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  • Prostration Of Respect And Shirk

    Posted by Jaan Nisar on March 5, 2025 at 12:47 am

    As in case of Hazrat adam and later on in Hazrat yousuf “Sajda e tazami” was allowed….,how is it a shirk now… Sajda is from the fundamentals of Islam..it is not like some rulings of shariyat that could change with the changing time or changes in social circumstances… It is the expression of fitrat to surrender in front of someone all-powerful ….and fitrat never changes with the changing time..

    If sajda tazeemi was allowed then , why is it haraam now….what is the reasoning behind it.

    Umer replied 4 days, 2 hours ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  • Prostration Of Respect And Shirk

    Umer updated 4 days, 2 hours ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
  • Umer

    Moderator March 5, 2025 at 2:37 pm

    It was not a ritual prostration / ceremonial prostration/ ‘istalahi sajda’ in either of these cases (the one we do in salah). It was a kneeling of respect in the form of ‘ruku-like’ which was quite prevalent in ancient traditions. Ritual prostration / ceremonial prostration/ ‘istalahi sajda’ has had been in prohibition since the times of Bani-Israel as far as the history goes. However, the word سَجَدَ is commonly used for this out of respect kneeling (ruku-like) in classic Arabic as well. Even this kind of kneeling has been prohibited on grounds of sadd-e-zariya.

    For further insight, you can refer to he following video from 22:22 onward:

    https://youtu.be/zcBitN5JYAg?t=1342

  • Umer

    Moderator March 5, 2025 at 2:38 pm

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