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Chapter 211
ةﺮهﺎﻇ ﺔﻴﻠﺑ عﺎﻓﺪﻧا وأ ةﺮهﺎﻇ ﺔﻤﻌﻧ لﻮﺼﺣ ﺪﻨﻋ ﺮﻜﺸﻟا دﻮﺠﺳ بﺎﺒﺤﺘﺳا بﺎﺑ
The Desirability of Prostrating out of Gratitude
1159
َلﺎَﻗ ُﻪْﻨﻋ ﻪﱠﻠﻟا َﻲِﺿَر ٍ
صﺎﱠﻗَو ﻲﺑَأ ِﻦﺑ ِﺪْﻌَﺳ ْﻦَﻋ
:
ْﺟَﺮَﺧ
َﺔﱠﻜَﻣ ﻦِﻣ ﻢﱠﻠَﺳو ِﻪْﻴَﻠَﻋ ُﷲا ﻰّﻠَﺻ ِﻪﱠﻠﻟا ِلﻮُﺳَر َﻊَﻣ ﺎَﻨ
َّﺮَﺧ ﱠﻢُﺛ ، ًﺔَﻋﺎَﺳ ﻪﱠﻠﻟا ﺎَﻋﺪﻓ ، ِﻪْﻳَﺪَﻳ َﻊَﻓَر ﱠﻢُﺛ َلَﺰَﻧ َءارَوْﺰَﻋ ﻦِﻣ ﺎًﺒﻳِﺮَﻗ ﺎﱠﻨُآ ﺎﱠﻤَﻠَﻓ ، َﺔَﻨﻳِﺪَﻤﻟا ُﺪﻳِﺮُﻧ
ًﻼﻳِﻮَﻃ َﺚَﻜَﻤَﻓ ، اًﺪِﺟﺎَﺳ
، ِﻪْﻳَﺪَﻳ َﻊَﻓَﺮَﻓ َمﺎﻗ ﱠﻢُﺛ ،
اًﺪِﺟﺎﺳ ﱠﺮَﺧ ﱠﻢُﺛ ، ًﺔَﻋﺎﺳ
-
ًﺎﺛﻼَﺛ ُﻪَﻠَﻌَﻓ
- َلﺎَﻗَو :
ﻲﻧﺎَﻄْﻋَﺄَﻓ ، ﻲِﺘﱠﻣُﻷ ُﺖْﻌَﻔَﺷَو ، ﻲﱢﺑَر ُﺖْﻟَﺄَﺳ ﻲﱢﻧِإ
ُأ َﺚﻠُﺛ ﻲِﻧﺎَﻄْﻋَﺄَﻓ ، ﻲﺘﱠﻣُﻷ ﻲﱢﺑَر ُﺖْﻟَﺄَﺴَﻓ ، ﻲِﺳْأَر ُﺖْﻌﻓَر ﱠﻢُﺛ ، اًﺮﻜُﺷ ﻲﱢﺑَﺮِﻟ اًﺪﺟﺎﺳ ُترﺮَﺨَﻓ ، ﻲﺘﱠﻣُأ َﺚُﻠُﺛ
، ﻲﺘﱠﻣ
ﺮﺨَﻓ
اﺪِﺟﺎﺳ ُترَﺮَﺨَﻓ ، َﺮَﺧﻵا َﺚُﻠﱡﺜﻟا ﻲﻧﺎﻄﻋﺄَﻓ ، ﻲﺘﱠﻣُﻷ ﻲﱢﺑَر ُﺖﻟﺄَﺴَﻓ ﻲِﺳأَر ﺖْﻌﻓَر ﱠﻢﺛ ، ًاﺮﻜُﺷ ﻲﱢﺑﺮﻟ ًاﺪﺟﺎﺳ ُتْر
ﻲﱢﺑَﺮِﻟ
«
دواد ﻮﺑأ ﻩاور
.
)
ﻒﻴﻌﺿ ] . (
ﻪﻴﻓ :
، نﺎﻤﺜﻋ ﻦﺑ ﻦﺴﺤﻟا ﻦﺑ ﻰﻴﺤﻳ ﻪﺨﻴﺷو ، ﻆﻔﺤﻟا ءﻲﺳ ﻮهو ، ﻲﻌﻣﺰﻟا بﻮﻘﻌﻳ ﻦﺑ ﻰﺳﻮﻣ
لﻮﻬﺠﻣ ﻮهو
. [
1159.
Sa`d bin Abu Waqqas (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: We left Makkah with the Messenger of
Allah (PBUH) for Al-Madinah, and when we were near `Azwara,' he (PBUH) alighted (from his riding-camel)
raised his hands in supplication to Allah for a while and prostrated himself. He remained for a long time in
prostration. Then he stood up and raised his hands for a while, after which he prostrated himself (again), and
remained for a long time in prostration. Then he stood up and raised his hands for a while, after which he prostrated
himself for the third time. Then he (PBUH) said, "
I supplicated my Rubb and made intercession for my Ummah, and
He granted me one-third of them. So I again prostrated myself in gratitude to my Rubb. Then I raised my head and
supplicated my Rubb for my Ummah, and He granted me another third of them. Again I raised my head and
supplicated my Rubb for my Ummah and He granted me the last third of them. So I fell into prostration out of
gratitude before my Rubb
.''
[Abu Dawud].
Commentary:
The phrase "
I supplicated my Rubb and made intercession for my Ummah
'' means that the Prophet
(PBUH) prayed to Allah to pardon his Ummah and to admit them to Jannah. The interpretation of this Hadith is
stated to be that ultimately all the Muslims will be sent to Jannah. They will not abide in Hell for ever. Some of them
will go to Jannah after suffering the punishment for their major sins, some through the intercession of the Prophet
(PBUH), and some by the Special Grace of Allah. This interpretation is no doubt true. This is confirmed by other
Ahadith and forms the belief of the followers of Sunnah of the Prophet (PBUH). But the Hadith under discussion is
not "
Sahih
''. However, Sujud-ush-Shukr (prostrations for thanksgiving), in support of which Imam An-Nawawi has
reproduced this Hadith here, is also proved by other Ahadith. To prostrate in gratitude to Allah is correct and
permissible . The incident of K`ab bin Malik is included in Sahih Bukhari and Sahih Muslim, which shows that after
he came to know that his repentance was accepted, he prostrated to give thanks to Allah. According to the Shafi`i
school of thought, the basic elements of Sujud-ush-Shukr (
or prostrations to express thanks to Allah
) are: (a) the
intention (
in the heart
), (b) the Takbir, (c) prostration and (d) Taslim; the Hanafi school of thought, however,
maintain that it is an act of prostration between two Takbir. It is permissible to perform it outside Salat, but not
during it because it will invalidate it, if one does so deliberately
.
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