Why Prostrate on the turbah?
It is said that Prophet Muhammed (SAW) prostrated (did sujood) on the dust floor of the Mosque (since there was no carpet) and even when he was not in the vicinity of a mosque he would prostrate on the dust of the ground. In other instances the Prophet prayed on a small rug-like square made mainly from straw or palm-leaf. Of course the Prophet never had a solid turbah like the ones shown in the pictures above, but the creation of a solid turbah is a convenient invention. This invention is very good and can be likened to a sibha (rosary bead) or Harakat (diacritics) in the Quran as it makes life easier. It is not a biddah (innovation). Some people think that a turbah is an innovation, but they do not understand what biddah is. The turbah does not constitute a biddah because it is not promoting a new belief into the religion but rather simplifying the practicing of a recognised Prophetic tradition that the Prophet Muhammed (SAW) and his companions (RA) practised. The Prophet and his comp
