Tuesday, September 1, 2026

Sajda-e-Sahw, Sajda-e-Tilāwat & Sajda-e-Shukr: Methods and Rulings

Method of Sajda-e-Sahw

Recite اَلتَّحِيَّاتُ (reciting Durūd Sharīf after اَلتَّحِيَّاتُ is preferable), perform Salām turning head towards the right side and perform two Sujūd. Then, recite اَلتَّحِيَّاتُ, Durūd Sharīf and Du'ā, and perform Salām (towards both the sides).

If Sajda-e-Sahw is Missed, Then…?

If someone was to perform Sajda-e-Sahw but he performs Salām forgetfully (without performing Sajda-e-Sahw), he can perform Sajda-e-Sahw as long as he has not exited the Masjid. In case of being on a ground, he can perform Sajda-e-Sahw as long as he has not got out of Ṣaf's or has not passed ahead of the place of Sajdah.

(Durr-e-Mukhtār, Rad-dul-Muḥtār, vol. 2, pp. 674)

However, if any act that negates the Bīnā (rejoining, resumption) of Ṣalāh (e.g. speaking) and invalidates the Ṣalāh is found after the Salām, Sajda-e-Sahw can no longer be performed.

('Alamgīrī, pp. 125, vol. 1, Rad-dul-Muḥtār, vol. 2, pp. 654)

Sajda-e-Tilāwat and Satan's Trouble

The Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللّٰه تَعَالٰی عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّم said, "Whenever someone recites an Āyah of Sajdah and performs Sajdah, Satan moves away and says weeping, "I'm doomed! The son of Adam was commanded to perform Sajdah which he did; there is Heaven for him; I was (also) commanded but I refused; there is Hell for me."

(Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, pp. 56, Ḥadīš 81)

اِنْ شَاۤءَاللّٰہ عَزَّوَجَلَّ Every Desire will be Fulfilled

For the accomplishment of a desire, if someone recites all fourteen Āyahs of Sajdah and performs Sujūd, Allāh عَزَّوَجَلَّ will fulfil his desire. One can recite each Āyah and perform its Sajdah separately or recite all fourteen Ayahs together and perform fourteen Sujūd at the end.

(Durr-e-Mukhtār, pp. 719, vol. 2, Ghunyah, pp. 507 & others)

Eight Madanī Pearls Regarding Sajda-e-Tilāwat

1.     Sajda-e-Tilāwat becomes Wājib on reciting or listening to an Āyah of Sajdah. In case of reciting an Āyah of Sajdah, Sajda-e-Tilāwat will become Wājib if the voice of the reciter is loud enough for him to hear provided there is no obstruction in his listening. Deliberate hearing is not necessary for the hearer; Sajdah will become Wājib even if he hears unintentionally.

(Bahār-e-Sharī'at, pp. 728, vol. 1, 'Alamgīrī, vol. 1, pp. 132)

2.     Sajdah will become Wājib in case of reading or hearing even the translation of an Āyah (of Sajdah) in any language regardless of whether or not the hearer comprehended that it was the translation of an Āyah of Sajdah. However, if he was unaware, it is necessary that he may have been told that it was the translation of an Āyah of Sajdah. If the Ayah of Sajdah was recited, it is not necessary to tell the listener that it is the Āyah of Sajdah.

('Alamgīrī, vol. 1, pp. 133)

3.     While the recitation of the complete Āyah is necessary for Sajda-e-Tilāwat to become Wājib, according to some scholars of the later age, it will become Wājib even if just the root-word of Sajdah (سجد) along with its preceding or succeeding word is recited; therefore, it is safer to perform Sajda-e-Tilāwat in both cases.

(Fatāwā-e-Razavīyyah, vol. 8, pp. 229-233,)

4.     In case of reciting an Āyah of Sajdah when not offering Ṣalāh, although it is not Wājib to perform immediate Sajdah, delaying the Sajdah is Makrūh-e-Tanzīhī provided the reciter has Wuḍū.

