Issue 493: A person offering prayers, must, after reciting the Al-Hamd and the other chapter, bow to the extent that they are able to rest their hands on their knees, and this is referred to as "Ruku'" and it is obligatory to say a Remembrance (dhikr) when one bows.

Issue 494: Any Remembrance would suffice for bowings of prayers, but it is obligatory that it must not be shorter than three times "Subhanallah", or once “Subhana Rabbiyal adhimi wa bihamdih”.

Issue 495: While saying the Remembrance in bowing, one's body must be still.

Issue 496: If one intentionally says the Remembrance while bowing, before they completely bend and before their body is still, their prayers will be void.

Issue 497: If one intentionally raises their head from bowing before finishing their obligatory Remembrance, their prayers will be void, but if one does so unintentionally, and before rising from the bow they remember that they have not finished saying the Remembrance, while their body is still, they must say the Remembrance again, and if after rising from the bow they remember that they have not finished the Remembrance, their prayer will be valid.

Issue 498: A person who performs the bowing in a sitting position, must bow down such that any observer would confirm they are bowing in a sitting position, and it is not necessary that their face be parallel to their knees, and it is better to bow down to the extent that one's face reaches near the point of prostration, i.e., where they place their foreheads.

Issue 499: The Remembrance of bowing must be uttered in succession and in correct Arabic, and it is recommended that it should be uttered, three, five, seven, or even more times.