Enjoy Your Prayer #19 The Mysteries of Bowing and Prostrating

So, you have just finished Surah Fatiha

and you finished your other Surah of the Quran. You are now about to do what?

You're about to go into Bally total kua

what should you do here before you bow

and this is a sunnah that a lot of Muslims are quite unfamiliar with. You should observe a small period of silence just before you move down into your Roku or your barracks.

And subhanAllah. You see, sometimes people they skip this period of silence, right. So as they are finishing off their citation of the Quran, they're beginning to make that move that transitioning to bury simultaneously. I'll give you an example. So they are reciting.

Koliko Allahu Ahad Allahu Samad lemmya Ledwell and mu Ledwell Amir Kula who go through and had. So the hands go up the Midway over the surah before you finish reciting, and you're moving as you're reciting.

Right? This wasn't the way of Our Messengers on the Live Set.

He would finish his re citation of the second surah. And then he would pause and he would observe a short period of silence the scholars they say, a short period of silence enough for you to catch your breath.

That you say Hola, and you move down into Bowery Salah is generally defined by a calm demeanor like tranquility sukoon and Toma, Nina

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he said he narrates and Rasool Allah He sallallahu alayhi wa sallam cannot Lahu sector attorney Irani Salah sector to either Kabara la Lytec Vera Tilly haram, WA sector tune either Farah Minal Cara Atif is super artesania, Kamala and Yorker. He said the Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam had two moments of pausing, two periods of silence that he would observe in Salah. The first of them is when he said Allahu Akbar and he began his salah,

a short period of silence.

He said, the second period of silence that he would observe is when he finishes his recitation of the Quran of the second surah. Just before he bows, this is what we are speaking about now.

So just before he bow, he would separate his standing from his bowing with a short moment of silence. This is the Sunnah.

And you say Allahu Akbar.

And now you come down into your position of Bowery

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and this is a position of utmost humility, and submission to Allah to Lagenaria.

We are prohibited from bowing to anyone or anything, whether it's before a karate confrontation or Taekwondo, or it's like you don't bow as a Muslim.

Because this is a form of respect on worse still glorification that is only permissible and befitting to Allah Subhana Allah Almighty, He said, Let me tell you it he laid on the heart from the signs of Allah is the night and the day was Shem. So we'll come on the sun and the moon largest Julie Shamsi wala will come don't prostrate to the Sun or the Moon bowing can be of glorification. Or it could be of giving respect. If it's a bowing of glorification, then there is a unanimous opinion between the scholars of Islam that doing it for another person or something is a form of schicke sociated, a partner with Allah that could push someone out of the fold of Islam.

If, however, that bowing is out of respect, not for worship or glorification. And if this is done for other than Allah subhanaw taala than the majority of the scholars, the majority are of the view that this is a sin, that this is a sin, it is prohibited.

You go into Bali

and here in your Rikuo you will raise your hands before you go down into bowing according to some of the scholars of Medina head that you should raise your hands again others so you know you don't raise your hands. You only raise your hands once when you begin your Salah you don't raise it again. Others they say no you raise your hand several times and this is one of them. Allahu Akbar, you're now going down into battling and you will bend down to around 90 degrees and you will firmly clasp your hands onto your knees as you bow and you will spread out your fingers equal distance apart and you will create a space between your arms and your torso your body when you are bowing and you will

straighten your back as much as is naturally possible. You will not arch it intentionally. You will straighten it as the back of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was when he was bowing. It was described that if you were to put

or water over his back when he bowed, that water wouldn't come to the ground.

I eat to say that his back was generally straight, and his head was level with his back. So he wasn't raising his head or some brothers they do and raising his head in ballet. Nor was he dropping

his head was level with his back as he bowed, and he would look into the area of frustration as he is bowing.

It's a phenomenal, phenomenal act of worship.

And it's also a very humbling act of worship.

