Keeping a toe on the ground in sajda

Question

What is the Shari'a ruling on whether or not the toes touch the ground in sajda? To what extent does their touching fulfil the fard, to what extent the wajib, and to what extent is touching a sunna? One respected religious scholar says that if even one toe touched the ground, the prayer will be valid.

Answer

Some books of fiqh state that keeping both feet on the ground in sajda is fard, which entails that if a foot is lifted, the prayer becomes altogether batil (void) because of the omission of a fard. However, in “al-Bahr” this view is declared weak: [ar]وذكر القدوري أن وضعهما فرض، وهو ضعيف[/ar] “Al-Quduri mentioned that placing them is fard, but that is weak” (“al-Bahr…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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