Does it contain a prostration on Friday? We ask for your guidance. In which chapter of the Qur'an is it found?
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The questioner : Does it contain a prostration on Friday? We ask for your guidance. In which chapter of the Qur'an is it found?
The Shaykh : There is no prostration in the Friday prayer in the sense that it is not prescribed for a person to recite a chapter containing a prostration. The reference is to the Fajr prayer on Friday. What is prescribed is for a person to recite in the Fajr prayer on Friday the chapter: al-Sajdah, which is the chapter between Surat Luqman and Surat al-Ahzab. He recites it in its entirety in the first rak'ah. When he reaches the place of prostration, he says takbir and prostrates, saying: "Subhan Rabbi al-A'la" (Glory be to my Lord, the Most High) and whatever remembrance is reported in it. Then he stands up saying takbir to complete the rest of the rak'ah. In the second rak'ah, he recites: [Al-Insan 76:1], which is the chapter between Surat al-Qiyamah and Surat al-Mursalat. He recites these two chapters in their entirety, each chapter in one rak'ah. This is what is prescribed.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : This is not for the sake of the prostration in Surat al-Sajdah, but because these two chapters contain the beginning and the end: the beginning of creation and the return of people and their recompense and reward. Friday is the beginning and the end, for Adam was created on it, he was taken out of Paradise on it, and the Hour will be established on it. For this reason, it is very appropriate that these two chapters be recited in its Fajr prayer.
It should be known that some imams exaggerate in this matter. You will find some of them reciting: al-Sajdah in both rak'ahs, and some of them may recite: in both rak'ahs. This is contrary to the Sunnah. We say: either recite each chapter in one rak'ah, or recite from other chapters. Also, some imams recite the beginning of Surat al-Kahf in the Fajr prayer on Friday, thinking it is prescribed. Some of them recite Surat al-Jumu'ah and al-Munafiqun in the Fajr prayer on Friday. All of this is due to ignorance, for Surat al-Jumu'ah and al-Munafiqun are only recited on Friday, or rather, they are only recited on Friday in the Friday prayer, not in the Fajr prayer on Friday.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Therefore, it is necessary for imams to learn the manner of prayer and the rulings of prayer so that they lead the Muslims in prayer with insight. Yes.
The questioner : Thank you, may Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : There is no prostration in the Friday prayer in the sense that it is not prescribed for a person to recite a chapter containing a prostration. The reference is to the Fajr prayer on Friday. What is prescribed is for a person to recite in the Fajr prayer on Friday the chapter:
Alif, Lam, Mim. The revealed [Qur'an]
الم تنزيلHas there [not] come upon man a period of time when he was not a thing [even] mentioned?
هَلْ أَتَى عَلَى الإِنسَانِ حِينٌ مِنَ الدَّهْرِ لَمْ يَكُنْ شَيْئًا مَذْكُورًاThe questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : This is not for the sake of the prostration in Surat al-Sajdah, but because these two chapters contain the beginning and the end: the beginning of creation and the return of people and their recompense and reward. Friday is the beginning and the end, for Adam was created on it, he was taken out of Paradise on it, and the Hour will be established on it. For this reason, it is very appropriate that these two chapters be recited in its Fajr prayer.
It should be known that some imams exaggerate in this matter. You will find some of them reciting:
Alif, Lam, Mim. The revealed [Qur'an]
الم تنزيلHas there come
هل أتىThe questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Therefore, it is necessary for imams to learn the manner of prayer and the rulings of prayer so that they lead the Muslims in prayer with insight. Yes.
The questioner : Thank you, may Allah reward you.