وَيَقُومُ الْمُصَلِّي بِحِذَاءِ صَدْرِ الْمَيِّتِ.
Translation: The one praying stands opposite the chest of the deceased.
Biḥidhāʾ means opposite or aligned with. The Hanafi description places the leader opposite the deceased person’s chest.
This concerns positioning in the funeral prayer, whose bodily form consists of standing rather than bowing or prostrating.
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Funeral Prayer: Leadership, Four Takbirs, Supplications and Salam
وَيَقُومُ الْمُصَلِّي بِحِذَاءِ صَدْرِ الْمَيِّتِ.
Translation: The one praying stands opposite the chest of the deceased.
Biḥidhāʾ means opposite or aligned with. The Hanafi description places the leader opposite the deceased person’s chest.
This concerns positioning in the funeral prayer, whose bodily form consists of standing rather than bowing or prostrating.