Question:
Assalamualaikum,
Why is it that in the Hanafi Madhab a free woman is raising her hands in Salah (in the first Takbeer) upto her breast while a slave woman must raise her hands like a male (upto the ears?
Wassalaam
Answer:
The reason for this is because the “AWRAT” (parts which have to be covered) of a free woman is higher than that of a slave woman. Thus by a free woman raising her hands to her breasts she covers more of her “AWRAT” than a slave woman.
And Allah Ta’ala knows best
Zubair bin Rashaad Mubarak
Mufti Muhammad Ashraf
Darul Iftaa
Jameah Mahmoodiyah
Springs
30 January 2007
10 Muharram 1428
This Q&A was indexed in 2012 from the website of Jameah Mahmoodiyah, South Africa. The original website no longer exists.