Such that if you see a man bowing to another, you instantly know that there is something enormous happening there. Because we recognize that it is a position of vulnerability and glorification that should only go to Allah subhanho wa Taala

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and there in your bowing, what will you say? You will say Subhana Allah Allah, Allah, Allah subhana wa Vilavi Subhan Allah may Allah the meaning How perfect is my Lord, the magnificent three times, or the prophets of Allah sunnah would recite it more than three times? And we spoke about the word Subhana didn't we? Subhana

which is the idea of 10 z

to be a Eid declaring the transcendence of Allah above all deficiencies. When you say Subhan Allah, you are saying how far is Allah subhanho wa Taala from all of the deficiencies that people attribute to Him Suhana

Rob Be my Lord. Rugby look at the pronoun that's added here. Rugby they are meaning Myra Milord to create that feeling of warmth, closeness and intimacy between you and your loads of high note Allah that yes, this is Rahul al Amin as you recited in Al Fatiha earlier, Al hamdu Lillahi Rabbil Alameen The Lord of the world but he is also a rugby he's also my individual Lord. He's my lord who nurtures me who provides me who clothe me who kills me when I'm ill who guides me who teaches me Who forgives me, I'll be the magnificent allowing him.

This is one of the vehicles that you recite in your bowing. Another one of the car this is phenomenal Subhanallah

our messenger sallallahu alayhi wa sallam would say

in his salah, when he is bowing when he is bowing remember this if you can he would say in his little coin his bowing Allahu Malacca cat O Allah to you I have bowed.

Why? Because I knew I have believed while I get slammed and to you, I have submitted Listen, Harsha. Iloka summary, wobble, sorry, wobble, he will have me, wasabi. He said all of my hearing and my seeing and my mind and my bones on my nerves have humbled themselves to you, oh Allah Subhana Allah

is phenomenal.

You are remembering that Allah is I'll leave the great magnificent one as you bow yourself in that position of vulnerability. So it's almost as if you are

decreasing your stature, minimizing your importance. And in that same position, look at the paradox you are saying whilst I am this, Allah is allowing him the most magnificent this creates a feeling of FDR and bankruptcy and need to Allah subhanho wa Taala how every vehicle remembrance has been placed with Hikmah in different parts of the Salah.

It's a life changing experience Allah if you understand it, Subhana Allah Bismillah

This is in his bearing.

And now he is ready to raise his head. You as a Muslim Now that you have finished from your bowing you're ready to raise from the bowing position to the standing and what is interesting here Subhanallah is that you will not say Allahu Akbar

in most of the movements of Salah with the exception to Salam Salam Alaikum salaam aleikum, you are saying Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, what Allah is greater.

On this occasion, you will not say Allahu Akbar, you will raise your head and you will say what?

You say?

Send me Allah Who Lehmann Hamidah which means Allah who responds to those who praise Him? And now that you're standing peacefully, what will you say?

Robina Well, I can handle Oh, our Lord, All praise belongs to you.

So instead of saying Allahu Akbar, you're saying Alhamdulillah you're praising Allah. What is the relevance?

What is the occasion? What's changed? Allah subhanaw taala in his wisdom has created me different creatures out there. Some of

than walk

on two legs. Some of them walk on all fours. Some of them crawl and slather on their stomachs. Some of them swim in the sea. Some of them fly in the air. And the most dignified of them all is the one who stands upright with his back straight, roaming the earth. Allah said Wallah hoo ha ha Kula, but in minima Allah created every move in creation from water for minimum the MC Allah botany he some of them they walk on their bellies. Well I mean, how many MC Allah reg ln some creatures walk on two feet? Well, I mean, how many MC Allah are some of them, they walk on all fours, Allahu Masha Allah create as He wills.

And from all of this, the most dignified of the more the most beautiful to look at is insan the human being who Allah has dignified when I could cut on any Adam, Allah said we've honored the son of Adam. And there as he walks the earth, she walks the earth with their backs, right?

So you are bowing a moment ago.

And then you raise your head and they're you remember how kind and gracious Allah Almighty was upon you. And he allowed you to stand in this dignified way. We were of becoming arrogant, that you stand in this beautiful position. And so you see Robin our like Allah, all praises to Allah subhanaw taala that this is my creation. This is how I walk. This is how I live. I don't live bowing or arched or crawling on my belly. I am an upright standing human being rather than our like, and that's one way to look at it.

