Prostration | Hubeali en-US Prostration | Hubeali 32 32 Sajdah (Prostration) on a Tablet of Karbala (Why?) Sajdah (سجدة -prostration, its plural Sujūd – سُجود), is to bow down on earth in reverence and submission to Allah-azwj.
For example, Allah-azwj Says in Holy Quran: وَإِذْ قُلْنَا ادْخُلُوا هَٰذِهِ الْقَرْيَةَ فَكُلُوا مِنْهَا حَيْثُ شِئْتُمْ رَغَدًا وَادْخُلُوا الْبَابَ سُجَّدًا وَقُولُوا حِطَّةٌ نَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ خَطَايَاكُمْ ۚ وَسَنَزِيدُ الْمُحْسِنِينَ {2:58} And when We said: “Enter this… The post Sajdah (Prostration) on a Tablet of Karbala (Why?) first appeared on Hubeali.]]> Sajdah in Reverence One cannot guess the intention of someone doing ‘Sajdah’ and should not suspect that his Sajdah was like that of an idol worshiper, as we will learn from the Ahadith that Sajdah of respect and thanks has been performed in front of Masomeen-asws and/or performed by them asws in the markets thanking Allah-azwj.
Also putting the right and left cheeks on the ground in reverence to Allah-azwj, e.g., The fifth Imam-asws says that Allah-azwj Revealed to Prophet Musa-as: “Do you-as know why I-azwj Chose you-as for My-azwj Speech rather than My-azwj other creatures? Prophet Musa-as said: ‘No, O Lord-azwj!’ قَالَ لَمْ أَجِدْ أَحَداً أَذَلَّ نَفْساً مِنْكَ يَا مُوسَى إِنَّكَ إِذَا صَلَّيْتَ وَضَعْتَ خَدَّيْكَ عَلَى التُّرَابِ.
Allah-azwj Said: “I-azwj did not Find anyone of a humbler soul than you-as, O Musa-as! When you-as pray, you-as place your-as cheek upon the soil! We also find in Ahadith, devotees of Ahl Al-Bayt-asws performed Sadjah of respect towards them-asws, which is again in the reverence to Allah-azwj.
The visitors of the Holy Shrines are instructed in Ahadith to face the Holy Grave in the direction of the Kabah and offer Salat, and do not stand in front of the grave nor parallel to it, but behind the Holy Grave when offering Salat. The post Sajdah in Reverence first appeared on Hubeali.]]>