In prayer

A moment when only some are able to bow

Described as the point where pretence becomes impossible.

يَكْشِفُ رَبُّنَا عَنْ سَاقِهِ فَيَسْجُدُ لَهُ كُلُّ مُؤْمِنٍ وَمُؤْمِنَةٍ، وَيَبْقَى مَنْ كَانَ يَسْجُدُ فِي الدُّنْيَا رِئَاءً وَسُمْعَةً، فَيَذْهَبُ لِيَسْجُدَ فَيَعُودُ ظَهْرُهُ طَبَقًا وَاحِدًا

Every believing man and woman will prostrate to Him. There will remain those who used to prostrate in the world for show, and their backs will become one solid bone.

The full narration

Narrated Abu Sa`id:I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, "Our Lord Allah will lay bare His Shin, and then all the Believers, men and women, will prostrate themselves before Him, but there will remain those who used to prostrate in the world for showing off and for gaining good reputation. Such people will try to prostrate (on the Day of Judgment) but their back swill be as stiff as if it is one bone (a single vertebra)

Source

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī · 4919

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  • Agreed upon as authentic (al-Bukhārī / Muslim)
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