But there is a deeper way to look at it as well. Why use praise Allah here instead of saying Allahu Akbar?

Has anyone thought about it? We've previously established that when you are making dua, when you're making requests from Allah, it should be preceded with what praise of Allah, this is the edit these are the manners. Before you make a request from your Lord, you should first praise him as he deserves and then you make your request. Correct.

And we saw this in Al Fatiha

al Fatiha the first half of the surah is pure praise of Allah. Al hamdu Lillahi Rabbil Alameen all praises to Allah the Lord of the Worlds Allah Allah Rahim, the Most Compassionate, the most merciful, you praise him Maliki Yomi Dean II, I can understand now that you've praised him with hand.

You now see what he didn't set out and Mr. Him guide us to the St. Matthew make your request after you've unlocked the heavens with praise.

There therefore you are now standing. What comes after standing in Salah.

What awaits you now?

Frustration.

And what is frustration defined by? What is frustration all about?

Dua making requests from Allah, isn't it that the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam said that the nearest you can be to Allah is when you are frustrating. So make a lot of dua. So in preparation for the DUA that you're going to make when you're frustrating, you start praising Allah you say by now Well, I can hunt all praises to Allah subhanaw taala You are now ready to fall into prostration, the grand finale of Salah and just start making requests from your Lord Subhan Allah, amazing Subhan Allah.

So you say your abana Allah can hunt.

There is a dua here

that we should memorize.

It's ahead Buhari on the authority of riffa in Russia,

that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was leading the companions. And he came up from the bowing position, our Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam and he said, Send me Allah, holy mannheimia Allah who responds to those who praise Him? And then there was a man behind by the name of Riba. And what did he say?

There was a man behind the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam who responded and he said, Ramadan, our local ham do hunt them kefir and even Mubarak and fee. Oh, my Lord. All praise belongs to you. An abundant praise, a pure praise.

I bless it praise.

And when the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam finished his salah, he looked at his compounds. And he said, he said who said that? And they thought they were in trouble. Who just said that? I didn't teach him to say that who said that? And one man he said it was me or messenger of Allah. And he says to him the following astonishing Subhan Allah. He said that our aid to be able to attend with a Latina Malik and yerba Teddy Rooney, are you whom Yakubu when? He said I saw 30 Something angels competing with one another as for who will be the first to write him down.

Hamdan Caffee run by evil Mubarak can feed remember this you say that when you come up from your from your Bowery

now you are ready for the grand finale of the Salah. ilaha illAllah.

You're ready now for the ultimate pillar of your prayer.

As ignore him who said everything leading up to Salah

He said everything leading up to this moment was a preparation for the suit that preparation. All of it was just a buildup. It's a prelude

for this position, of prostrating to Allah subhanho wa Taala

and there can be no position, no posture, no movement, no expression

that is more powerful in expressing your need your iftekhar your bankruptcy to Allah subhanaw taala than this position of frustration now in Allah.

You prostrate now to Allah subhanho wa Taala and you say Allahu Akbar,

and here, before we speak about what a person should do, and how they should behave in frustration, I want to share with you a few introductions about sujood. For you to understand the reality of what you are now doing.

What should you and I remember, when we fall into sujood prostration. Remember the following.

Remember, number one that now that you are in sujood prostration.

You are part of a much bigger system around you.

That is also prostrating to Allah subhanho wa Taala the universe in its enormity,

and the creation in its limitlessness

and the things that we know when we don't know the moveable the immovable, the visible, the invisible, the past, present and the future, they all prostrate to Al Malik the king Allah subhanaw taala and whether we realize it or not, and now that you are prostrating Institute, you are part of this grand tapestry. You are part of this huge cosmic rhythm all of which is frustrating to him, you have now joined them

and that is why Allah Jalla Jalla Allah who said LM Tara and Allah has Giulia human for some odd

Don't you see that everything in the heavens and the earth prostrates to Allah

or Shem su will come up and so does the sun and moon when new Juma will double as so do the stars and the mountains was shattered over the web? And so did the trees and the moving creatures. What Kathy Amina nurse and so do many people.

