Abu Bakrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated: "Whenever the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) received joyful news or was informed of something good, he would fall into prostration, 1 thanking Allah, the Exalted." [Narrated by Abu Dawud and Tirmidhi]
Tirmidhi said: "This is a Hasan Gharib Hadith."
Confidence and text similarity are not editorial verification.
Commentary and footnotes (2)
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He would fall into prostration.
(1) The statement: "He would fall into prostration." In Al-Durr al-Mukhtar, it is said: "The prostration of gratitude is recommended, and this is the fatwa (legal ruling)." In Rad al-Muhtar, it is said: "It is recommended for someone who receives a visible blessing, such as wealth, a child, or the removal of a calamity, to prostrate to Allah in gratitude, facing the qiblah. He should prostrate, praise Allah, thank Him, glorify Him, then say the takbir and raise his head, as in the prostration of recitation (sujud al-tilawah)."
In Sharh al-Munyah, it is said: "He should say the takbir, face the qiblah, prostrate, praise Allah, thank Him, glorify Him, then say the takbir and raise his head."
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قوله
(۱) قوله: ساجدا وفي الدر المختار: وسجدة الشكر مستحبة به يفتى. وقال في رد المحتار: وهي لمن تجددت عنده نعمة ظاهرة، أو رزقه الله تعالى مالا أو ولدًا، أو اندفعت عنه نقمة، ونحو ذلك، يستحب له أن يسجد الله تعالى شكرا مستقبل القبلة، ويسجد، ويحمد الله، ويشكره ويسبح، ثم يكبر، فيرفع رأسه كما في سجدة التلاوة، انتهى، وفي آخر «شرح المنية: فيكبر مستقبل القبلة ويسجد ويحمد الله، ويكره ويسبح، ثم يكبر فيرفع رأسه.
Abu Ja’far reported: "The Prophet (ﷺ) saw a man from the Nughashi tribe prostrating in gratitude." [Narrated by Al-Daraqutni as a mursal hadith]
In Sharh al-Sunnah, the wording is similar to Al-Masabih.
گزشتہ قوموں پر جو دنیوی عذاب آیا تھا، مثلاً کوئی مسخ کئے گئے، کوئی غرق کئے گئے، کسی کو
زمین میں دھنسا دیا گیا، کسی پر کچھ دنیوی عذاب آیا، اور کسی پر کچھ، یہ سبب رسول اللہ صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ
وسلم کے پیش نظر تھا، اور یہ بھی آپ کو معلوم ہوا کہ کفار دائمی طور پر دوزخ میں رہیں گے، آپ سراپا
رحمت تھے، چاہتے تھے کہ اپنی امت پر نہ ویسا دنیوی عذاب آئے نہ اخروی دوزخ کا دائمی عذاب
رہے، ہمیشہ امت آپ کے پیش نظر رہتی تھی، اپنی امت کو اس طرح کے دنیوی اور اخروی دائمی
عذاب سے بچانے کی فکر رہتی تھی، اس وجہ سے آپ کبھی رات رات بھر روتے رہتے کہ کس طرح میں
اپنی امت کو اس طرح کے دنیوی عذاب اور اخروی دائمی عذاب سے بچاؤں؟
Sa’d ibn Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated:
"We left Makkah with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) heading toward Madinah. When we were near Azwaza, he dismounted, raised his hands, and supplicated to Allah for a while. Then he fell into prostration and remained in it for a long time. He then stood, raised his hands again, and supplicated for a while. He fell into prostration again and remained in it for a long time. He repeated this a third time. Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said, 'I asked my Lord and interceded for my Ummah, and He granted me one-third of my Ummah. So I fell into prostration in gratitude to my Lord. Then I raised my head and asked my Lord for my Ummah again, and He granted me another third. I fell into prostration in gratitude to my Lord. Then I raised my head and asked my Lord for my Ummah once more, and He granted me the final third. I fell into prostration in gratitude to my Lord.'"
Commentary and footnotes (2)
Note 1
(1) The statement: "He would fall into prostration." In Al-Durr al-Mukhtar, it is said: "The prostration of gratitude is recommended, and this is the fatwa (legal ruling)." In Rad al-Muhtar, it is said: "It is recommended for someone who receives a visible blessing, such as wealth, a child, or the removal of a calamity, to prostrate to Allah in gratitude, facing the qiblah. He should prostrate, praise Allah, thank Him, glorify Him, then say the takbir and raise his head, as in the prostration of recitation (sujud al-tilawah)." In Sharh al-Munyah, it is said: "He should say the takbir, face the qiblah, prostrate, praise Allah, thank Him, glorify Him, then say the takbir and raise his head."
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(۱) قوله: ساجدا وفي الدر المختار: وسجدة الشكر مستحبة به يفتى. وقال في رد المحتار: وهي لمن تجددت عنده نعمة ظاهرة، أو رزقه الله تعالى مالا أو ولدًا، أو اندفعت عنه نقمة، ونحو ذلك، يستحب له أن يسجد الله تعالى شكرا مستقبل القبلة، ويسجد، ويحمد الله، ويشكره ويسبح، ثم يكبر، فيرفع رأسه كما في سجدة التلاوة، انتهى، وفي آخر «شرح المنية: فيكبر مستقبل القبلة ويسجد ويحمد الله، ويكره ويسبح، ثم يكبر فيرفع رأسه.