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**PekHyvac** · 09-21-2011, 09:58 AM

This is what I was told by Mufti Saeed Ahmed DB:
During the time of Rasoolullah

, the floor was made of dirt and there were no markers to delineate the sufoof. Therefore, the companions

would join the ankles before the start of salah to straighten the sufoof and would then move they ankles away after the lines had been straightened. They would still be standing shoulder to shoulder.

I have noticed that whenever there are people forming a saff when there is no marked line on the floor, the saff is hardly straight. Therefore, the sunnah would be to align by joining the ankles to ankles and once the line is straight, to stand normally, shoulder to shoulder and not have the ankles touching.

09-21-2011, 09:58 AM	#33
PekHyvac Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 500 Senior Member	This is what I was told by Mufti Saeed Ahmed DB: During the time of Rasoolullah , the floor was made of dirt and there were no markers to delineate the sufoof. Therefore, the companions would join the ankles before the start of salah to straighten the sufoof and would then move they ankles away after the lines had been straightened. They would still be standing shoulder to shoulder. I have noticed that whenever there are people forming a saff when there is no marked line on the floor, the saff is hardly straight. Therefore, the sunnah would be to align by joining the ankles to ankles and once the line is straight, to stand normally, shoulder to shoulder and not have the ankles touching.
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