English translation
1138. It was narrated from Abū Hurairah that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: “The closest that a person can be to his Lord, the Mighty and Sublime, is when he is prostrating, so increase in supplication then.” (Sahīh)
Hadith 1138
When Is A Person Closest To Allāh The Mighty And Sublime?
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Darussalam · Volume 2
12. [The Book of The At-Taḥbîq (Clasping One's Hands Together)]Sunan an-Nasai Darussalam English translation
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الحديث: 1137 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 226
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Source no. 1137 · Volume 3 · Page 281
Sahih
صحيح صفة الصلاة، الإرواء (٤٥٦) ، صحيح أبي داود (٨١٩)
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Source no. 1089 · Volume 1 · Page 245
Sahih
(صحيح) - صفة الصلاة، الإرواء ٤٥٦، صحيح أبي داود ٨١٩: م.
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Arabic text
1137 - أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، عَنْ عَمْرٍو يَعْنِي ابْنَ الْحَارِثِ، عَنْ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ غَزِيَّةَ، عَنْ سُمَيٍّ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «أَقْرَبُ مَا يَكُونُ الْعَبْدُ مِنْ رَبِّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَهُوَ سَاجِدٌ فَأَكْثِرُوا الدُّعَاءَ»
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Here nearness does not stand for the physical nearness or of place. Instead, it is meant the nearness of rank, nobility, and of honor. This is because Satan became debased and dishonored by refusing to prostrate himself; man could earn honor and a high rank by prostrating himself (before Allāh) and by thus discarding Satan.