What is Sajdah Shukr? How should we do it?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم
Fatwa
Sajdah ash-Shukr is a prostration which is performed for Allaah, in order to show Shukr (thanks and gratitude) to Him for a specific blessing. It is not compulsory but recommended as a token of love and thanks to Almighty. When a person expresses Shukr to Allah Taáala , Allah Taáala increases his bounties upon that person.
""Whenever the Prophet (sal Allaahu alayhi wa sallam) was pleased by a matter or was given the glad tidings of a matter, he would go into prostration as a form of Shukr to Allaah.""
(Abu Dawood)
Method :
▪1) Wuzu- Compulsory
▪2) Facing towards Qibla. Compulsory
▪3) Then do Sajdah as being done in daily prayers.
▪4) Sajdah Shukr cannot be done in prohibited times like time of sunrise, zawaal and sunset.
▪5) It is Makrooh (disliked) to do it after Asr and Fajr, the time when Nafal prayer is not allowed as mentioned below:
یکرہ ان یسجد شکرا بعد الصلاۃ،فی الوقت الذی یکرہ فیہ النفل ولایکرہ فی غیرہ
"It is Makrooh to offer Sajdah Shukr after prayers in the time when offering of Nafl prayers is Makrooh, otherwise not."
(Fatawa Shaami 1/273)
(Fatawa Razawiyyah 5/335)
⭕No Takbeer to start and No Salam in the end.
واللہ تعالٰی اعلم
Mufti Abdul Rehman Qadri
Head Imam - Limbe Muslim Jamaat Malawi
12-02-2019