Place your hand over your chest when frightened! Allaah تعالى | Ilm4all

Place your hand over your chest when frightened!

Allaah تعالى said to Moosa عليه السلام:

وَٱضۡمُمۡ إِلَيۡكَ جَنَاحَكَ مِنَ ٱلرَّهۡبِ

{and draw your hand close to your side to be free from the fear}
[Surah al-Qasas (28): 32]

Meaning: place your hand on your chest so that Allaah will remove the fear from your chest.



In the explanation of the above Aayah, Al-Haafidh Ibn Katheer رحمه الله mentioned in his Tafseer:

Mujahid said: ❝To be free from terror.❞

Qatadah said: ❝To be free from fear.❞

Moosa عليه السلام was commanded, when he felt afraid of anything, to draw his hand close to his side to be free from the fear. If he did that, whatever fear he felt would be gone. Perhaps if a person does this, in following the example of Moosa عليه السلام, and puts his hand over his heart, his fear will disappear or be lessened, if Allaah wills; and in Allaah we place our trust.
[Tafseer Ibn Katheer]



Al-Haafidh Abu Muhammad al-Baghawee رحمه الله commented in his Tafseer:

Ataa’ narrated that Ibn Abbaas رضي الله عنهما said: ❝Allaah تعالى had instructed him to place his hand over his chest (heart), so that the fear – which he got when the stick became a snake – would go away.❞

Ibn Abbaas رضي الله عنهما also said: ❝There is no one who gets scared after Moosa عليه السلام, and he places his hand over his chest (heart), except that his fear will recede.❞

Mujaahid said: ❝Anyone who gets scared and he draws his hand closer to his side will be free from the fear.❞
[Maaalim al-Tanzeel (Tafseer al-Baghawee)]