Sunnats of Qiyaam_1

1. When intending to perform salaah, stand and face the qiblah.

2. Thereafter, make the intention of the salaah that you are performing and raise your hands until your thumbs are in line with the earlobes.

3. When standing for salaah, stand with utmost respect. Face both feet towards the qiblah and keep a gap of approximately four fingers between them. When performing salaah in congregation, straighten the saffs (rows) and stand as close to each other as possible, without leaving any gaps in between. The feet should not be spread apart in such a manner that the toes of one person touch the toes of the next person.

4. When raising the hands to the earlobes, ensure that the palms are facing the qiblah and the fingers are kept in their natural position (neither spread apart nor tightly closed). 

5. At the time of reciting the takbeer-e-tahreemah, ensure that your head is kept straight. You should neither bend your head forward nor backward at the time of reciting the takbeer-e-tahreemah.

6. After raising your hands parallel to your earlobes, recite the takbeer (Allahu Akbar). 

7. Lower the hands while saying the takbeer and fold them below the navel.

8. Place the right hand over the left hand.

9. Form a ring with the thumb and small finger of the right hand around the left wrist and place the remaining three fingers on the forearm.

Reference: 

  • Ihyaauddeen