The Ruling on Prostration of Recitation in Prayer and Outside of It
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Question:
His last question states: I attended a completion of the recitation of the Qur'an in one of the mosques, and when it was my turn, I recited Surat al-Inshiqaq. At verse number twenty-one, at the place of prostration, I wanted to prostrate, but the imam indicated to me not to prostrate, and they also did not prostrate. What is the ruling on prostration in the situation I described? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
The Sunnah is to prostrate when a person recites a verse of prostration, whether he is in prayer or outside of it. However, the one praying behind the imam does not prostrate; rather, the imam is the one who prostrates. If the imam prostrates, they follow him; otherwise, they do not. As for if he is praying alone in a voluntary prayer, or in an obligatory prayer—because he did not catch up with the obligatory prayer, or he is an excused sick person who does not attend—
then when he recites the verse of prostration, he prostrates. This is the Sunnah, whether this is in (If the sky is split) or in any other place. Likewise, if he is reciting outside of prayer in his home or in the mosque, when he passes a verse of prostration, he prostrates. This is the Sunnah, and it is not obligatory, but it is a Sunnah. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
His last question states: I attended a completion of the recitation of the Qur'an in one of the mosques, and when it was my turn, I recited Surat al-Inshiqaq. At verse number twenty-one, at the place of prostration, I wanted to prostrate, but the imam indicated to me not to prostrate, and they also did not prostrate. What is the ruling on prostration in the situation I described? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
The Sunnah is to prostrate when a person recites a verse of prostration, whether he is in prayer or outside of it. However, the one praying behind the imam does not prostrate; rather, the imam is the one who prostrates. If the imam prostrates, they follow him; otherwise, they do not. As for if he is praying alone in a voluntary prayer, or in an obligatory prayer—because he did not catch up with the obligatory prayer, or he is an excused sick person who does not attend—
then when he recites the verse of prostration, he prostrates. This is the Sunnah, whether this is in (If the sky is split) or in any other place. Likewise, if he is reciting outside of prayer in his home or in the mosque, when he passes a verse of prostration, he prostrates. This is the Sunnah, and it is not obligatory, but it is a Sunnah. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Source
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