Question 230) - What is the reality of the single Sajdah we see readers of the Quran performing during their Tilawah [recitation]?

A: That Sajdah is called Sajdatut Tilaawah. it is Wajib upon one who recites or hears an Aayah of Sajdah, whether he intended to hear the Ayah or not.

acted on it being the second. in his next Rak'ah he must sit on the possibility that it is the fourth Rak'ah. in the Rak'ah thereafter he must sit because he has acted on it being the fourth in which sitting is Fard. Deduce the same rule on a three? Rak'at Salah.

~ al-Quduri ~