Is there sajdah ash-shukr (thanking)? How is it performed?
Dear Brother / Sister,
Shukr (thanking) means to know the one who gives boons and to praise him. Sajdah ash-shukr is a sajdah performed by turning toward the qiblah and uttering takbir like sajdah at-tilawah due to attaining a boon or being saved from a trouble or misfortune.
According to a narration from Abu Bakra,
"Hz. Prophet (pbuh) would prostrate whenever he received some good news or when he was given a glad tiding."
Sajdah ash-shukr is mustahab. However, it is makruh to perform it after a prayer. For, those who do not know what it is about may think that it is a part of the prayer. All kinds of permissible deeds that can lead people to misunderstand become makruh.
It is necessary forsajdah ash-shukr to be performed outside makruh times. (Ibn Abidin, Raddul-Muhtar, Egypt n.d., I, 344, 731;ash-Shurunbulali, az-Zubab, p. 85 ff.)
Questions on Islam
- Is there a prayer (supplication) for prostration of thanking?
- What is shukr (thanking Allah)? How should the duty of thanking be fulfilled?
- How are awwabin and shukr prayers performed? How are intentions made for them? Are sajdah as-sahw performed after these prayers?
- If I forget to recite an additional surah (chapter), will my prayer be valid?
- When is sajdah at-tilawah (prostration of recitation) made when a sajdah verse is read (recited) in the Quran?
- Sajdah as-Sahw
- How many ayahs can the imam read the most while performing salah in congregation?
- In the salah, if we forget an ayah while reading a short additional chapter like Surah al-Ikhlas, must we perform sajdah as-sahw?
- How often should we perform nafilah fasting? Should we perform fasting three days every month like Hz. Ibrahim or every other day like Hz. Dawud?
- Is it makruh to keep the fingers apart and to turn them toward a direction other than the qiblah in sajdah (prostration)?
