Mustaḥab Acts regarding Sajdah
Issue No.977- Certain acts are mustaḥab in sajdah and one can perform them with the hope of gaining divine reward:1- It is mustaḥab to say takbīr after one raises his head from rukū‘, while the body is still, before going into sajdah and after the first sajdah before going into the second one. 2- While going into sajdah, a man should first place his hands on the ground, and a woman should first place her knees on the ground.3- In addition to the forehead, the person offering prayer should place his nose on an object on which sajdah is allowed.4- While performing sajdah, fingers should be joined, parallel to the ears, with their tips towards the qiblah.5- While in sajdah one should pray, and ask his requests from Allah. One of the good supplications is this one:" يا خَيْرَ الْمَسْؤولينَ وَ اَوْسَعَ الْمُعْطينَ اُرْزُقْنِى وَ ارْزُقْ عِيالى مِنْ فَضْلِکَ فَإنَّکَ ذُوالْفَضْلِ الْعَظيمِ "(O You Who are the best from whom people seek their needs, and O You Who are the most bountiful and generous! Give me and my family sustenance with Your Grace. Undoubtedly, you possess the greatest grace).6- After performing sajdah, one should sit on his left thigh, placing the instep of the right foot on the sole of the left foot (what is called in Arabic “tawarruk”).7- When his body is still after the first sajdah, he should say: “اَسْتَغْفِرُ اللّهَ وَ اَتُوبُ اِلَيْهِ”8- One should prolong the sajdah [while performing sajdah], say words of praise, glorify Allah (swt) and recite dhikr and Salawat.9- When sitting after the sajdah, one should place the hands on the thighs.10- At the time of rising, one should first raise his knees from the ground, and then his hands.
