What is the method of prostration of gratitude? And how many prostrations does it have?
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The questioner: What is the method of prostration of gratitude? Does it require takbir and taslim, and how many prostrations are there?
The Shaykh : The prostration of gratitude is one, and none of the conditions required for prayer are required for it. It is like the prostration of recitation; they are the same in ruling. No condition is required for either, such as ritual purity, facing the qiblah, taslim, takbir, or the like. Rather, if one is surprised by a blessing, he prostrates immediately, as he is, and praises Allah with whatever is easy for him, thanking Him for that blessing He has bestowed upon him. Likewise, if he recites a verse from the Book of Allah the Exalted and Majestic that contains a prostration, he prostrates immediately, whether he is in a state of wudu' or not, whether he is facing the qiblah or not, without the takbir of ihram, without tashahhud, and without salam. Yes.
The questioner: ... .
The Shaykh : This is how I understand it. As for the issue of not remembering the blessing, that is not reasonable. It seems to me that you want to say: Allah the Exalted and Majestic bestowed a blessing on a person, and he did not know the ruling regarding prostrating for such a blessing. Then, after a long or short time, he learned that such a blessing deserves a prostration. Does he prostrate or not? We say, whether the scenario you intend is like this, or the scenario I understood from you which I did not grasp, because it is not reasonable for a person to receive a blessing and not remember it.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : This is it. I have already answered you. He does not prostrate because the time and period for it have passed. The prostration of gratitude is only when one is informed of the blessing.
The Shaykh : The prostration of gratitude is one, and none of the conditions required for prayer are required for it. It is like the prostration of recitation; they are the same in ruling. No condition is required for either, such as ritual purity, facing the qiblah, taslim, takbir, or the like. Rather, if one is surprised by a blessing, he prostrates immediately, as he is, and praises Allah with whatever is easy for him, thanking Him for that blessing He has bestowed upon him. Likewise, if he recites a verse from the Book of Allah the Exalted and Majestic that contains a prostration, he prostrates immediately, whether he is in a state of wudu' or not, whether he is facing the qiblah or not, without the takbir of ihram, without tashahhud, and without salam. Yes.
The questioner: ... .
The Shaykh : This is how I understand it. As for the issue of not remembering the blessing, that is not reasonable. It seems to me that you want to say: Allah the Exalted and Majestic bestowed a blessing on a person, and he did not know the ruling regarding prostrating for such a blessing. Then, after a long or short time, he learned that such a blessing deserves a prostration. Does he prostrate or not? We say, whether the scenario you intend is like this, or the scenario I understood from you which I did not grasp, because it is not reasonable for a person to receive a blessing and not remember it.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : This is it. I have already answered you. He does not prostrate because the time and period for it have passed. The prostration of gratitude is only when one is informed of the blessing.
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