It is of Sunnah that one’s feet be erected in Suj?d, heels be close together and toes be directed to the Qiblah. (1)

Unfortunately, this Sunnah has been abandoned by many muslims. I hope that these few lines get them to remember it and put it under application. May All?h ( - عز وجل -) guide us to follow his prophet’s ( - صلى الله عليه وسلم -) Sunnah.

It is also a mistake to put one’s fists on the ground when doing Suj?d as some people do and so is the case with putting one feet on the other. May All?h ( - عز وجل -) guide us and them to the right.

[4/ 21] Some hold that it is an obligation to uncover some of the parts upon which a muslim prostrates him self while doing Suj?d, and that one must do Suj?d on the earth or whatever is of its kind.

’Anas ( - رضي الله عنه -) said: ‘We used to perform Sal?t led by the prophet ( - صلى الله عليه وسلم -) under the scorching heat of the sun. Whenever we did Suj?d, we used to spread a part of our clothes on the ground to prostrate on due to the ground’s burning heat’. (2)

Ash-Shawk?n? said: ‘[The Fuqah?’] infered from this had?th the permissibility for the one performing Sal?t to prostrate himself on a part of his clothes. An-Nawaw? stated that this opinion was held by Ab? Hanifah and the Jumh?r. Ash-Sh?fi‘? held the same opinion provided that the cloth on which one prostrates be separated from one’s own clothes.

There is no contradiction whatsoever between the aforementi-oned had?th and the one that states: ‘We complained for the prophet ( - صلى الله عليه وسلم -) from the scorching heat of the ground that our fore heads and hands got hurt from, but he ( - صلى الله عليه وسلم -) did not respond to our complaint’. (3)