Is prostration of recitation permissible in the times when prayer is prohibited?
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The questioner:
This is a message from the listener Abu 'Ubaydah Kheiri from Sudan. He sent it with a number of questions, saying in the first: Is the prostration of recitation valid after the Fajr prayer? And is there a supplication in it?
The Shaykh:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions.
The scholars have differed regarding the prostration of recitation: is it a prayer, in which case it takes on the rulings of prayer, including that it is not permissible in the prohibited times? Or is it an independent act of worship and not a prayer, in which case it is permissible in times other than the prohibited times and does not take on those rulings, so it is permissible in the prohibited times and does not take on the rulings of prayer in every respect? This is the correct view. The correct view is that it is not a prayer, but rather an independent act of worship, so it is permissible at any time. And because its cause is recitation, even if we said it is a prayer, it would fall under the category of acts with causes. The correct view regarding acts with causes is that they are performed at any time when their cause occurs. Yes.
The questioner:
On the view that it is not a prayer, Shaykh, does that mean it does not require, for example, ritual purity? It does not take on the rulings.
The Shaykh:
It does not require the conditions of prayer or the pillars of prayer. Yes.
The questioner:
One may prostrate and some of his 'awrah (part of the body that must be covered) may be exposed, for example, even if he prostrates without exposing his 'awrah.
The Shaykh:
It is permissible to expose it, always, whether in prayer or otherwise. And he asked about what is said in prostration.
The questioner:
Yes, this is scrupulousness.
The Shaykh:
Yes, there is supplication in it, exactly like in the prostration of prayer. One says "Subhana Rabbi al-A'la" (Glory be to my Lord, the Most High) at least once and at most three times, then he supplicates with whatever types of supplications are easy for him, because prostration is a time when supplication is answered, and it is the closest a person can be to his Lord, Glorified and Exalted is He, whether it is the prostration of recitation or the prostration of prayer. Yes.
This is a message from the listener Abu 'Ubaydah Kheiri from Sudan. He sent it with a number of questions, saying in the first: Is the prostration of recitation valid after the Fajr prayer? And is there a supplication in it?
The Shaykh:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions.
The scholars have differed regarding the prostration of recitation: is it a prayer, in which case it takes on the rulings of prayer, including that it is not permissible in the prohibited times? Or is it an independent act of worship and not a prayer, in which case it is permissible in times other than the prohibited times and does not take on those rulings, so it is permissible in the prohibited times and does not take on the rulings of prayer in every respect? This is the correct view. The correct view is that it is not a prayer, but rather an independent act of worship, so it is permissible at any time. And because its cause is recitation, even if we said it is a prayer, it would fall under the category of acts with causes. The correct view regarding acts with causes is that they are performed at any time when their cause occurs. Yes.
The questioner:
On the view that it is not a prayer, Shaykh, does that mean it does not require, for example, ritual purity? It does not take on the rulings.
The Shaykh:
It does not require the conditions of prayer or the pillars of prayer. Yes.
The questioner:
One may prostrate and some of his 'awrah (part of the body that must be covered) may be exposed, for example, even if he prostrates without exposing his 'awrah.
The Shaykh:
It is permissible to expose it, always, whether in prayer or otherwise. And he asked about what is said in prostration.
The questioner:
Yes, this is scrupulousness.
The Shaykh:
Yes, there is supplication in it, exactly like in the prostration of prayer. One says "Subhana Rabbi al-A'la" (Glory be to my Lord, the Most High) at least once and at most three times, then he supplicates with whatever types of supplications are easy for him, because prostration is a time when supplication is answered, and it is the closest a person can be to his Lord, Glorified and Exalted is He, whether it is the prostration of recitation or the prostration of prayer. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 5611- هل يجوز سجود التلاوة في أوقات النهي ؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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