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 "id": "concept/rukuh-fiqh",
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 "label": {
  "ar": "الركوع",
  "en": "Rukuh (the bow in prayer): its ruling as a pillar, the calm in it, its posture, the raising of the hands, the glorifications, and the prohibition of bowing to a creature",
  "ur": "رکوع"
 },
 "summary": {
  "ar": "الركوع لغة الانحناء، وفي الصلاة طأطأة الرأس مع انحناء الظهر على هيئة مخصوصة بحيث تنال الراحتان الركبتين. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8972} وهو ركن بالإجماع لقوله تعالى: اركعوا واسجدوا، وحديث المسيء صلاته. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8972} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8973} وذهب الجمهور إلى أن الطمأنينة فيه فرض، وذهب الحنفية إلى أنها واجب. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8973} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8974} والهيئة المجزئة أن ينحني حتى تبلغ الراحتان الركبتين، والأكمل أن يستوي الظهر والعنق. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8974} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8975} ويرفع المصلي يديه عند تكبيرة الركوع عند الجمهور، ويكبر عند الركوع، وقال الحنفية يرفع اليدين عند الإحرام فقط. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8976} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8977} ويشرع التسبيح في الركوع، وتختلف المذاهب في حكمه وعدده، وتكره القراءة في الركوع. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8978} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8979} ويكره للإمام تطويل الركوع انتظارا للداخل إذا شق على المأمومين، ويكره الانحناء لغير الله، وإن قصد التعظيم كفر. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8980} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8981}",
  "en": "Rukuh (bowing) in the lexicon is inclining; in prayer it is lowering the head with the back bent in a fixed posture until the palms reach the knees. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8972} It is a pillar by agreement, from the verse 'bow and prostrate' and the hadith of the one who prays badly. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8972} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8973} The majority hold the calm in it obligatory; the Hanafis hold it a duty of lesser force. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8973} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8974} The minimum is the bend until the palms reach the knees; the perfect form is the back and neck level. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8974} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8975} The majority have the hands raised at the bow and the takbir said as one goes down; the Hanafis raise the hands only at the opening. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8976} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8977} Glorification at the bow is a sunna; its number is disputed, and recitation of the Qur'an in the bow is disliked. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8978} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8979} An imam should not lengthen the bow to wait for a latecomer where it burdens the congregation, and bowing to a creature in honour is unlawful, and it is unbelief if meant as worship. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8980} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8981}",
  "ur": "رکوع نماز کا رکن ہے؛ اس میں اطمینان جمہور کے نزدیک فرض ہے اور حنفی اسے واجب کہتے ہیں۔ {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8972} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8973} مخلوق کے سامنے تعظیم کے طور پر رکوع کرنا جائز نہیں۔ {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8981}"
 },
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 "wings": [
  "ideas"
 ],
 "regions": [
  "global"
 ],
 "periods": [
  "period/prophetic-era"
 ],
 "tags": [],
 "aliases": [],
 "themes": [
  "worship-and-the-pillars",
  "family-marriage-kinship"
 ],
 "data": {
  "kind": "legal",
  "provenance": {
   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "الموسوعة الفقهية الكويتية، نسخة نور بوك، مدخل «الركوع»، ص 8972-8981 من المسح",
   "generated_by": "Claude Haiku 5.5",
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   "run": "mawsua-w05-batch53"
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   "review": "draft",
   "completeness": 2,
   "generated_by": "Claude Haiku 5.5; headword read on scan pages 8972-8981 (next heading رماد on p.8983 for ركون; رماد on p.8983 for ركوع's following). Hadiths named, not typed; footnote citations omitted; Urdu is a short draft."
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "الركوع لغة الانحناء، وفي الصلاة طأطأة الرأس مع انحناء الظهر على هيئة مخصوصة بحيث تنال الراحتان الركبتين. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8972} وهو ركن بالإجماع لقوله تعالى: اركعوا واسجدوا، وحديث المسيء صلاته. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8972} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8973} وذهب الجمهور إلى أن الطمأنينة فيه فرض، وذهب الحنفية إلى أنها واجب. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8973} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8974} والهيئة المجزئة أن ينحني حتى تبلغ الراحتان الركبتين، والأكمل أن يستوي الظهر والعنق. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8974} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8975} ويرفع المصلي يديه عند تكبيرة الركوع عند الجمهور، ويكبر عند الركوع، وقال الحنفية يرفع اليدين عند الإحرام فقط. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8976} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8977} ويشرع التسبيح في الركوع، وتختلف المذاهب في حكمه وعدده، وتكره القراءة في الركوع. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8978} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8979} ويكره للإمام تطويل الركوع انتظارا للداخل إذا شق على المأمومين، ويكره الانحناء لغير الله، وإن قصد التعظيم كفر. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8980} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8981}"
    }
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    "id": "concept/rukuh-fiqh",
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   },
   "updated": "2026-10-23"
  },
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Summary",
     "markdown": "Rukuh (bowing) in the lexicon is inclining; in prayer it is lowering the head with the back bent in a fixed posture until the palms reach the knees. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8972} It is a pillar by agreement, from the verse 'bow and prostrate' and the hadith of the one who prays badly. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8972} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8973} The majority hold the calm in it obligatory; the Hanafis hold it a duty of lesser force. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8973} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8974} The minimum is the bend until the palms reach the knees; the perfect form is the back and neck level. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8974} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8975} The majority have the hands raised at the bow and the takbir said as one goes down; the Hanafis raise the hands only at the opening. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8976} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8977} Glorification at the bow is a sunna; its number is disputed, and recitation of the Qur'an in the bow is disliked. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8978} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8979} An imam should not lengthen the bow to wait for a latecomer where it burdens the congregation, and bowing to a creature in honour is unlawful, and it is unbelief if meant as worship. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8980} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8981}"
    }
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   "updated": "2026-10-23"
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  "ur": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "رکوع نماز کا رکن ہے؛ اس میں اطمینان جمہور کے نزدیک فرض ہے اور حنفی اسے واجب کہتے ہیں۔ {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8972} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8973} مخلوق کے سامنے تعظیم کے طور پر رکوع کرنا جائز نہیں۔ {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.8981}"
    }
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  "concept/aqiqa",
  "concept/childhood-sighar",
  "concept/desire-shahwa",
  "concept/dhakar-fiqh",
  "concept/doubt-shakk",
  "concept/kaffara",
  "screen/para-pencari-tuhan-2007",
  "building/taj-mahal"
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