Even the kuffaar the disbelievers in Allah Jalla Jalla Allahu Allah says well, we now know humble who do we will outside even their shadows, prostrate to me in the mornings and evenings This is a legit legit out. So when you say Allahu Akbar and you fall into sujood, notice realize the rhythm that you are now part of your prostrating to Allah Almighty within a galaxy within the universe of creation, all of which has agreed that Allah Almighty is worthy of sujood

what else should you remember now that you've frustrated, remember that you are now

enjoying one of the greatest anxiety relieving actions that you can do in your life? That is to prostrate to him subhanho wa taala. Before visiting the clinic, and the psychologists and whoever they may be thinking about visiting the prayer mat and go into salute

and release your burdens there.

And that is why Allah Almighty said to the Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam who experienced monumental pressure in his life from every perspective, Allah said to him, giving him the solution. While I could now Allah Monica Lewinsky Cassandra, cabbie Morocco known, we know oh prophet that your heart is constricted because of what they say we know what hurts you. What is the solution? He said, for Serbia be having the Arabic our coup misogyny. So glorify the praise of your Lord, and be of those who prostrate

glorify your Lord, and be of those who make sujood that is where the problems of the world are lifted on the prayer mat as you prostrate to man Subhanallah what? What else would I remember as I prostrate?

Remember,

that this is the nearest you can be to Allah. For those who ask about how I can draw to Allah Jalla Jalla Allahu we don't need a futile discussion of rockets and traveling at the speed of light and space suits and shuttles and aircrafts and rockets. You don't need any of that. Muslim narrated on the authority of Abu Hurayrah the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said our caribou nya kulula Abdullah Robbie he was herded, so accurate dua

he said the nearest a person can be to his load is when he is prostrating.

He said so make abundant dua

That's why Allah said to him in the Quran was good work there it was good work that can lead to there was good work that he prostrate and grow near to me. Allah said, what else are you to remember? When you say Allahu Akbar, and your body now descends into sujood into frustration? Remember

that you are doing something that causes a lot of depression and grief to shape on. When he sees you prostrating nothing can stop him

In the heart with more pain than to see a Muslim who was frustrating to Allah gender Gerardo, and that was why Muslim Narita new authority of Abu Huraira the messenger sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said either Quran Allah do sedge deity for sagia era Tesla shaytaan we have a key Yakuza Allahu O'Meara be scheduled for surgery falafel Jana O'Meara to be scheduled for parsley to fully nr.

He said When man recites the verses of Sajida in the Quran, the verses are required from your frustration, and then you prostrate he said shape on runs away crying. And it turns out the shaytaan shaytaan withdraws himself from the scene imagine crying, and he says to himself, oh, woe to me. What have I done, man was instructed by Allah to prostrate and he frustrated so he goes to Paradise, and I was instructed to prostrate but I disobeyed and so I'm going to help.

Remember that when you're doing so, dude.

And remember

that one of the best ways in the greatest shortcuts of life for those who want to be close to unabIe you And Kareem, the Honorable Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam on the Day of Judgment is to maximize your frustrations and the life of Israel today.

And that is why Muslim the rates on the authority of Arabia, even vocabularies let me

he said that I used to serve the Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, and I used to bring him water to purify himself for wudu. And on one of those occasions when we were alone, he said to me,

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make a request, make a request, what do you leave? What's What's your problems in life? How can I help you?

And look at the scholarly and intelligent wafak Answer of Robbia. He said as a locum what I forgot that caffeine agenda. My only request is that I am with you in Jamaica. I don't want anything else from this world. I just want to be with you in paradise.

He said to him, our hydrogeologic anything else? He said, who are that? Just that? So what did he say to him? He said for I nearly I get an NFC Card because rotisserie route. So help me fulfill this request of yours by maximizing your schedule and your frustration, prostrate a lot to Allah so that way you will be with Me in Jannah

Allahu Akbar. Remember these things as you prostrate my brother, my sister. Remember that when you fall to the ground, and you press your forehead onto the floor, you're bonding with the earth beneath you.

