Is it permissible to make prostration outside of prayer, meaning to prostrate facing the Qiblah without praying?Prostration for something other than prayer is permissible if there is a reason for it, such as prostration for recitation or thanking. Shaykh Al-Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah  said: “If one seeks to make supplication and places his face in the dirt and prostates to supplicate Allaah The Almighty, then this prostration will be for supplication and nothing prevents this at all.”Prostrating a single prostration in other than prayer - Islamweb - Fatwas