Allah:

“Then, when they have fallen onto their sides.”

The basic meaning of wujūb is firmness and stability.

Furthermore, ʿUqbah ibn ʿĀmir (may Allah be pleased with him) reported:

“When ‘So glorify the name of your Lord, the Most Great’ was revealed, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, ‘Include it in your bowing.’ When ‘Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High’ was revealed, he said, ‘Include it in your prostration.’”

Reported by Abū Dāwūd and Ibn Mājah. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) thus commanded that these two expressions of glorification be included in bowing and prostration, and his command establishes an obligation. This entails the obligation to bow and prostrate in conjunction with this glorification—which requires remaining still.

Some jurists may say that glorification is not obligatory. This view contradicts the apparent meaning of the Quran and Sunnah, for their apparent meaning indicates that both the action and the utterance are obligatory. Even if evidence establishes that the utterance is not obligatory, this does not preclude the action from being obligatory.

Those who hold that glorification is obligatory cite as evidence the words of the Most High:

“And glorify your Lord with praise before sunrise and before sunset.”

This is a command to perform the prayer as a whole, as established in the two Sahīh collections, from Jarīr ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Bajalī (may Allah be pleased with him), who said:

“We were sitting with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) when he looked