether he is able to stand or not? How should the posture be when rising from bowing and prostration? Should the inclination between the two prostrations be lower than bowing and higher than prostration? Is it necessary to arrange the distance between the different postures (rising from bowing, bowing, rising from prostration, prostration) based on the degree of inclination?