The Description of the Prostration of Gratitude and Its Conditions
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, what is the description of the prostration of gratitude? What is its method? Am I required to be in a state of wudu' and facing the qiblah?
Answer:
If a new blessing is bestowed or a calamity is averted, one prostrates in gratitude, just as in the prostration of prayer. He prostrates on the ground and says, "Subhan Rabbi al-A'la" (Glory be to my Lord, the Most High), and he repeats this. Then he rises from his prostration. This is the prostration of gratitude, and it is an independent prostration. If he has performed wudu', that is more cautious and better. Yes. Because some scholars say it has the ruling of prayer, while others say it does not have the ruling of prayer. And for him to perform wudu', be in a state of purity, and face the qiblah is better. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, what is the description of the prostration of gratitude? What is its method? Am I required to be in a state of wudu' and facing the qiblah?
Answer:
If a new blessing is bestowed or a calamity is averted, one prostrates in gratitude, just as in the prostration of prayer. He prostrates on the ground and says, "Subhan Rabbi al-A'la" (Glory be to my Lord, the Most High), and he repeats this. Then he rises from his prostration. This is the prostration of gratitude, and it is an independent prostration. If he has performed wudu', that is more cautious and better. Yes. Because some scholars say it has the ruling of prayer, while others say it does not have the ruling of prayer. And for him to perform wudu', be in a state of purity, and face the qiblah is better. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (076) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1436-01-19] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (55:56)
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