Q528 :It is well known that prayer is discouraged
after one has offered the obligatory prayer of Asr, until the sun has
set, and after one has prayed Fajr until the sun has gained some height
in the sky. If a person is reciting a passage of the Qur’an at either
time and happens to read a verse which requires a prostration, can he
offer that prostration?
A528 : Since a prostration, i.e. sujood, is part of
prayer, it is treated in the same way as ordinary prayer. Therefore, if
you are reciting the Qur’an and reach a verse of the ones when a
prostration is renetmended, you should not do that prostration,
according to a large number of scholars. However, I should explain
that to offer such a prostration is renetmended, not obligatory. It can
be replaced by the glorification and praising of Allah. According to
some schools of thought, if you are unable to do the prostration when
you reach such a verse, you can say instead: “Subhan Allah,
Alhamdulillah, Allahu Akbar” three or four times. Even if you do not do
that, you are only omitting something that is renetmended.
Our Dialogue ( Source : Arab News – Jeddah )