An Issue related to Sajda-e-Tilawat (the Prostration of Recitation)

Darulifta Ahlesunnat

(Dawateislami)

Question

     What do the scholars of Islam and the Muftis of the Shari’ah say regarding the following matter: If one verse of prostration was recited in a session by five people, will prostration be performed once or five times? Also, if the listener himself recited the verse of prostration in that session, will he perform one prostration of recitation or one for each, i.e., one for reciting it and another for hearing it?

بِسْمِ اللہِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ

اَلْجَوَابُ بِعَوْنِ الْمَلِکِ الْوَھَّابِ اَللّٰھُمَّ ھِدَایَۃَ الْحَقِّ وَالصَّوَابِ

     In both situations asked above, one prostration of recitation will be sufficient; it is not necessary to perform a separate one for each recitation.

     Mufti Amjad Ali A’zami رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه states: ‘If one verse of prostration was recited or heard several times in a single session, only one prostration will be Wajib, even if heard from several people. If he recited a verse and he heard the same verse from someone else, only one prostration will be Wajib, (Bahar-e-Shari’at, vol. 1, p. 735).

وَاللہُ اَعْلَمُ عَزَّوَجَلَّ وَرَسُوْلُہ اَعْلَم صَلَّی اللّٰہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّم

Answered by: Mufti Abu Muhammad Ali Asghar Attari Madani