Does the prostration of recitation require ablution, facing the qiblah, and other such conditions?

Eid Abbasi : Does the prostration of recitation require ablution...?

The Shaykh : The prostration of recitation is a form of worship, not a prayer among the prayers. It is the prayer that requires purity, facing the qiblah, and other known conditions according to the jurists. The prostration of recitation, like the prostration of gratitude, is not a prayer. Therefore, none of these conditions are required for it. Let the matter not be confusing for some people who say: "The prostration of recitation is part of the prayer, so this part would have the ruling of the whole. This part, which is the prostration, would have the ruling of the whole, which is the prayer." We say: This is an error, because the ruling of the whole is not given to the part unless the part represents the whole. Do you not see that "Allahu Akbar" is a pillar of the prayer? Yet no one says: If you say "Allahu Akbar," you must face the qiblah and be in a state of purity—purity of the garment, purity of the body, purity of the place, and so on—although it is a pillar of the prayer. The ruling of the whole is not given to the part. Similarly, the recitation of al-Fatihah is a pillar of the prayer according to the most correct opinion of the scholars, . So if you recite al-Fatihah, you are not required to face the qiblah, nor are you required to be in a state of complete purity, and so on.
All of this indicates that arguing that the part has the ruling of the whole is an error, and no one adopts this view.