You are remembering no less than five times a day as you are in this vulnerable state

that I was created from this earth. My beginning was from here. So Humble yourself, oh my soul. When you buy and you sell, and you publish your videos, and you boast of your profile, remember with your face on the ground, I came from here, meaning my father Adam was created from the soil of the earth.

And as you prostrate you remember that not only is this my beginning, my end will be here as well. After the passage of just a few years,

this earth is going to be opened up for me and I will be leveled Six Feet Under and I will be back to the soil that I was created for I

mean Hakala Allah said from the earth we created you will see how and why you do come and in earth we shall return you will mean

Tara and okra and from the earth we're going to resurrect you again. Remember that, as you prostrate to Elijah. I am from here.

Kulu Benny, Adam, mean Adam, Allah said the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said, every human being is from Adam. He said what are the moment to rob and Adam was created from the swale. Every day you bow, your prostrate, you're bonding with the Earth, you're reminding yourself of these values of these realities.

You remember there are as you prostrate

every part of your body is now engaging in sujood. See, it's amazing Subhanallah when you are standing, some of your limbs are engaged when you are bowing, some of your limbs are engaged similarly when you are sitting yet when you are prostrating Subhan Allah, every part of your body is engaged in the process. Your forehead, your nose, your face, your torso, your hands, your toes, your knees, your arms, your thighs, everything is engaged, to put you in this position of prostration

which is a reminder that every part of your essence every drop of blood in your veins, every nerve in your body, every part of your bone, every inch down to every atom belongs to Allah. You are his. These limbs of yours are on loan

and they're going to be returned to the gift to the creator and he's going to ask about them. You remember this as you prostrate? I am the possession

Have Allah Jalla Jalla Do you remember that it's not mine to behave with this limb, this apparatus, this amazing vehicle as I wish and as I choose. Therefore, it doesn't make sense that you raise your head from frustration. And you now look at what you wish.

And you listen to what you wish. You talk as you wish. And you buy and sell as you wish you dress and undress as you wish. It's not yours. It's not mine, somebody else's. So Jude is a daily and nightly reminder of this.

You as a being you are on loan

that has been given to you as an Amana trust for a short period of time. Then you will meet Allah hands down before the king, and the examination will begin. And he will interrogate you about this loan. In what state? Are you returning it back to me? And what good deeds have you used this vehicle with? And what scenes are you meeting with?

daily reminder. So to do this, a miracle from Elijah,

in frustration is the release of your burdens in frustration is the removal of your anxieties in frustration is where the weight of the life of this world is lifted, where dua is answered, where sukoon, tranquility is found, where peace of mind peace of body, peace of soul.

They are all discovered there as you prostrate to Allah. That's where souls are healed. It's the bomb of the injured heart. It is there in frustration. Tell him how you feel it speak to your Lord, not just as a creator, as a mighty Rob Yes, but also as a friend, who you love who you need, who you adore. Tell him about your aspirations. Tell him what you fear. Tell him those who are after you. Tell him what makes you nervous, what keeps you up at night, tell him what you want to do with your life. Tell him what you feel you've missed out on. This is an opportunity to communicate with your Lord in a way that no one can achieve it but the man or the woman who are in a position of sudo

would notice how when you are frustrating, it's very difficult to peep from one side to the other and see what's happening around you. It's lights out as if every part of your existence has been shut down on that moment so that you focus on one thing and one thing alone, and that is Allah subhanho wa Taala when you know or be called into Allah said the outcome the end will be to your Lord. So do it as a reminder of that. See how much we are missing out on if we don't unlock these meanings.

And we pray and we bow and prostrate and we recycle and we're sometimes unaware of these values. So we thank Allah subhanaw taala that he has guided us to this information. We ask him subhanaw taala to enable us to apply it and to experience it and to make each Salah we perform better than the one before.

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