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AssalamuAlaikum wa rahmathullahi wa barakathuhu brother,

Brother i ve a very big doubt abt d position we sit wen offering Salah In d 2nr Rakah we sit keepin our legs on d right side and on d fourth rakah wen we sit we wuld keep oour legs in d left side dis s hw we ofer Salah. Is dis correct pls clarify my doubt according to d quran n d sunnah of Prophet (PBUH) lookin forward for ur reply brother JazakhAllah Khairun

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Answer:

Sitting posture in prayer

In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.

Fiqh-us-Sunnah Fiqh 1.154

Topic: Sitting posture in prayer

It is considered Sunnah to to put one’s left foot down and to sit upon it, and to keep the right foot upright with its toe pointing toward the ‘qiblah’.

Hadrat Aishah (r.a.) reported that the Prophet (saws) would lay out and sit on his left foot and keep his right foot upright. (Related by al-Bukhari and Muslim.)

Hadrat Abdullah Ibn Umar (r.a.) reported that it is from the Sunnah to keep the right foot upright, with its toe pointing toward the ‘qiblah’, and to sit upon the left foot. (Related by an-Nasa'i.)

Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.

Your brother and well wisher in Islam,

Burhan