💯 Miscellaneous Benefits from Yemen
28 December 2022 • 3.7K views
BENEFIT 14: A common mistake that many fall into‼️
When some people enter the masjid and find the Imām in the sujūd position, they stand there waiting until the Imām gets up for the next rak'ah.
This is incorrect because:
1⃣. It goes against the general command in the Qur'ān & Sunnah encouraging us to rush towards good:
For example:
{فَٱسۡتَبِقُوا۟ ٱلۡخَیۡرَ ٰتِ}
“Hasten towards all that is good.”
[Sūrah Al-Baqarah: 148]
So hastening towards good in this case would be to join the prayer immediately, regardless of what position the Imām is in.
2⃣. It goes against the specific command of the Prophet ﷺ to join the prayer:
Abū Hurairah reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
((إِذَا جِئْتُمْ إِلَى الصَّلاَةِ وَنَحْنُ سُجُودٌ فَاسْجُدُوا وَلاَ تَعُدُّوهَا شَيْئًا)).‏
“When you come to the prayer and we are prostrating, you must prostrate, but do not count this as a rak’ah.”
[Sunan Abi Dawud, 893; authenticated by Sheikh Albāni in Al-Irwā' (496)]
So you must join the prayer, even if this rak'ah does not count.
3⃣. You are preventing yourself from making the most of these missed Sujūds:
▪️The closest a person is to Allah is when they are in sujood. This is why the Prophet ﷺ encouraged us to exert ourselves in making du'a. But this opportunity is missed by those who remain standing.
▪️The more sujūd a person performs, the greater the likelihood they will accompany the Prophet ﷺ in Jannah.
عن رَبِيعَةُ بْنُ كَعْبٍ الأَسْلَمِيُّ، قَالَ كُنْتُ أَبِيتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَتَيْتُهُ بِوَضُوئِهِ وَحَاجَتِهِ فَقَالَ لِي ((سَلْ)).‏ فَقُلْتُ أَسْأَلُكَ مُرَافَقَتَكَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ.‏ قَالَ ‏((أَوَغَيْرَ ذَلِكَ؟)) قُلْتُ هُوَ ذَاكَ ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏((فَأَعِنِّي عَلَى نَفْسِكَ بِكَثْرَةِ السُّجُودِ)).
Rabi'a ibn Ka'b said: I was with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) one night. and I brought him water and what he required. He said to me: Ask (anything you like). I said: I ask your company in Paradise. He (the Prophet) said: Or anything else besides it. I said: That is all (what I require). He said: Then help me to achieve this for you by devoting yourself often to prostration.
[Sahih Muslim, 489]