What are the conditions for the prostration of recitation for a woman?

Question:
One of the female listeners from the Eastern Region asks: Regarding the prostration of recitation for a woman, are the conditions required for prayer, such as covering, required for it?

Answer:
The correct view is that they are not required. The prostration of recitation is a submission to Allah, like the glorification and the declaration of the oneness of Allah. The prostration of prayer is not required for it; this is the correct view. She may prostrate, and a man may prostrate while not in a state of ritual purity. She may prostrate with her head uncovered, because it is a submission to Allah, just as she recites the Qur'an, glorifies Allah, and declares His oneness with her head uncovered. There is no blame on her for that. This is the correct view.
It is established from Ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him and his father) that he used to prostrate while not in a state of ritual purity. Similarly, this was reported from al-Sha'bi, the great Successor. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and he never said to them on any day: "Whoever among you is not in a state of ritual purity, do not prostrate with us." It is well known that gatherings include those in a state of ritual purity and those not in a state of ritual purity, those with wudu' and those without wudu'. If the prostration required ritual purity, meaning the prostration of recitation, it would have been among the most important matters for him to clarify to the Companions. He (peace and blessings be upon him) does not leave the conveyance of the message; rather, he clarifies and conveys, peace and blessings be upon him. If purification for the prostration of recitation had been a condition, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would have clarified it to the Companions when he recited the Qur'an for them and prostrated, and they prostrated with him in the large, crowded place. Ibn 'Umar said: "We used to prostrate with him until one of us could not find a place for his forehead due to the crowding." If ritual purity had been a condition, he would have said to them: "O brothers!" or "O people! Whoever is not in a state of wudu', do not prostrate with us."
The point is that the correct view in this matter is that the prostration of recitation, and likewise the prostration of gratitude, do not require ritual purity or a barrier, because they are not prayer. Rather, they are submission to Allah, worship of Him, and remembrance of Him for what He, the Exalted, loves. Just as you say: "Subhan Allah" (Glory be to Allah), "Alhamdulillah" (Praise be to Allah), "La ilaha illa Allah" (There is no god but Allah), and "Allahu Akbar" (Allah is the Greatest), and you say: "La ilaha illa Allah wahdahu la sharika lah" (There is no god but Allah alone, having no partner), and you recite the Qur'an from memory while not in a state of ritual purity, so the prostration of recitation and the prostration of gratitude are like this.
But if ritual purity is available, if it is possible to recite while in a state of ritual purity, that is better if it is possible. Yes.

The presenter: May Allah reward you with good! Does the prostration of recitation have a closing salam or not?

The Shaykh: The prostration of recitation is like the prostration of prayer; one makes supplication in it just as one makes supplication in the prostration of prayer. One says: "Subhana Rabbiya al-A'la" (Glory be to my Lord, the Most High), "Subhana Rabbiya al-A'la" (Glory be to my Lord, the Most High), "Allahumma laka sajadtu wa bika aamantu wa laka aslamtu, sajada wajhiya lilladhi khalaqahu wa sawwarahu wa shaqa sami'ahu wa basarahu bihiklihi wa quwwatihi, tabarak Allahu ahsan al-khaliqin" (O Allah, to You I prostrate, in You I believe, and to You I submit. My face prostrates to the One who created it, gave it form, and opened its hearing and sight by His power and might. Blessed is Allah, the best of creators). This is said in the prostration of recitation and the prostration of prayer: "Subhana Rabbiya al-A'la" (Glory be to my Lord, the Most High), "Subhana Rabbiya al-A'la" (Glory be to my Lord, the Most High), "Allahumma laka sajadtu, wa bika aamantu wa laka aslamtu, sajada wajhiya lilladhi khalaqahu wa sawwarahu wa shaqa sami'ahu wa basarahu bihiklihi wa quwwatihi, tabarak Allahu ahsan al-khaliqin" (O Allah, to You I prostrate, in You I believe, and to You I submit. My face prostrates to the One who created it, gave it form, and opened its hearing and sight by His power and might. Blessed is Allah, the best of creators).
It was reported in some narrations that he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: This is good if he says it.
It is narrated that a man heard it from a tree; when he prostrated, the tree prostrated with him, and he heard it saying this supplication: "O Allah, write for me thereby..." He informed the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) of this, and the Prophet heard him saying it in his prostration, peace and blessings be upon him: , all of this is permissible. Yes.
But there is no takbir and no closing salam in it; this is the correct view. Except for the first one, when he first prostrates, he says: "Allahu Akbar" if he is outside of prayer. "Allahu Akbar," then he prostrates, then he raises his head without takbir and without a closing salam. This is the best.
As for in prayer, he says takbir when prostrating and when raising his head. If he is in prayer, he says takbir when lowering and raising himself, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say takbir when lowering and raising himself in prayer. This covers both the prostration of recitation and the prostration of prayer. But if he prostrates outside of prayer, he says takbir when prostrating and when raising his head. There is no takbir and there is no closing salam. Yes.