How does Ibn Taymiyyah explain khushu and stillness in prayer?
2026-09-20
T19 · Ibn Taymiyyah
Ibn Taymiyyah
شيخ الإسلام أحمد بن تيمية
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النص العربي
المقتطف
إذا كان الخشوع في الصلاة واجبا وهو المتضمن للسكون والخضوع، فمن نقر نقر الغراب لم يخشع في سجوده.
ومن لم يطمئن لم يسكن، والسكون هو الطمأنينة.
English translation
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Since humility in prayer is obligatory, and it includes stillness and submission, someone who pecks like a crow has not shown humility in his prostration.
Whoever does not remain at rest has not been still; stillness is that state of remaining at rest.
Source and editorial notes
Majmūʿ al-Fatāwā 22/553–554
مجموع الفتاوى
Majmūʿ al-Fatāwā
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