Allah the Exalted said in Surat Sad: Is it obligatory for us to prostrate when we recite this verse?
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good and do you good. Allah the Exalted said in Surat al-Sad[Sad 38:24] Is it obligatory for us to prostrate when we recite this verse?
The Shaykh:
This verse is a prostration of gratitude, not a prostration of recitation.
The presenter:
What Allah willed.
The Shaykh:
Is prostration not prescribed for us in it?
May Allah reward you with good and do you good. Allah the Exalted said in Surat al-Sad
that We had tried him, and he asked forgiveness of his Lord and fell down bowing [in prostration] and turned in repentance [to Allah].
أَنَّمَا فَتَنَّاهُ فَاسْتَغْفَرَ رَبَّهُ وَخَرَّ رَاكِعًا وَأَنَابَThe Shaykh:
This verse is a prostration of gratitude, not a prostration of recitation.
The presenter:
What Allah willed.
The Shaykh:
Is prostration not prescribed for us in it?
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، قال تعالى في سورة ص: ﴿ فاستغفر ربه وخر راكعا وأناب﴾ ، هل يجب علينا السجود عندما نقرأ هذه الآية؟ — youtube.com
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