The Meaning of the Hadith: "Help me to be steadfast in prostration"

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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: In the hadith of Mu'adh, the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)

help me to achieve this for you by devoting yourself often to prostration

أعني على نفسك بكثرة السجود

Sahih Muslim 489

, what does it mean?

The Shaykh:
What is the iron?

The questioner:
In the hadith of Mu'adh, he says: The saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)

help me to achieve this for you by devoting yourself often to prostration

أعني على نفسك بكثرة السجود

Sahih Muslim 489

. He asks: Does it mean lengthening the prostration or increasing the prostrations?

The Shaykh:
The hadith of Mu'adh, which is known to be Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas, who said: O Messenger of Allah, call upon Allah to make me one whose supplication is answered. He said:

by devoting yourself often to prostration

أعني على نفسك بكثرة الركوع

Sahih Muslim 489

and prostration. And... Likewise, the one who asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to be his companion in Paradise. A man who served the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to be his companion in Paradise, and he said:

Then help me to achieve this for you by devoting yourself often to prostration.

أعني على نفسك بكثرة الركوع والسجود.

Sahih Muslim 489

Yes.

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