SUNNATS OF SALAAT

ELEVEN SUNNATS OF QIYAAM

1. To stand upright at the time of takbeer-e-Tahreemah, i.e. the head should not be bent.
2. To leave a gap of four fingers between the feet and to have the toes facing the Qiblah.
3. The takbeer-e-Tahreemah of the Muqtadee should be said immediately after the Imaam's takbeer-e-Tahreemah.
4. To raise the hands up to the ears while saying the takbeer-e-Tahreemah. (This Sunnat is confined to men only.)
5. To have the palms facing the Qiblah.
6. To keep the fingers in their normal position i.e. neither too open nor closed tightly together.
7. To place the palm of the right hand over the back of the left hand.
8. To grip the wrist by forming a ring with the thumb and little finger. (Males only)
9. To place the middle 3 fingers over the forearm. (Males only)
10. To place the hands below the navel.
11. To read thanaa.

SEVEN SUNNATS OF QIRAA'AT