Is it permissible to prostrate or pause for Tasbih when reciting verses that indicate the greatness of Allah, even if there is no prescribed prostration point?
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What you are doing by prostrating during recitation in a place where prostration is not due is not permissible; rather, it is an innovation (bid‘ah), because it is an action without a cause, and every innovation is a misguidance. As for pausing the recitation to glorify Allah (tasbih) if you pass by a verse containing glorification, that is legislated.
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