Question:-
In Fardh Salaah, as an Imaam, if I read an Aayah of Sajdah, can I immediately go into Ruku at the end of the Sajdah Aayah with the intention of Sajdah-e-Tilaawat?
NB: I did this a few times without informing the congregation. Please can Mufti Saheb inform me what is the correct thing to do.
Answer:-
The The Kitaabs of Fiqh state that Sajdah-e-Tilaawat in the Ruku posture will only be discharged if one had the intention of Sajdah-e-Tilaawat. You may be making the Niyyat of Sajda-e-Tilaawat in Ruku as the Imaam but the congregants are generally unaware of the Mas’ala and therefore not making the required Niyyah. It is therefore best to make an independent Sajdah after reciting a verse of a Sajdah although Sajdah-e-Tilaawat will be discharged in the Sajdah of Salaah without making intention of Sajdah-e-Tilaawat. In conclusion, it will be best to make an independent Sajdah for Sajdah-e-Tilaawat to be saved from confusion.
وَأَجْمَعُوا عَلَى أَنَّ سَجْدَةَ التِّلَاوَةِ تَتَأَدَّى بِسَجْدَةِ الصَّلَاةِ وَإِنْ لَمْ يَنْوِ لِلتِّلَاوَةِ وَاخْتَلَفُوا فِي الرُّكُوعِ قَالَ شَيْخُ الْإِسْلَامِ: لَا بُدَّ لِلرُّكُوعِ مِنْ النِّيَّةِ حَتَّى يَنُوبَ عَنْ السَّجْدَةِ نَصَّ عَلَيْهِ مُحَمَّدٌ وَإِنْ قَرَأَ بَعْدَ السَّجْدَةِ ثَلَاثَ آيَاتٍ وَرَكَعَ لِسَجْدَةِ التِّلَاوَةِ لَا يَنُوبُ الرُّكُوعُ عَنْ السَّجْدَةِ لِأَنَّ هَذَا الْقَدْرَ يَقْطَعُ الْفَوْرَ. (مجمع الانهر ص158 ج1).
ALLAH TA’ALA KNOWS BEST!
ANSWERED BY:
Mufti Mohammed Desai
Date: 10 Rajab 1445 / 22 January 2024