What Is the Proper Way of Saying the Tasbih of Prostration (Sajda) and Taslim in the Prayer?
Hanafi Fiqh
Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel
Question
What happens if we say subhana rabi al a’la before reaching the ground? What if we say it as we are getting up? Also, I understood that takbir should be said throughout the movement, but what about the taslim?
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate
I pray you are well.
The proper way of saying the Tasbih of prostration is in the prostration itself when one settles into it. [‘Ala‘uddin Ibn ‘Abidin, Al-Hadiyyah al-‘Ala’iyyah]
If one says the tasbih while going down or standing up, it will not necessitate a sajdat al-Sahw (forgetfulness prostration)
The Takbir should be said as soon as one moves from one posture and ends saying it when one settles into the new posture. [Ibid]
When one finishes the three supplications, one will say the closing salams turning the head first right, then to the left. [Ibid]
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I pray this helps with your question.
[Mawlana] Ilyas Patel
Checked and Approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Mawlana Ilyas Patel is a traditionally-trained scholar who has studied within UK, India, Pakistan, Syria, Jordan and Turkey.
He started his early education in UK. He went onto complete hifz of Qur’an in India, then enrolled into an Islamic seminary in UK where he studied the secular and Alimiyyah sciences. He then travelled to Karachi, Pakistan.
He has been an Imam in Rep of Ireland for a number of years. He has taught hifz of the Qur’an, Tajwid, Fiqh and many other Islamic sciences to both children and adults onsite and online extensively in UK and Ireland. He was teaching at a local Islamic seminary for 12 years in the UK where he was a librarian and a teacher of Islamic sciences.
He currently resides in UK with his wife. His personal interest is love of books and gardening.
