and approves of, even when the person prostrating is not in a state of ablution. The legislation revealed to earlier communities remains valid for us unless our own law explicitly rules otherwise. This, then, is a prostration born of faith. A comparable instance is that of those who had embraced Islam and sought protection by prostrating, yet Khalid refused to accept it and killed them. The Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—subsequently sent ʿAli, paid half the standard blood-money for them, and did not censure their act of prostration.