Performing Sajda al-Tilawa in Ruku‘

Question

Zayd, in prayer, recited Surah “Iqra’”, or “al-Najm”, or Surah “al-Furqan”, and having recited the verse of prostration immediately went into ruku‘ and completed the prayer. After the salam someone asked: “Why did you not perform the prostration, when it is wajib?” Zayd replies that if, having recited the verse of prostration, one immediately goes into ruku‘ and in the ruku‘ itself makes the niyya of performing the prostration, it is performed; and if one made no niyya, it was performed in the prostration of the…

Answer

Zayd’s statement is correct. If, after reciting the verse of prostration, ruku‘ is performed immediately and in it the niyya of sajda al-tilawa is made, then by that alone the sajda al-tilawa is performed; otherwise it will be performed by the prostration of the prayer even without niyya — although it is better (afdal)

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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