What is Sajdah? How many types are there? Tajimi Sajdah in the light of the Qur'an and Hadith

 

What is Sajdah? How many types are there? Tajimi Sajdah in the light of the Qur'an and Hadith

✅ Meaning of Sajdah:

The word “Sijdatun” means placing one’s head on the ground.
In Islamic terminology, Sajdah refers to placing the forehead on the ground with the intention of worshipping Allah.

📚 (Refer: Tafsir al-Kabir, Tafsir al-Jalalayn, and Fiqh al-Akbar)

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📌 Main Types of Sajdah:

Sajdah is primarily of two types:

1. Sajdah al-'Ibadah (Prostration of Worship)

2. Sajdah al-Tahiyyah or Tajimi Sajdah (Respectful/Salutation Prostration)

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🧭 Conditions for Sajdah of Worship:

1. Intention (niyyah) must be present

2. Tasbih (glorification of Allah) should be recited

3. The person must be in a state of wudu (ablution)

4. Must face the Qibla

➡️ Sajdah becomes valid if conditions 1, 3, and 4 are fulfilled.
Only Allah is worthy of this Sajdah.

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🌟 What is Tajimi Sajdah?

Tajimi Sajdah is a gesture of honor, not worship.
It is given to the chosen servants of Allah — such as Prophets, Messengers, and Awliya (friends of Allah) — purely out of respect.

Therefore, it is not blameworthy, as it does not intend worship.

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📖 Evidences from the Qur'an:

🔹 Surah Sad (38:72):

“When I have fashioned him and breathed into him My spirit, fall down in prostration before him.”

🔹 Surah Al-Baqarah (2:34):

“And when We said to the angels: ‘Prostrate to Adam’, they all prostrated except Iblis.”

🔹 Surah Yusuf (12:100):

Prophet Ya’qub (AS) and his sons prostrated before Yusuf (AS) — this was a Tajimi Sajdah.

📌 If Tajimi Sajdah were forbidden, Allah would not have commanded the angels to perform it for Adam.

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📚 Hadith Evidence:

1. Mishkat Sharif (pg. 396)

Hazrat Abu Khuzaymah (RA) performed a Tajimi Sajdah to the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).

2. Anisul Arwah mentions:

Hazrat Umar (RA), Hazrat Ali (RA), and Hazrat Bilal (RA) also performed Tajimi Sajdah to the Prophet (PBUH).

👉 If it were forbidden, the Prophet (PBUH) would have stopped them. But instead, he accepted it.

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⚖️ Islamic Ruling:

✅ Tajimi Sajdah is neither obligatory (fard), nor necessary (wajib), nor forbidden (haram).
➡️ It is mubah (permissible) — optional, neither rewarded nor sinful.

📌 It is a matter of personal choice and context.