A slave becomes nearest to his Rubb when he is in prostration. So increase supplications while prostrating.” [Muslim]

 “A slave becomes nearest to his Rubb when he is in prostration. So increase supplications while prostrating.” [Muslim]

 

Prostration is sujood in Arabic which we make in every salah we perform. When a person loves some one he tries to spend as much time he can with them, he would try to extend his time. Is our love for Allah so strong that we are excited to be close to him? We know that we are closest to him in sujood, so do we elongate our sujood by minutes or even seconds? It is very important to analyze our Salah every few days as we tend to get busy and our sujood gets shorter without us even realizing it.

Sujood is not just a part of salah, but it is an opportunity for us to get closer to Allah. 

Make the best of this opportunity. Humble your selves in sujood,  increase your supplication, seek his help and even when you we happy we should make Sajda shukr to thank Allah as in mentioned in a hadith by Thirmidhi : when the Prophet sallallahu alehi wasallam received something which pleased him or some glad tidings, he would make the sajdah in thanks to Allah. If we make this a habit InshaAllah it makes us humble, by prostrating we prove ourselves that we do not have power over anything and also

When we humble our selves we are increasing our ranks in jannah:

“Whoever humbles himself before Allah, Allah will elevate him.” (Muslim)

“Prostrate much because there is no Muslim that prostrates to God except that God raises him one degree in Paradise by it and forgives for him a sin.” (Ahmad)

 

Sujood draws you closer to Allah, gives tranquility to your soul, it eases your pains and it even has many health benefits SubhanAllah..in short Salah is a big blessing for us in this world as well as for our life after death. Alhumdullilah 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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