The Ruling on the Prayer of Gratitude and the Time for the Prayer of Ablution
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The questioner:
Welcome to the Shaykh, along with the brothers and sisters in this program.
The Shaykh:
May Allah greet you and bless you.
The questioner:
This questioner, Abu Shakr, says: Honorable Shaykh, I ask about the following: First, how is the prayer of gratitude performed? And does the prayer of ablution have a specific time, or is it prayed at all times? And this is in a time of distress?
The Shaykh:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. As for what follows, there is no prayer called the prayer of gratitude; rather, there is the prostration of gratitude. If a blessing is renewed for a person, or a calamity is averted from him—whether the blessing is general or specific to him, and likewise if the calamity is averted from him specifically or from the Muslims in general—then it is recommended to prostrate in gratitude to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). This is a standalone prostration, in which he says what he says in the prostration of prayer, and he supplicates to Allah as he does in the prostration of prayer. This is what is prescribed regarding gratitude, the prostration of gratitude.
The questioner:
Yes, and he asks: Does the prayer of ablution have a specific time?
The Shaykh:
As for the prayer of ablution, this is a recommended practice (sunnah). It is a recommended practice for one who performs ablution to pray. The evidence is the hadith indicating that he said, “I never performed ablution except that I prayed two rak'ahs,” and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) approved him for that. This is one of the prayers with a cause. Some scholars say that it is performed at all times because it is tied to its cause, which is the ablution. Other scholars say that it is only performed outside the prohibited times. So if one performs ablution during a prohibited time, he does not pray, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade voluntary prayer in these times: from the Fajr prayer until the sun rises, and when the sun is at its zenith until it declines, and from the 'Asr prayer until the sun sets. The prohibition is general for prayers with a cause and those without. Some scholars prioritize the prayers with a cause, while others include them in the general prohibition. The issue is one of scholarly disagreement, and one does not disapprove of the one who does this or the one who does that. May Allah reward you.
Welcome to the Shaykh, along with the brothers and sisters in this program.
The Shaykh:
May Allah greet you and bless you.
The questioner:
This questioner, Abu Shakr, says: Honorable Shaykh, I ask about the following: First, how is the prayer of gratitude performed? And does the prayer of ablution have a specific time, or is it prayed at all times? And this is in a time of distress?
The Shaykh:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. As for what follows, there is no prayer called the prayer of gratitude; rather, there is the prostration of gratitude. If a blessing is renewed for a person, or a calamity is averted from him—whether the blessing is general or specific to him, and likewise if the calamity is averted from him specifically or from the Muslims in general—then it is recommended to prostrate in gratitude to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). This is a standalone prostration, in which he says what he says in the prostration of prayer, and he supplicates to Allah as he does in the prostration of prayer. This is what is prescribed regarding gratitude, the prostration of gratitude.
The questioner:
Yes, and he asks: Does the prayer of ablution have a specific time?
The Shaykh:
As for the prayer of ablution, this is a recommended practice (sunnah). It is a recommended practice for one who performs ablution to pray. The evidence is the hadith indicating that he said, “I never performed ablution except that I prayed two rak'ahs,” and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) approved him for that. This is one of the prayers with a cause. Some scholars say that it is performed at all times because it is tied to its cause, which is the ablution. Other scholars say that it is only performed outside the prohibited times. So if one performs ablution during a prohibited time, he does not pray, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade voluntary prayer in these times: from the Fajr prayer until the sun rises, and when the sun is at its zenith until it declines, and from the 'Asr prayer until the sun sets. The prohibition is general for prayers with a cause and those without. Some scholars prioritize the prayers with a cause, while others include them in the general prohibition. The issue is one of scholarly disagreement, and one does not disapprove of the one who does this or the one who does that. May Allah reward you.
Source
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