Prostration after prayer is a token of gratitude for...

Prostration after prayer is a token of gratitude for successfully offering the prayer.[^18] In the sujud shukr , the recital of “ shukran lillah ” {thanks to Allah} three times is enough, but it is stated in a hadith that if a person would say “ ya rabb, ya rabb ” {O Lord, O Lord} in a single breath, God will address him, thus: “ Labbayk! Ma hajatuk?

” {What is your wish that I may grant you?}[^19] Imam as-Sadiq ( ‘a ) said: “The prostration of gratitude after the obligatory prayer makes the prayer complete, earns the pleasure of God, and elicits the admiration and approbation of angels. God will ask the angels many times, “What is the reward for this grateful servant? They will say to God, “your mercy, your paradise, solution to his wordly problems, and any other reward that your angels many say.…