Ruling on facing the qiblah in prostration of recitation
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Question:
The first message in this episode is from one of our brother listeners. At the end of his message, the sender writes: Al-Maradi, Hasb Allah, Muhammad, a Sudanese resident in Kuwait. Our brother says in his message: When I recite the Qur'an, I come across some verses that contain a prostration. Is it a condition to face the qiblah in it? This is his first question on this topic, Shaykh Abdul Aziz.
Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Praise be to Allah, and may Allah send blessings and peace upon the Messenger of Allah, upon his family and his Companions, and upon those who follow his guidance. As for what follows:
Prostration of recitation is a recommended practice, an act of devotion, and an act of obedience. The Chosen One (peace and blessings be upon him) performed it, but it does not have the ruling of prayer according to the most correct of the scholars' opinions. It is better to prostrate facing the qiblah and to be in a state of ritual purity if that is possible. However, if one prostrates not facing the qiblah, or not in a state of ritual purity, that is sufficient according to the correct opinion.
As for the majority of the scholars, they say that it is necessary to face the qiblah, by analogy to prayer. The more apparent in the evidence is that it is analogous to remembrance, not to prayer. It is of the same kind as remembrance, just as a person remembers Allah while standing, sitting, facing the qiblah, or facing other directions. So it is with prostration: one prostrates facing the qiblah and facing other directions. But the better and more preferable is that one's prostration be facing the qiblah, because that is the better, and it avoids the disagreement among scholars. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
The first message in this episode is from one of our brother listeners. At the end of his message, the sender writes: Al-Maradi, Hasb Allah, Muhammad, a Sudanese resident in Kuwait. Our brother says in his message: When I recite the Qur'an, I come across some verses that contain a prostration. Is it a condition to face the qiblah in it? This is his first question on this topic, Shaykh Abdul Aziz.
Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Praise be to Allah, and may Allah send blessings and peace upon the Messenger of Allah, upon his family and his Companions, and upon those who follow his guidance. As for what follows:
Prostration of recitation is a recommended practice, an act of devotion, and an act of obedience. The Chosen One (peace and blessings be upon him) performed it, but it does not have the ruling of prayer according to the most correct of the scholars' opinions. It is better to prostrate facing the qiblah and to be in a state of ritual purity if that is possible. However, if one prostrates not facing the qiblah, or not in a state of ritual purity, that is sufficient according to the correct opinion.
As for the majority of the scholars, they say that it is necessary to face the qiblah, by analogy to prayer. The more apparent in the evidence is that it is analogous to remembrance, not to prayer. It is of the same kind as remembrance, just as a person remembers Allah while standing, sitting, facing the qiblah, or facing other directions. So it is with prostration: one prostrates facing the qiblah and facing other directions. But the better and more preferable is that one's prostration be facing the qiblah, because that is the better, and it avoids the disagreement among scholars. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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