Sujood (Prostration)
We should step back and reflect: what do we feel when we go into sujood? Some of us simply do it because it is a part of prayer; others because it is where we can make du’aa. But how many of us feel the humility of the soul, as we put our faces on the ground, in glorification of Allaah?
We should step back and reflect: what do we feel when we go into sujood? Some of us simply do it because it is a part of prayer; others because it is where we can make du’aa. But how many of us feel the humility of the soul, as we put our faces on the ground, in glorification of Allaah?
To be close to Allaah, you have to go into sujood.
The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said:
“The closest that a servant is to his Lord is when he is in prostration.”
[Sahih Muslim, The Book of Prayers, 0979]
“The closest that a servant is to his Lord is when he is in prostration.”
[Sahih Muslim, The Book of Prayers, 0979]
The more you humble yourself and go into sujood, the closer you are getting to Allaah; and indeed, He elevates you and whoever humbles himself before Allaah, Allaah will elevate him.(Muslim)
This is why, whenever the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) received something that pleased him, he would immediately prostrate to Allaah in thanks.
Ibn Al-Qayyim described the sujood as the secret of prayer, the greatest pillar, and the seal of the ruku’. He said all the other actions we did before it were just preludes.
The beauty of Sujood is that you whisper down on the earth and it is heard in the Heavens! A position where you realise your own nothingness in front of His Greatness! Subhan'Allaah!
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