Explanation of the author's statement: "It is emphasized during prayer"

The Shaykh : The author says "It is emphasized during prayer". "Emphasized" is a second predicate for his statement "It is recommended", and multiple predicates are permissible. Allah the Exalted said: Here, "the Most Loving" is a second predicate, and it is not permissible for it to be an attribute of "the Oft-Forgiving," because "the Oft-Forgiving" itself is a beautiful attribute. "Attribute" here is used in the general sense, not the grammatical sense of a descriptive adjective. "The Oft-Forgiving" is a predicate. He says: "It is emphasized during prayer, and be attentive", and so on. Now, the word "fasting" in the author's statement "for one who is not fasting", whether voluntary or obligatory. Regarding the obligatory and voluntary, he says: "during prayer, and be attentive, and when the mouth changes". The author mentioned three things: first, during prayer. The evidence is the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): The word "during" in the hadith and in the author's statement implies proximity, because "during" means something close to something, as Allah the Exalted said: As He said regarding the Book He wrote, it is with Him above the Throne. "During" implies proximity to the thing. So "during prayer" means near the prayer, and the closer one is to it, the better. As for the statement of some that the meaning of "during prayer" is the ablution, this is not correct, because the ablution may be far from the prayer, on the one hand, and because the ablution has its own specific use of the miswak, on the other. So the correct view is that "during prayer" means near the prayer. But some people say that using the miswak must be done when there is dirt. So do we do as the common people do, where they suck the miswak and swallow it? The answer is no, because that means you are removing the dirt from the teeth in order to put it in the stomach, and this is contrary to the purpose of the Shari'ah. Rather, if you feel that there is dirt carried by the miswak, you take it or suck it, then you spit it out, or you take it, for example, and squeeze it between your fingers or in a handkerchief until this dirt is gone. And his statement: "during prayer", whether obligatory or voluntary.

The questioner : Both of them.

The Shaykh : Now, the funeral prayer and a prayer with bowing and prostration, even during the funeral prayer, due to the generality of the hadith. During the prostration of recitation, it depends on the difference of opinion. If we say that it is a prayer, as is the well-known view in the school of thought, then it is recommended for him to do so; otherwise, it is not. And so it is with the prostration of gratitude. But we say that if we do not say that it is emphasized during the prostration of recitation, it falls under the category of being recommended at all times. But we do not believe that it is recommended specifically for this thing, if we say that the prostration of recitation is not a prayer.