Is there a takbir for prostration of recitation? (Unclear)
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The questioner : Regarding prostration of recitation?
The Shaykh : As for prostration of recitation, if it is during the prayer, it has the ruling of the prostration of the prayer, meaning one says takbir when going into prostration and when rising from it. If it is outside the prayer, some scholars said that one does not say takbir, neither when going into prostration nor when sitting up from it, and one does not say the closing salam for it. Other scholars said that one says takbir for the prostration but not for rising, and does not say the closing salam. This is the apparent practice of Ibn Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him). As for his teacher, he held that it is not a prayer, and he held that it is permissible without ritual purity and facing a direction other than the qiblah. The important point is that it carries the reward of prayer. I lean toward the view that it is a prayer in one sense, meaning that it is not permissible for a person to prostrate without ritual purity, and also not to prostrate facing a direction other than the qiblah. And praise be to Allah, the matter is not obligatory.
The questioner : If, according to the view that it is not a prayer,
The Shaykh : If it is a prayer, there must be a sutrah behind him.
The Shaykh : As for prostration of recitation, if it is during the prayer, it has the ruling of the prostration of the prayer, meaning one says takbir when going into prostration and when rising from it. If it is outside the prayer, some scholars said that one does not say takbir, neither when going into prostration nor when sitting up from it, and one does not say the closing salam for it. Other scholars said that one says takbir for the prostration but not for rising, and does not say the closing salam. This is the apparent practice of Ibn Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him). As for his teacher, he held that it is not a prayer, and he held that it is permissible without ritual purity and facing a direction other than the qiblah. The important point is that it carries the reward of prayer. I lean toward the view that it is a prayer in one sense, meaning that it is not permissible for a person to prostrate without ritual purity, and also not to prostrate facing a direction other than the qiblah. And praise be to Allah, the matter is not obligatory.
The questioner : If, according to the view that it is not a prayer,
The Shaykh : If it is a prayer, there must be a sutrah behind him.