Sujud

Sujud/Sujood
Sujud/Sujood
	Muslim worshippers prostrate and humble themselves before God while glorifying him
Observances	Sujud during Salat; ; Sujud Sahwi; Sujud Shukr; Sujud Tilawa;
Related to	Fardh, Muhammad, Muhammad in Islam

۩ Sujūd (

Arabic: سُجود, [sʊˈdʒuːd]), or sajdah (سجدة, pronounced [ˈsadʒda(tu)]), also known as sijda, sejda or shejda is the act of low bowing or prostration to (God) facing the qiblah (direction of the Kaaba at Mecca). It is usually done in standardized prayers (salah). The position involves kneeling and bowing till one touches the ground with 7 bones (points): the forehead & nose, two hands, two knees and two sets of toes.^[1] In accordance with the Sunnah (the Way) of Muhammad, one's elbows should be far from one's body,^[2] unless it causes discomfort to other worshippers. Some scholars hold the position that this applies only to men, and that women are encouraged to tuck their elbows in out of modesty,^[3]

Overview

Sujud (prostration) is one of the main pillars of daily prayer in

Madhabs (Schools of Fiqh) and Wajib (Compulsory) in the Hanafi madhab, with one needing an odd number of Rakats to complete the prayer, with 1 being valid in all madhabs but the Hanafi Madhab. The raka'ah can be described as follows:^[4]

Standing and saying
sura al-Ikhlas
.

Performing

ruku'

(bowing down) without bending the knees and with hands resting on the knees, while reciting additional phrases to glorify Allah.

Standing up from bowing, and reciting further.

Going in prostration (sajdah) once, while reciting additional specific phrases to glorify Allah.

Lifting the face up from prostration but kneeling or sitting on the ground.
Performing a second prostration (sajdah).
Rising for the second, third, or fourth raka'ah. In the last raka'ah, one remains sitting and recites the
as-salamu alaikum wa rahmatu Allah wa barakatuh ("may the peace, mercy, and blessings of God be upon you"), and then turning the head to the left and repeating the blessing to conclude the prayer.^[4]

Points 1-7 define one raka'ah. Thus, the shortest prayer, that of fajr, contains four sajadat. For

wajib, a level of necessity below that of fard but above all else: in practice, this makes witr obligatory.^[4]

While in sujud, the use of a turbah (a small piece of soil or clay, often a clay tablet), on which a person places their forehead, is compulsory in most Shi'a schools of Islam.

Other types of sujud

formal prayers

.

Sajdah of thankfulness

Sajdah of recitation / Tilawah

During recitation (

ayah), he prostrated to God.^{[citation needed}

Q13:15, ar-Raʻd ^[5]

Q22:18, al-Hajj ^[6]

In most copies of the Qur'an these are indicated by the symbol ۩, with an over-line on the word/s that invoked the prostration. Muslims must prostrate once in order to follow the Sunnah (example) of Muhammad and recite any one or more of the following along with Takbeer before and after the sujud,

Sajdah of forgetfulness

Khorasan

, Iran.

Sujud Sahwi or Sajdah of forgetfulness occurs during the ritual salat prayer. Out of forgetfulness a person can either omit obligatory parts of salat (Qabli) or add to the salat (Ba'adi). In either cases the person corrects their salat by doing the Sujud Sahwi.

Rule of direction of the prostration

Sujud is made only to God. In prayer, Muslims face the Kaaba in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

References

^ "Sahih Bukhari, Hadith No. 812". Sunnah.com.
^ "Sahih Muslim, Hadith No. 497a". Sunnah.com.
^ "The Way In Which Women Pray (Salafi)". islamqa.info.
^
ISBN 978-0-9652877-4-6
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^ "Surah Ar-Ra'd - 15-25". Quran.com.
^ "Surah Al-Hajj - 18-28". Quran.com.

External links

USC-MSA Compendium of Muslim Texts Archived 2009-01-15 at the Wayback Machine
Detailed study of the word "SuJuD" in The Quran

[1] "Sahih Bukhari, Hadith No. 812". Sunnah.com.

[2] "Sahih Muslim, Hadith No. 497a". Sunnah.com.

[3] "The Way In Which Women Pray (Salafi)". islamqa.info.

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ISBN 978-0-9652877-4-6
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[5] "Surah Ar-Ra'd - 15-25". Quran.com.

[6] "Surah Al-Hajj - 18-28". Quran.com.

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