Assamalaykum,

All Praise and adoration to almighty Allah,the originator and creator of the Universe and everything within..

Salutation and blessings to the noblest of mankind
Muhammed (Sallu alahyi Wasalam)

Ibn Al-Qayyim described the sujood as the secret of prayer, the greatest pillar, and the seal of the rukoo’. He said all the other actions we did before it were just preludes..

~Getting close to Allah in Salah

~Prostration of the Heart

~A means for acceptance of Dua

GETTING CLOSE TO ALLAH IN SALAH.

We should step back and reflect: what do we feel when we go into sujood? Some of us simply do it because it is a part of prayer; others because it is where we can make du`a’ (supplication). But how many of us feel the humility of the soul, as we put our faces on the ground, in glorification of God?

Where do we find happiness? Not material happiness, but true internal happiness. As Muslims, we may respond that true happiness in this world comes from being closer to God. The closer you are to Allah, the more your heart is at rest. This is why the Prophet ﷺ  chose to be with Allah, saying “God has given a slave the choice between immortality in this world for as long as God wills, or meeting his Lord, and he has chosen to meet his Lord.” When Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased with him) heard this he wept, because he knew that the Prophet ﷺhad chosen being with Allah over this life.

To be close to Allah, you have to go into sujood.

And bow down in sajda and come close to me" Q96:19..

Make ur sujood hearty and intimate sajdah where tears would flow and become the ink of message to your creator..


THE PROSTRATION OF THE HEART..

Does the heart prostrate? It does, and to a greater degree than the body. The prostration of the heart is in its humility, such that a person could physically rise from prostration, yet his heart would still be performing sujood. It does so with the knowledge that it is Allah who guides, who raises people and lowers others, who shows mercy but also punishes, and who removes the afflictions and sadness of the heart. If your heart does not experience a certain type of brokenness, the humility that we speak of, then an important component of sujood is missing.

The da’iya (caller to Allah) Mishary Al-Kharraz was once asked “How do I know whether my heart is in a state of humility or not?” He answered, “When you feel it, you will know.”It is impossible for your heart to be prostrating in humility to Allah and for you not to feel it.

Allah says in the holy Qur'an

“Their mark is on their faces from the trace of prostration…” (48:29)

Most people assume that the “mark” refers to the physical mark on one’s forehead that sometimes appears when one prostrates much. However, commenting on this verse, Mujahid stated that the “marks” refer to the marks of humility that come from khushoo’ (devotion), and this is just in the dunya (world). In the Hereafter..

Al-Jalalayn described it as a light and radiance by which these people will be recognized. The Prophet ﷺ  said ummah on that day will surely have bright faces because of sujood, and bright arms and feet because of ablution.” (Ahmad)

The prostration is so important that Satan hates us for it. It has been narrated that when the son of Adam recites the verse of Sajdah (prostration) and then falls down in prostration, Satan goes into seclusion and weeps and says: “Woe unto me, the son of Adam was commanded to prostrate, and he prostrated and Paradise was entitled to him and I was commanded to prostrate, but I refused and am doomend to helll.” (Muslim)


A MEANS FOR ACCEPTANCE OF DUA.

Dua is worship and destiny is not changed except through it..it represents the poverty of the servant,his humility and humbleness in the hand of the owner of everything

The real test of being in the presence of Allah is, that you either forget about yourself altogether or see yourself as a small,powerless, dirty object...See yourself as infinitesimal as a single sand on the beach,see yourself bowing down in front of an unimaginable being.

If you sit in the dark of the night before your master do the act of the children..this is because when a child seek for something from his father and he is not given he cries..Cry out to Allah ,pour your heart to him,ask him for your needs,ask him to save you from life tribulations and grant you the ultimate reward(Jannah)

1.3million earths will fit into the sun and the sun is the smallest star in our Galaxy.And there are millions of stars greater than the sun in our galaxy alone..And we have Billions of Galaxies occupying the Universe..And all this is just in the First heaven ALLAHU AKBAR

Now imagine yourself bowing to the creator of these mighty creations,you will realise your problems and needs are so minor in comparison and he his able and in sha Allah your dua will be accepted with consistency and patience..

We need to persist and press on with Allah and engage in istitigifar times till the door is open

May Allah allow us to perfect our prayers so that our hearts are evermore attached to Him..Aameen

May Allah have mercy on us and make us die as muslims..Aameen

May Allach accept our prayers,our fasting,our standing,our bowing..Aameen

May Allah save us of from the torment of hell and grant us Jannah firdaus...Aameen

May Almighty Allah bless you for this insightful and enlighten article.

Alhamdulilahi

Aameen

Mrcdorv:
May Almighty Allah bless you for this insightful and enlighten article.