Repetition in the prostration of recitation
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The honorable Shaykh! May Allah reward you. Regarding the prostration of recitation, is it obligatory for a person to prostrate every time he reads the Qur'an and passes by a verse of prostration? Or should he follow the example of the scholars, such that if he is explaining a verse in a chapter like Surat al-Sajdah, for instance, he does not prostrate?
First: Your question in your statement, "Is it obligatory for him to prostrate,"We say: It is not obligatory for him to prostrate, whether the verses are repeated or not. The prostration of recitation is a recommended practice (sunnah) and not obligatory. The evidence for this is that 'Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) read a verse containing a prostration in one of the congregations, specifically the one in Surat al-Nahl, and he came down and prostrated. Then he read it in another Friday congregation and did not prostrate.Then he said: [Indeed, Allah has not imposed prostration upon us except that we may do so if we wish]. The prostration of recitation is a recommended practice (sunnah) and not obligatory. If the verses are repeated, then if a person is repeating and memorizing the Qur'an, his first prostration suffices for the rest, and there is no need to repeat the prostration. However, if he is reading, for example, in Surat al-Hajj, and he prostrated at the first prostration verse and then the second prostration verse comes, he should prostrate, even if the interval is not long. This is the detail regarding the issue of repetition in the prostration of recitation.
First: Your question in your statement, "Is it obligatory for him to prostrate,"We say: It is not obligatory for him to prostrate, whether the verses are repeated or not. The prostration of recitation is a recommended practice (sunnah) and not obligatory. The evidence for this is that 'Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) read a verse containing a prostration in one of the congregations, specifically the one in Surat al-Nahl, and he came down and prostrated. Then he read it in another Friday congregation and did not prostrate.Then he said: [Indeed, Allah has not imposed prostration upon us except that we may do so if we wish]. The prostration of recitation is a recommended practice (sunnah) and not obligatory. If the verses are repeated, then if a person is repeating and memorizing the Qur'an, his first prostration suffices for the rest, and there is no need to repeat the prostration. However, if he is reading, for example, in Surat al-Hajj, and he prostrated at the first prostration verse and then the second prostration verse comes, he should prostrate, even if the interval is not long. This is the detail regarding the issue of repetition in the prostration of recitation.