Ruling 1077. The following things are recommended when performing sajdah:

1. saying takbīr before going into sajdah. For someone who performs prayers standing, this should be performed after he has raised his head from rukūʿ and stood perfectly straight. For someone who performs prayers sitting, this should be performed after he has sat perfectly upright;

2. when going into sajdah, a man should place his hands on the ground first and a woman her knees first;

3. one should also place his nose on a turbah or on something on which it is permitted to perform sajdah;

4. when in sajdah, one should join his fingers together and place them in line with his ears such that the tips of his fingers face qibla;

5. one should supplicate in sajdah and seek from Allah the Exalted that He fulfil his needs (ḥājāt), and he should recite this duʿāʾ:

يَا خَيْرَ الْمَسْؤُوْلِيْنَ وَيَا خَيْرَ الْمُعْطِيْنَ، اُرْزُقْنِيْ وَٱرْزُقْ عِيَالِيْ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ، فَإِنَّكَ ذُوْ الْفَضْلِ الْعَظِيْمِ

yā khayral masʾūlīn wa yā khayral muʿṭīn, urzuqnī war zuq ʿiyālī min faḍlik, faʾinnaka dhūl faḍlil ʿaẓīm

O Best of those who are asked! O Best of givers! Provide for me and provide for my family out of Your grace, for surely You possess tremendous grace.

6. after sajdah, one should sit with his weight placed on his left thigh and place the top part of his right foot on the sole of his left foot;

7. after each sajdah, when one sits and his body is still, he should say takbīr;

8. after the first sajdah, when one’s body is still, he should say:

أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللهَ رَبِّيْ وَأَتُوْبُ إِلَيْهِ

astaghfirul lāha rabbī wa atūbu ilayh

I ask Allah my Lord forgiveness for my sins, and I turn to him in repentance.

9. one should prolong his sajdah, and when sitting, he should place his hands on his thighs;

10. before going into the second sajdah, one should say allāhu akbar while his body is still;

11. one should invoke blessings (ṣalawāt) upon Prophet Muḥammad (Ṣ) and his progeny in sajdah;

12. when getting up, one should lift his hands from the ground after lifting his knees;

13. men should not make their elbows touch the ground. They should keep their stomachs raised higher from the ground (compared to women) and keep their arms detached from their sides. Women should place their elbows on the ground, keep their stomachs closer to the ground, and tuck in their limbs.

Other recommended acts of sajdah are mentioned in more detailed books.

Ruling 1078. It is disapproved to recite the Qur’an while in sajdah. Furthermore, it is disapproved to blow on the place of sajdah to remove dust from it; and if as a result of blowing two words intentionally come out of one’s mouth, then based on obligatory precaution, the prayer is invalid.

Apart from these instances, there are other disapproved acts mentioned in more detailed books.