It was asked: Oh noble Shaykh! Some people used to lengthen the prostration in the last unit of the prayer, so they grasped it for making duaa' from the rest of other prostrations, and sometimes the Imaam does while we followers behind observed this; what is the ruling on this?


Shaykh Abdulazeez Bn Baaz (RahimahuLlaah) answered saying: We do not know of any evidence upon the establishment of lengthening the last sujood (prostration) of the prayer. Indeed the sunnah is that the sujood (prostrations) should be in accordance and it shouldn't be stressed upon the people. Indeed the prostrations of the one observing solaat should be moderate and sequential; this should also be applied to his rukuu'u (bowing); and his standings on the prayer.


So, he elongates in the first and second unit of the prayer, and he maintains moderation in his prostration; and he does not lengthens the prostration on the people such that it brings difficulty on them. This should also be applied to applied to the third and fourth units of the prayer in solaatu dhuhr, asr and Ishaa. So, he recites sooratul faatihah, then he bows in a moderate bowing that shouldn't be lengthened and he moderately do this without elongating it on the people; this should also applied to the prostration, all of it in the same proportion.


Meanwhile, there should be tranquility (sequential rest) in these procedures with moderation devoid of hastiness, but the one observing prayer should never select the last sujood (prostration) such that he lengthens it (by adding to it) because this is not proven in the sunnah. Indeed the observer of the prayer is commanded upon tranquility devoid of hastiness in all of his prayers, in his standing, he observes humility in his recitation and he avoids hastiness; in his bowing, he observes humility and avoids hastiness, and in his rising after bowing, he maintains moderation with tranquility, and he is never in a haste; and this is the same with the prostration and the same between the two sittings; such that his prayer is in sequential approximation, just as the Prophet (Blessings and peace be upon him) observed it.


(Tatbeeqoot Shaykh Ibn Baaz, min samaahati'; Fataawah An-noor alaa ddarb). Translated by Faarooq Bn Ismaa'eel Al-egbaawi I say: Pass this on to kill this innovation.

useful piece.

Jazakallah khairan

Jazakallahu Khairan!

Gbam! There has been so many arguments about this. Islam has to do with knowledge not wisdom, thanks for the clarifications.

What about nawafil or while praying alone

Allahu Alam

masha Allah

virtually everyone is a victim....but we should still enquire further. thanks ustaaz

nice one op,jazakhumllahu akhiran

Jazakumllahu khaira
I learnt another thing today

Nice one

Jzk brother

nice piece,,
it now left to us all to either take it or leave it,,cos some brothers get agidi enn

So how do we reconcile this with the hadith:
Abu Hurairah (RA) narrated that Allah’s Messenger (SAW), said: 'The nearest a slave can be to his Lord is when he is prostrating, so invoke (supplicate) Allah (SWT) much in it. [Muslim, abu Dawud, an-Nasa'i and others, Sahih al-Jami #1175]

proudlyYoruba:
What about nawafil or while praying alone

Its permissible when u prayed alone or during nawafil