(Dur-re-Mukhtār, pp. 703, vol. 2)

5.     In case of reciting an Āyah of Sajdah in Ṣalāh, it is Wājib to perform Sajdah instantly. If the Muṣallī delayed the Sajdah (i.e. if he recited more than three Ayahs) he would be a sinner, and as long as he is in Ṣalāh or has not done any such act contrary to Sajdah after the Salām, he should perform Sajda-e-Tilāwat and then Sajda-e-Sahw subsequently.

(Durr-e-Mukhtār, Rad-dul-Muḥtār, vol. 2, pp. 704)

Beware! Be Alert!

6.     Even if someone is not participating in Tarāwīḥ or Shabīnah in Ramaḍān or he is offering his own Ṣalāh individually, Sajda-e-Tilāwat will still become Wājib for him in case of listening to an Āyah of Sajdah (recited during Tarāwīḥ or Shabīnah). Similarly, Sajda-e-Tilāwat will become Wājib in case of listening to an Āyah of Sajdah even from a disbeliever or a minor. Furthermore, having become adult, if someone has not yet performed Sajdahs despite hearing Ayahs of Sajdah, he has to make a conservative calculation on safer side as to how many Sajdahs he may not have performed to date and then perform Sajdahs accordingly in the state of Wuḍū.

Method of Sajda-e-Tilāwat

7.     Go down for Sajdah uttering اَللّٰهُ اَكْبَر from standing position and utter سُبْحٰنَ رَبِّىَ الْاَعْلٰی (in Sajdah) at least thrice. Then, stand up uttering اَللّٰهُ اَكْبَر. Uttering اَللّٰهُ اَكْبَر while going down for Sajdah as well as standing from Sajdah is a Sunnah whereas both Qiyāms, i.e. going down for Sajdah from standing position and standing from Sajdah are Mustaḥab.

(Bahār-e-Sharī'at, pp. 731, vol. 1)

8.     Sajda-e-Tilāwat does not require raising hands at the time of uttering اَللّٰهُ اَكْبَر. Similarly, neither Tashaĥĥud is recited nor Salām is performed for Sajda-e-Tilāwat.

(Tanvīr-ul-Abṣār, vol. 2, pp. 700)

Sajda-e-Shukr

It is desirable to perform Sajda-e-Shukr on getting any favour such as birth of a baby, attainment of wealth, turning up of a lost thing, curing of a patient, returning of a traveller and the like. Its method is exactly the same as that of Sajda-e-Tilāwat.

('Alamgīrī, vol. 1, pp. 136, Rad-dul-Muḥtār, vol. 2, pp. 720)

Likewise, it is an act of Šawāb to perform Sajda-e-Shukr on hearing any good news or getting any favour such as the confirmation of visa to Madīnah, someone's becoming prepared to travel with Dawat-e-Islami's Madanī Qāfilah as a result of your successful individual effort, beholding a practising Sunnī scholar, having a blessed dream, a religious student's passing an exam, getting rid of a calamity, the death of an enemy of Islam etc.

Passing across the front of a Muṣallī is a Grave Sin

1.     The beloved and blessed Prophet صَلَّى اللّٰہ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said, "If any one knew what (harm) lies in passing across the front of his brother offering Ṣalāh, he would stand for 100 years rather than taking that single step."

(Sunan ibn-e-Mājah, vol. 1, pp. 506, Hadīš 946)

2.     Ḥaḍrat Sayyidunā Imām Mālik رحمه الله تعالٰی عليه narrates that Ḥaḍrat Sayyidunā Ka'b-ul-Aḥbār رحمه الله تعالٰی عليه said, "If the person passing across the front of Muṣallī knew what sin lies in this, he would prefer subsidence into the earth rather than passing."

(Muwaṭṭan Imām Mālik, vol. 1, pp. 154, Ḥadīš 371)

Though the one passing across the front of Muṣallī is a sinner, it does not have any effect on the Ṣalāh of that Muṣallī.

(Fatāwā-e-Razavīyyah, vol. 7, pp. 254)

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