The Beauty of Sujood
"The beauty of Sujood is such that you whisper silently in to the ground, and it's heard up in the Heavens." Prostration is one of the highest signs of worship. It is the lowest we can get, in front of the Highest of all. We put the most prized part of our body– our forehead– on the ground, thus acknowledging Allah’s loftiness and grandeur. It is also the time when we’re closest to our Lord. The Prophet (saws) said, The closest that a person can be to his Lord, the Mighty and Sublime, is when he is prostrating, so increase in supplication then. [an-Nasai] There are several kinds of prostration, the most common being that which is included in the daily obligatory prayers. Another wajib prostration is the sajdah at tilawah. There are some verses in the Quran where Allah Azza wa Jall commands us to prostrate, and after reciting which the Prophet was reported by the Companions to have prostrated. Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar: The Messenger of Allah (ο·Ί) used ...
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