The ruling on prostration of recitation in the Friday prayer and the takbir in it
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Question:
The Shaykh’s position is that the imam is required to prostrate if he recites the prostration verse in Surat al-Sajdah on Friday. If the imam prostrates and one of the ma’mum (those praying behind him) is absent, he should prostrate the prostration of sincerity, but the cause is that the imam prostrated. Even if he intentionally prostrates with the number of prostrations, they do not know.
Answer:
Prostrating when a verse containing a prostration is passed in prayer and outside of prayer is a recommended practice (sunnah), and it is not obligatory. Prostrating on Friday when the prostration verse is passed is a recommended practice, and if one does not prostrate, he owes nothing. This is not specific to Friday, as some of the common people think, as Ibn al-Qayyim and Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah stated, that some of the common people think that the surah is recited for the sake of the prostration. No, the surah is recited for what we mentioned, which is that it contains mention of the beginning and the return. As for the prostration, it is a lie, and it is not the intended purpose. So if one does not prostrate, he owes nothing. Some of them even think that the prostration is what is required, and therefore they recite another surah containing a prostration. They recite Surat al-Najm and nothing else, thinking that if they bring the prostration, they have brought the recommended practice on Friday. No, the recommended practice is reciting the surah. Surat al-Sajdah is the recommended practice. Yes, yes. If he bows, when he lowers himself for prostration, he says takbir, and when he raises himself from prostration, he says takbir in the prayer. Yes.
This is the recommended practice, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say takbir for every lowering and raising, and this will come if Allah wills. As for if the prostration is the prostration of recitation outside of prayer, there is no evidence that he says takbir when he prostrates, and no evidence that he says takbir when he raises, because it is outside of prayer. But in the prayer, he performs the takbir when lowering and when standing up, because he is in prayer, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say takbir in the prayer at every taking and raising.
As for what the questioner mentioned, that if a person comes and the imam is in the prostration of recitation on Friday, does he wait? No, he prostrates with the imam. He has obtained the reward by following and prostrating. Prostration is worship. He prostrates with the imam. He says the takbir of entering prayer while standing, then he prostrates with the imam, and he does not wait and deprive himself of this great virtue. Yes.
The Shaykh’s position is that the imam is required to prostrate if he recites the prostration verse in Surat al-Sajdah on Friday. If the imam prostrates and one of the ma’mum (those praying behind him) is absent, he should prostrate the prostration of sincerity, but the cause is that the imam prostrated. Even if he intentionally prostrates with the number of prostrations, they do not know.
Answer:
Prostrating when a verse containing a prostration is passed in prayer and outside of prayer is a recommended practice (sunnah), and it is not obligatory. Prostrating on Friday when the prostration verse is passed is a recommended practice, and if one does not prostrate, he owes nothing. This is not specific to Friday, as some of the common people think, as Ibn al-Qayyim and Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah stated, that some of the common people think that the surah is recited for the sake of the prostration. No, the surah is recited for what we mentioned, which is that it contains mention of the beginning and the return. As for the prostration, it is a lie, and it is not the intended purpose. So if one does not prostrate, he owes nothing. Some of them even think that the prostration is what is required, and therefore they recite another surah containing a prostration. They recite Surat al-Najm and nothing else, thinking that if they bring the prostration, they have brought the recommended practice on Friday. No, the recommended practice is reciting the surah. Surat al-Sajdah is the recommended practice. Yes, yes. If he bows, when he lowers himself for prostration, he says takbir, and when he raises himself from prostration, he says takbir in the prayer. Yes.
This is the recommended practice, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say takbir for every lowering and raising, and this will come if Allah wills. As for if the prostration is the prostration of recitation outside of prayer, there is no evidence that he says takbir when he prostrates, and no evidence that he says takbir when he raises, because it is outside of prayer. But in the prayer, he performs the takbir when lowering and when standing up, because he is in prayer, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say takbir in the prayer at every taking and raising.
As for what the questioner mentioned, that if a person comes and the imam is in the prostration of recitation on Friday, does he wait? No, he prostrates with the imam. He has obtained the reward by following and prostrating. Prostration is worship. He prostrates with the imam. He says the takbir of entering prayer while standing, then he prostrates with the imam, and he does not wait and deprive himself of this great virtue. Yes.
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