The Sah?bah complained for the prophet ( - صلى الله عليه وسلم -) that he may delay performing the Sal?t till the heat decreases when the sun declines; they did not ask his permission to use a piece of clothe on which one may prostrate for this was already permitted; for it is affirmed that he ( - عز وجل -) used to perform his Sal?t on a khumrah [piece of cloth]’. (1)

The aforementioned had?th that begins with “I was ordered to prostrate my self on seven [bones] ... ” indicates that one does not have to uncover these parts when doing prostration for prostration means that these parts should touch the ground.

Accordingly, doing Sal?t wearing gloves is permissible, (2) just like wearing socks or shoes.

It was mentioned earlier -while discussing mistakes people make regarding the places on which they do Sal?t- that it is a Bid‘ah to have a piece of the land of Karbul?’ on which one does one’s prostration. This Bid‘ah is practiced by the R?fidah and their followers. And every muslim should abandon it for two reasons:

The first: to avoid doing Bid‘ah.

The second: to keep oneself a way from accusation.

[5/ 21] placing something for the sick to prostrate on [in Sal?t]:

‘Abdull?h Ibn ‘Umar ( - رضي الله عنه -) said: the prophet ( - صلى الله عليه وسلم -) once visited a sick and I accompanied him. When the prophet ( - صلى الله عليه وسلم -) entered the Sah?b?’s house he found him doing Sal?t, prostrating himself upon a stick, putting his fore head on it. The prophet ( - صلى الله عليه وسلم -) pointed to him to get rid of the stick, which the Sah?b? did and took a pillow instead. The prophet ( - صلى الله عليه وسلم -) thereupon said: ‘Leave