Is ritual purity and covering the hair required for the prostration of recitation?

The questioner : The questioner asks: Is ritual purity required for the prostration of recitation? And is it required that the woman be covered?

The Shaykh : Sit down, sit down.

The questioner : Is ritual purity required for the prostration of recitation? And is it required that the woman be covered, meaning covering her hair? And does she say the takbir and taslim?

The Shaykh : Regarding the prostration of recitation: if it is during the prayer, he says takbir when he prostrates and when he stands up. But if it is outside the prayer, he says takbir when he prostrates, not when he stands up, and he does not say taslim in it. This is the closest of the opinions to the truth. Some scholars hold that the prostration of recitation has the ruling of the prayer, and that one says takbir for the prostration and for rising, and says taslim once from it. The prostration of gratitude has the same ruling as the prostration of recitation.