What is the ruling on one who habitually performs the prostration of gratitude after the Fajr prayer daily?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this questioner says: I am the imam of a mosque, and after finishing the Fajr prayer every day, I notice a man prostrating before he leaves the mosque, and he says it is a prostration of gratitude to Allah (Mighty and Majestic). What is the ruling on this action? And am I allowed to prevent him in my capacity as the imam of the mosque?
Answer:
If it is authentic that this is from them, it is a bid'ah (religious innovation). If he wants to leave the mosque, he prays two rak'ahs. As for prostrating in prostration only, this is a bid'ah. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this questioner says: I am the imam of a mosque, and after finishing the Fajr prayer every day, I notice a man prostrating before he leaves the mosque, and he says it is a prostration of gratitude to Allah (Mighty and Majestic). What is the ruling on this action? And am I allowed to prevent him in my capacity as the imam of the mosque?
Answer:
If it is authentic that this is from them, it is a bid'ah (religious innovation). If he wants to leave the mosque, he prays two rak'ahs. As for prostrating in prostration only, this is a bid'ah. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 1089- ما حكم من يعتاد سجدة شكر بعد صلاة الفجر يوميًا؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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