If a person is in a car, for example, and reaches the place of prostration, does he prostrate, or does he delay the verse of prostration, or is he content with just the glorification?

Question:
Umm 'Umar from Jeddah asks: If a person is in a car, for example, or in a public place, and he is reciting to himself and reaches the place of prostration, does he prostrate wherever he is, or does he delay the verse of prostration until he returns to his house, or does he delay the prostration itself until he returns to his house, or is he content with just the glorification? May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
The basis of prostration of recitation, as has been mentioned, is not obligatory, due to the statement of the Commander of the Faithful, 'Umar ibn al-Khattab, that Allah did not make prostration—meaning prostration of recitation—obligatory upon us except that we wish to do it. So if a person is reciting while in a place that is not suitable for prostration, or if prostration is not feasible for him, it is not obligatory upon him. Yes.