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ISLAMIC LAWS ACCORDING TO THE FATAWA OF
AYATULLAH AL UZAMA
SAYYID ALI AL-HUSAINI SEESTANI DAMA
DHILLUHU |
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1069.
It is necessary that there should be
nothing between the forehead of the
person offering prayers, & the thing on
which he offers Sajdah. If the mohr (sajdagah)
is so dirty that the forehead does not
reach the mohr itself, the Sajdah is
void. But if only the colour of mohr has
changed, there is no harm.
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Q. Please, advise me
the things on which it is allowed to
perform Sajdah.
A. Sajdah should be
performed on earth, & on those things
which are not edible nor worn, & on
things which grow from earth (e.g. wood
& leaves of trees). Details as under:
a] Turbatul Husayn (a.s.) is the
best thing for performing Sajdah.
After it, there are earth, stone &
grass, in order of priority
b] Sajdah can be performed on
things which grow from the earth, &
serve as fodder for animals (e.g.
grass, hay, etc.).
c] Sajdah can be performed on
flowers which are not edible & also
on medical herbs which grows from
the earth. But Sajdah on raw fruits
is not permissible.
d] Sajdah can be performed on
limestone & gypsum, but the
recommended precaution is that
Sajdah should not be optionally
performed on baked gypsum, lime,
brick & baked earthenware, etc.
e] It is permissible to
perform Sajdah on cement
(Contemporary Legal Rulings in Shi’I
Law – Ayatullah Seestani)
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f] Sajdah can be performed on
paper, if it is manufactured from
allowed sources like wood or grass,
& also if it is made from cotton or
flax.
g] If a person does not
possess anything on which it is
allowed to perform Sajdah, or, even
if he possesses such a thing, he
cannot perform Sajdah on it due to
severe heat or cold, he should
perform Sajdah on asphalt or tar, &
if that is not possible, on his
dress or the back of his hand, or on
any thing on which it is not
permissible to perform Sajdah
optionally. However, in such a
situation, the recommended
precaution is that as long as it is
possible to perform Sajdah on his
dress he should not do Sajdah on any
other thing.
h] The Sajdah performed on
mud, & on soft clay on which one’s
forehead cannot rest steadily, is
void.
i] If the Mohr sticks to the
forehead in the first Sajdah, it
should be removed from the forehead
for the second Sajdah.
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Ques & Ans on Sajdagah
answered by Moulana Sayyid
Muhammad Rizvi
Q1) Can i hold the sajdagah
in my hand during salat?
ANSWER: There is no
problem in holding the
turbat in your hand during
salat.
Q2) If, during salat,i loose
the sajdagah, is it wajib
for me to walk a few steps
to get another one(when
anything else is not present
closeby)?
ANSWER: If anything
else is not reachable, then
you should try to move/walk
to the place which has the
item on which sajdah is
permissible PROVIDED you
don't deviate from the
direction of qibla and it is
not so much away (i.e., it
should not be such that an
onlooker would say that this
is person is not doing namaz).
Q3) If, during salat, i
loose the sajdagah; how many
steps can i walk to get
another one, without my
salat becoming batil?
ANSWER: As answered
above, one should only walk
not so much away. There is
no specific measurement for
that.
Q4) Is it allowed to do
sajda on a currency note, eg
a $1 bill?
ANSWER: Most
currency notes have pictures
and drawing on it;
therefore, that would not be
right.
Q5) Is it alowed to do sajda
on a colored paper when a)
the paper is made from a
material on which sajda is
allowed? b) the color is not
making a coating on the
paper but has been
added during the paper
making process, thus the
final product is colored?
ANSWER: Doing sajdah
on a coloured paper is not a
problem.
Click
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Detailed good Article on
Sajda on dust pdf from
www.almahdi.edu
Wajib (Obligatory) Sajdah’s upon recitation of specific Quran Ayats
1)
Surah Sajdah 32:15
2)
Surah HaMim Sajdah 41:38
3)
Surah Najam 53:62
4)
Surah Alaq 96:19
as per Agha
Khoei and Agha Seestani as per ehtiate wajib use proper sajdagah
When
a person performs the obligatory Sajdah upon hearing the
relevant verse, it will be sufficient even if he does not
recite any Zikr.
However, it is Mustahab to recite Zikr, preferably the
following:
La ilaha illal lahu haqqan haqqa; La ilaha illal lahu
imanan wa tasdiqa; la ilaha illal lahu 'ubudiyyatan wa riqqa;
Sajadtu laka ya Rabbi ta'abbudan wa riqqa la mustankifan wa
la mustak biran bal ana 'abdun zalilun za'ifun kha'ifun
mustajir.
لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا
اللَّهُ حَقّاً حَقّاً لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ إِيمَاناً وَ
تَصْدِيقاً لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ عُبُودِيَّةً وَ رِقّاً سَجَدْتُ
لَكَ يَا رَبِّ تَعَبُّداًوَ رِقّاً لَا مُسْتَنْكِفاً وَ لَا
مُسْتَكْبِراً بَلْ أَنَا عَبْدٌ ذَلِيلٌ خَائِفٌ مُسْتَجِيرٌ
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