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And al-Baihaqi records, with a chain that meets al-Bukhari's conditions, that when 'Ali wrote to the Messenger of Allah,
informing him that Hamadhan had embraced Islam, the Prophet prostrated, and when he raised his head, he said: "Peace be
upon Hamadhan, peace be upon Hamadhan."
'Abdurrahman ibn 'Auf relates that the Messenger of Allah went out once and he followed him until he entered a grove of
palm trees and prostrated. His prostration was so long that 'Abdurrahman feared that Allah had taken his soul. 'Abdurrahman
came to look at him and he raised his head and said: "What is wrong, Abdurrahman'?" Abdurrahman mentioned what had
happened, and he said: "Gabriel alehi as-salam came to me and said: 'Shall I not give you glad tidings'? Allah says to you,
Whoever prays upon you, I pray upon him. Whoever salutes you, I salute him.' Therefore, I prostrated to Allah in thanks." This
is related by Ahmad and by AlHakim who says: "It is sahih according to the criterion of al-Bukhari and Muslim. And I do not
know anything more authentic than that."
Al-Bukhari records that Ka'b ibn Malik made a sajdah when he received the news that Allah had accepted his repentance.
Ahmad records that 'Ali performed the sajdah when he heard the news that Dhul-Thudayyah of the Khawarij was killed. Also,
as mentioned before, Sa'id ibn Mansur recorded that Abu Bakr made sajdah in thankfulness when Musailimah was killed.
The prostration of thankfulness is bound by the same requirements as the prostration in prayer, while some disagree as it is
not a prayer. The author of Fath al-'Alam remarks: "This latter opinion is closer to being correct." Ash-Shaukani said: "There
is nothing in the hadith to prove that ablution and purity of the clothes and place are required for sajdat-ushshukr. And that is
the opinion of Imam Yahya and Abu Talib. And these hadith are silent about any takbir being made with the prostration. In
alBahr it is stated that there is a takbir. Imam Yahya says: 'One is not to make the prostration of thankfulness during a prayer
as it is not part of the prayer.'"
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith
Hadith 9.507
Anas
Narrated by
The Prophet said, "Allah will gather the believers on the Day of Resurrection in the same way (as they are gathered in this
life), and they will say, 'Let us ask someone to intercede for us with our Lord …… So they will come to me and I will ask the
permission of my Lord, and I will be permitted (to present myself) before Him. When I see my Lord, I will fall down in
(prostration) before Him and He will leave me (in prostration) as long as He wishes, and then it will be said to me, 'O
Muhammad! Raise your head and speak, for you will be listened to; and ask, for you will be granted (your request); and
intercede, for your intercession will be accepted.' I will then raise my head and praise my Lord with certain praises which He
has taught me, and then I will intercede. Allah will allow me to intercede (for a certain kind of people) and will fix a limit
whom I will admit into Paradise.
Fiqh-us-Sunnah
Fiqh 1.123a
Obligatory acts of prayer, Prostration
We have already stated the Qur'anic verse dealing with this obligatory act. The Prophet explained it in a hadith by saying,
"Then prostrate until you attain calmness in your prostration, then rise (and sit) until you attain calmness in your sitting, and
then prostrate until you gain calmness in your prostration. The first prostration, sitting afterwards, the second prostration and
calmness during all of these acts are obligatory in every rak'ah of every obligatory or superogatory prayer.
Fiqh-us-Sunnah
Fiqh 2.40
The Prostration During the Qur'anic Recitation
Whoever recites an "'ayyah of prostration (sajdah)" or hears an "'ayyah of prostration" should preferably pronounce the takbir
and prostrate and then make the takbir again and rise from the prostration. This is called "the prostration of recital." There is
no tashahud or taslim with the sajdah. Naf'i relates that Ibn 'Umar said: "The Prophet would recite the Qur'an to us and when
he came to an ''ayyah of sajdah,' he would make the takbir and go into sajdah and we would make the sajdah." This is related
by Abu Dawud, al-Baihaqi, and al-Hakim. The later holds it to be sahih according to al-Bukhari's and Muslim's criteria. Abu
Dawud says: "Abdurrazzaq said: 'At-Thauri was amazed by that hadith.' He was amazed by it because it mentions the takbir."
'Abdullah ibn Mas'ud said: "If you read an 'ayyah of sajdah', then make the takbir and prostrate. And when you raise your
head, make the takbir."
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith
Hadith 1.712
Asma bint Abi Bak
Narrated by
The Prophet once offered the eclipse prayer. He stood for a long time and then did a prolonged bowing. He stood up straight
again and kept on standing for a long time, then bowed a long bowing and then stood up straight and then prostrated a
prolonged prostration and then lifted his head and prostrated a prolonged prostration. And then he stood up for a long time
and then did a prolonged bowing and then stood up straight again and kept on standing for a long time. Then he bowed a
long bowing and then stood up straight and then prostrated a prolonged prostration and then lifted his head and went for a
prolonged prostration. On completion of the prayer, he said, "Paradise became as near to me that if I had dared, I would have
plucked one of its bunches for you and Hell became so near to me that I said, 'O my Lord will I be among those people?'
Then suddenly I saw a woman and a cat was lacerating her with it claws. On inquiring, it was said that the woman had
imprisoned the cat till it died of starvation and she neither fed it no freed it so that it could feed itself."
Fiqh-us-Sunnah
Fiqh 2.44a
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