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وَأَنَّ المَساجِدَ لِلَّهِ فَلا تَدعوا مَعَ اللَّهِ أَحَدًا

Ali Unal

All places of worship (and all parts of the body with which one prostrates1) are for God, and all worship is due to Him alone; so do not worship anyone along with God.
  • Imam Bukhārī relates (“Adhān,” 133, 134, 137) that God’s Messenger, upon him be peace and blessings, enumerated the parts of the body that must touch the ground during prostration: “I have been ordered to prostrate on seven bodily parts: the forehead (and he also pointed to his nose), the hands, the knees, and the ends of the feet.”