سنن ابن ماجه
Ibn Majah
كتاب إقامة الصلاة والسنةEstablishing the Prayer and the Sunnah Regarding Them
. بَابُ : مَا جَاءَ فِي كَثْرَةِ السُّجُودِChapter: What was narrated concerning prostrating a great deal
Hadith 1422
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ ، وَعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدِّمَشْقِيَّانِ ، قَالَا : حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ ثَابِتِ بْنِ ثَوْبَانَ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ مَكْحُولٍ ، عَنْ كَثِيرِ بْنِ مُرَّةَ ، أَنَّ أَبَا فَاطِمَةَ حَدَّثَهُ ، قَالَ : قُلْتُ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، أَخْبِرْنِي بِعَمَلٍ أَسْتَقِيمُ عَلَيْهِ وَأَعْمَلُهُ ، قَالَ : " عَلَيْكَ بِالسُّجُودِ ، فَإِنَّكَ لَا تَسْجُدُ لِلَّهِ سَجْدَةً ، إِلَّا رَفَعَكَ اللَّهُ بِهَا دَرَجَةً ، وَحَطَّ بِهَا عَنْكَ خَطِيئَةً " .
´It was narrated from Kathir bin Murrah that Abu Fatimah told him:` “I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah! Tell me of a deed that I can adhere to and act upon.’ He said: “You should prostrate, for you will not prostrate to Allah but He will raise you in status one degree thereby and erase from you one sin.”
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:
➊ All acts of prayer (salah) are a means of attaining closeness to Allah. However, prostration (sujud) holds a special significance, because it is the greatest manifestation of humility before Allah. And this humility is the very essence of worship.
➋ The virtue of prolonged standing (qiyam) is due to the recitation of the Qur’an. And the virtue of prostration (sujud) is due to humility and devotion; therefore, a lengthy prostration is also a great act. As mentioned in the ahadith, the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) would also perform lengthy prostrations. See: (Sunan al-Nasa’i, al-Tatbiq, Chapter: Is it permissible for one prostration to be longer than another?, Hadith: 1142)
➌ Through prostration, ranks are elevated and sins are forgiven.
➊ All acts of prayer (salah) are a means of attaining closeness to Allah. However, prostration (sujud) holds a special significance, because it is the greatest manifestation of humility before Allah. And this humility is the very essence of worship.
➋ The virtue of prolonged standing (qiyam) is due to the recitation of the Qur’an. And the virtue of prostration (sujud) is due to humility and devotion; therefore, a lengthy prostration is also a great act. As mentioned in the ahadith, the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) would also perform lengthy prostrations. See: (Sunan al-Nasa’i, al-Tatbiq, Chapter: Is it permissible for one prostration to be longer than another?, Hadith: 1142)
➌ Through prostration, ranks are elevated and sins are forgiven.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 1422
