Obligatory Prostrations in the Holy Qur'an Upon reciting or...

Obligatory Prostrations in the Holy Qur'an Upon reciting or hearing any of the following verses of the holy Qur'an, the performance of Sajdah becomes obligatory: * Surat-us-Sajdah, 32:15 * Surah Fussilat, 41:38 * Surat-un-Najm, 53:62 * Surat-ul-Alaq, 96:19 Whenever a person recites the verse or hears it when recited by someone else, he should perform Sajdah immediately when the verse ends, and if he forgets to perform it, he should do it as and when he remember.

If one hears the verse without any expectation, in an involuntary situation, the Sajdah is not obligatory, though it is better to perform it. If a person hears the Sajdah verse, and recites it himself also, he should perform two Sajdahs. If a person hears the verse of obligatory Sajdah from a person who is asleep, or one who is insane, or from a child who knows nothing of the Qur'an, it will be obligatory upon him to perform Sajdah.

But if he hears from a gramophone or a tape recorder, Sajdah will not be obligatory. Similarly, the Sajdah will not be obligatory if he listens to a taped recitation from radio (not to a live programme). But if there is a live programme and a person recites a verse of Sajdah from the station, it will be obligatory to perform Sajdah.

The obligotory precaution is that in the obligatory sajdah caused by the Quranic verse, aperson should place his forehad ona Turbah, or any other on which sajdah is allowed, and as a recommended precaution one should keeo other parts of one’s body on the ground as require in asajdah of prayer. When a person peforms the obligatory Sajdah upon hearing the relevant verse, it will be sufficient even if he does not recite any Dhikr.

However, it is Mustahab to recite Dhikr, preferably the following: La ilaha illa-llahu haqqan haqqa ; la ilaha illa-llahu imanan wa tasdiqa ; la ilaha illa-llahu ubudiyyatan wa riqqa ; sajadtu laka ya rabbi ta'abbudan wa riqqa, la mustankifan wa la mustakbira, bal ana abdun dhalilun daifun kha'ifun mustajir.

Tashahhud In the second unit (Rak'ah) of all obligatory prayers, and in the third unit of Maghrib prayer and in the fourth unit of Tuhr, A?r and Isha prayers, one should sit after the second prostration with a tranquil body, and recite Tashahhud thus: Ashhadu an la ilaha illa-llahu wahdahu la sharika lah, wa ashhadu anna Muhammadan abduhu wa rasuluh; allahumma salli ala Muhammadin wa ali Muhammad. The words of Tashahud should be recited in correct Arabic, and in usual succession.