Lifting Feet in Prostration

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch

Question

Is my prayer valid, if I lifted my feet off the ground during the prostration?

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate

If during the prostration there was a moment where all seven limbs were touching the ground, the prayer is valid. [Tahtawi/Shurunbulali, Hashiyat Maraqi al-Falah]

The seven limbs are the forehead, the hands, the knees, and the feet. [Ibid.]

If your feet were not on the ground at any time along with the other limbs, the prayer is invalid. Note that this is highly unlikely and should not be assumed to be the case. [Ibid.]

Hope this helps
Allah knows best
[Shaykh] Yusuf Weltch

Checked and approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani

Shaykh Yusuf Weltch is a teacher of Arabic, Islamic law, and spirituality. After accepting Islam in 2008, he then completed four years at the Darul Uloom seminary in New York where he studied Arabic and the traditional sciences. He then traveled to Tarim, Yemen, where he stayed for three years studying in Dar Al-Mustafa under some of the greatest scholars of our time, including Habib Umar Bin Hafiz, Habib Kadhim al-Saqqaf, and Shaykh Umar al-Khatib. In Tarim, Shaykh Yusuf completed the memorization of the Qur’an and studied beliefs, legal methodology, hadith methodology, Qur’anic exegesis, Islamic history, and a number of texts on spirituality. He joined the SeekersGuidance faculty in the summer of 2019.