Answers To Questions Bothering Some Muslims On Last Sajdah In 5 Daily Prayers

QUESTION: What is the ruling on prolonging only the last Sajdah, other than the other pillars of prayer, (marking it specially) for making Du`aa and Istighfaar (seeking forgiveness). Does it affect the prayer if one prolongs the last Sajdah?

Shaikh Ibn al-`Uthaymeen رحمه الله: ❝It is not from the Sunnah to prolong the final Sajdah, because the Sunnah is to have all parts of the prayer to be equal in length, i.e., Rukoo`, and the standing after it, the Sujood, and the sitting between the two Sujood, as Al-Baraa’ Ibn `Aazib رضي الله عنه said: ❝I witnessed the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم offering the Salaah, and saw his Qiyaam (standing), his Rukoo` (bowing), and (the period of) standing after rising from Rukoo`, his Sujood (prostration), and his sitting between the two prostrations, and his sitting at the end before the departure (Tasleem), used to be equal in length.❞*

This is best (way to pray), but know that there is another place for making Du`aa other than Sujood, and that is the Tashahhud. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم taught `Abdullaah Ibn Mas`ood the Tashahhud and said: ❝Then let him choose whatever Du`aa he likes.❞** He thus made the Du`aa permissible, whether short or long, after the final Tashahhud, prior to saying Tasleem.❞

*[Saheeh al-Bukhaaree (792, 801, 820) and Saheeh Muslim (1057, 1058) and the wordings are his]

**[Saheeh Muslim (897, 898, 899)]

Source: فتاوى نور على الدرب (8/2)

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