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Praise be to Allaah.
There are fifteen places in the Qur'aan where we should perform sajdat
al-tilaawah (prostration ofrecitation) when reciting them. It was
reported from 'Amr ibn al-'Aas that the Messenger of Allaah (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) recited to him fifteen verses in the
Qur'aan where one should prostrate, three of which are in al-Mufassal
and two in Soorat al-Hajj. It was reported by Abu Dawood, Ibn Maajah,
al-Haakim andal-Daaraqutni, and classed as hasan by al-Mundhiri and
al-Nawawi. The fifteen aayat are (interpretation of the meanings):
1 - "Surely those who are with your Lord (angels) are never too proud
to perform acts of worship toHim, but they glorify His Praise and
prostrate before Him."
[al-A'raaf 7:206]
2 - "And unto Allaah (Alone) falls in prostration whoever is in the
heavens and the earth, willingly or unwillingly, and so do their
shadows in the mornings and in the afternoons."
[al-Ra'd 13:15]
3 – "And to Allaah prostrate all that is in the heavens and all that
is in the earth, of the live moving creatures and the angels, and they
are not proud [i.e., they worship their Lord (Allaah) with humility]."
[al-Nahl 16:49]
4 – "Say (O Muhammad): 'Believe in it (the Qur'aan) or do not believe
(in it). Verily! Those who were given knowledge before it,when it is
recited to them, fall down on their faces in humble prostration."
[al-Isra' 17:107]
5 – "… When the Verses of the Most Beneficent (Allaah) were recited
unto them, they fell down prostrating and weeping."
[Maryam 19:58]
6 – "See you not that to Allaah prostrates whoever is in the heavens
and whoever is one the earth, and the sun, and the moon, and the
stars, and the mountains, and the trees, and al-dawaab (moving living
creatures, beasts, etc.), and many of mankind? But there are many
(men) on whom the punishment is justified. And whomsoever Allaah
disgraces, none can honour him. Verily! Allaah does what He wills."
[al-Hajj 22:18]
7 – "O you who believe! Bow down, and prostrate yourselves, and
worship your Lord and do good that you may be successful."
[al-Hajj 22:77]
8 – "And when it is said to them: 'Prostrate to the Most Beneficent
(Allaah)!' They say, 'And what is the Most Beneficent? Shall we fall
down in prostration tothat which you (O Muhammad) command us?' And it
increases in them only aversion."
[al-Furqaan 25:60]
9 – "[As Shaytaan has barred them from Allaah's Way] so that they do
not worship (prostrate before)Allaah, Who brings to lightwhat is
hidden in the heavens and the earth, and knows what you conceal and
what you reveal."
[al-Naml 27:25]
10 – "Only those believe inOur aayaat (verses, signs, etc.) who, when
they are reminded of them fall down prostrate, and glorify the Praises
of their Lord, and they are not proud."
[al-Sajdah 32:15]
11 – "… And Dawood guessed that We had triedhim and he sought
forgiveness of his Lord, and he fell down prostrateand turned (to
Allaah) in repentance."
[Saad 38:24]
12 – "And from among HisSigns are the night and the day, and the sun
and the moon. Prostrate not tothe sun nor to the moon, but prostrate
to Him Who created them, if you (really) worship Him."
[Fussilat 41:37]
13 – "So fall down in prostration to Allaah, and worship Him (Alone)."
[al-Najm 53:62]
14 – "And when the Qur'aan is recited to them, they fall not prostrate."
[al-Inshiqaaq 84:21]
15 – "… Fall prostrate and draw near to Allaah!"
[al-'Alaq 96:19]
Al-Albaani said, in Tamaam al-Minnah (296):
"On the contrary, the hadeeth is not hasan, because it includes two
majhool [unknown] narrators. Al-Haafiz said in al-Talkhees, after
quoting the opinion of al-Mundhiri and al-Nawawi that it is hasan:
''Abd al-Haqq and Ibn Qattaan classed it as da'eef [weak]. It includes
'Abd-Allaah ibn Munayn, who is majhool, and the one who narrated from
him is al-Haarith ibn Sa'eed al-'Atqi, who is also unknown.' Ibn
Maakoolaa said: ' He did not narrate any hadeeth apart from this one."
Hence al-Tahhaawi was of the opinion that there is no second sajdah in
Sooratal-Hajj, towards the end ofthe soorah. This is also theopinion
of Ibn Hazm who said in al-Muhalla:
"Because it is not narrated in any saheeh report that this was the
Sunnah of theMessenger of Allaah (peaceand blessings of Allaah be upon
him), and there is noscholarly consensus to thiseffect. But it was
reported with a saheeh isnaad that 'Umar ibn al-Khattaab, the daughter
of 'Abd-Allaah and Abu Darda' performedsajdah in (the second verse
quoted from Soorat al-Hajj)."
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