Sunnats Of Sajdah

Twelve Sunnats Of Sajdahin English | Sunnah With Hadith | Sunnah of Namaz

16. Twelve Sunnats Of Sajdah

1.        To say the Takbeer while going into Sajdah.
(Shami-Vol.1, pg. 352)

2.        To place both knees on the ground first. 

(Shami-Vol.1, pg. 398 and Tahtaawee- pg.145)

3.        Thereafter to place both the hands on the ground.(Shami-Vol.1  and Tahtaawee- pg.145)

4.        To place the nose on the ground. 

(Shami-Vol.1  and Tahtaawee- pg.145)

5.        Lastly to place the forehead on the ground.
(Shami-Vol.1 and Tahtaawee- pg.145)

6.        The head should be placed between the two hands on the ground. (Ibid)

7.        To keep a gap between the stomach (abdomen) and the thighs. The arms should not touch the sides of the body. (Tahtaawee- pg.146)

8.        The elbows should be kept off the ground (i.e. raised). (Tahtaawee- pg.146)

9.        To recite  at least thrice whilst in Sajdah.

10.     To recite Takbeer whilst getting up from Sajdah. 
    (Shami-Vol.1, pg. 352 )

11.     When getting up from Sajdah, first the forehead, then the nose, then the hands and lastly the knees should be raised.
(Shami-Vol.1, pg. 368 and Tahtaawee pg.145)

12.      One should pause and sit with ease between the two Sajdahs.
(Tahtaawee pg.146)




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