If I wish to prostrate to Allah in gratitude, do I say takbir at every prostration and rak'ah, and do I say taslim to the right and left, and is it permissible to prostrate in a direction other than the qiblah?
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The questioner : This questioner is asking about the prostration of gratitude. He says: If I wish to prostrate to Allah in gratitude, do I say takbir to Allah at every prostration and rising, and do I say taslim to the right and left, and is it permissible to prostrate in a direction other than the qiblah?
The Shaykh : Perhaps the questioner means when he encounters a prostration verse, because there is never a prostration of gratitude in the Qur'an. However, if a blessing befalls him or a calamity is averted from him, he prostrates to Allah the Exalted in gratitude. He says takbir when he prostrates and says: "Subhan Rabbi al-A'la" (Glory be to my Lord, the Most High), and he mentions the blessing that befell him and the calamity that was averted from him, and he thanks Allah for it.
The Shaykh : Perhaps the questioner means when he encounters a prostration verse, because there is never a prostration of gratitude in the Qur'an. However, if a blessing befalls him or a calamity is averted from him, he prostrates to Allah the Exalted in gratitude. He says takbir when he prostrates and says: "Subhan Rabbi al-A'la" (Glory be to my Lord, the Most High), and he mentions the blessing that befell him and the calamity that was averted from him, and he thanks Allah for it.