If the imam passes a prostration verse in a secret prayer, does he prostrate?
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The questioner : May the mercy and blessings of Allah be upon you.
If a person prays alone or as an imam, and the prayer is a secret prayer, and he passes a prostration verse, does he prostrate for the recitation or not?
The Shaykh : Yes. As for the one praying alone, he prostrates. As for the imam, the jurists (may Allah have mercy on them) mentioned that it is disliked for him to recite a prostration verse in the secret prayer. This means, in principle, he should not intend to do so, because either he prostrates and causes confusion for them, or he does not prostrate and thus leaves off the prostration. Therefore, it is better that he not recite it. However, if the hadith is authentic that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) recited "Say, prostrate" in the midday prayer and prostrated in it, then the opinion of dislike has no place. Yes.
If a person prays alone or as an imam, and the prayer is a secret prayer, and he passes a prostration verse, does he prostrate for the recitation or not?
The Shaykh : Yes. As for the one praying alone, he prostrates. As for the imam, the jurists (may Allah have mercy on them) mentioned that it is disliked for him to recite a prostration verse in the secret prayer. This means, in principle, he should not intend to do so, because either he prostrates and causes confusion for them, or he does not prostrate and thus leaves off the prostration. Therefore, it is better that he not recite it. However, if the hadith is authentic that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) recited "Say, prostrate" in the midday prayer and prostrated in it, then the opinion of dislike has no place. Yes.