Answered by Sidi Salman Younas
Usually after I finish my daily prayers and make my duas I like to make 2 sujood like we do in prayer just to show my gratefulness to Allah as wajal. But recently I heard that we are not allowed to do this, is this correct?
salamu `alaykum
I pray you are well and in the best of health.
There is no harm in prostrating twice to show one’s gratefulness after completing one’s prayer unless such an action leads people into thinking that it is a specific sunna or necessary. Shaykh Ibrahim Halabi mentions in al Halabi al Kabir, quoting Zahidi, that it is disliked to perform two prostrations after the prayer due to the fact that it elevates the status of such an act in the eyes of onlookers from its established shari` status. This is particularly true when such prostrations are done habitually in front of others.
However, there is nothing wrong in doing so if such confusion is not feared, or in doing so while one is alone, or in a manner that precludes people from being led to believe that it is a sunna or necessary action. Thus, the basis of this action is that it is permissible and rewarding when coupled with sound intention.
Wasalam
Salman
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