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ahmad:10020ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Shuʿbah > Marwān al-Aṣfar And ʿAṭāʾ b. Abū Maymūnah > Abū Rāfiʿ

[Machine] I saw Abu Huraira prostrating when the sky split open. I asked, "Do you prostrate in it?" He replied, "I saw my beloved (Prophet Muhammad ﷺ) prostrating in it, so I continue to prostrate in it until I meet him."  

أحمد:١٠٠٢٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ مَرْوَانَ الْأَصْفَرِ وَعَطَاءِ بْنِ أَبِي مَيْمُونَةَ أَنَّهُمَا سَمِعَا أَبَا رَافِعٍ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَسْجُدُ فِي إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انْشَقَّتْ قَالَ قُلْتُ تَسْجُدُ فِيهَا؟ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ خَلِيلِي ﷺ يَسْجُدُ فِيهَا فَلَا أَزَالُ أَسْجُدُ فِيهَا حَتَّى أَلْقَاهُ  


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bukhari:1078Musaddad > Muʿtamir from my father > Bakr > Abū Rāfiʿ

I offered the ʿIsha' prayer behind Abu Huraira and he recited Idhas-Sama' Un-Shaqqat, and prostrated. I said, "What is this?" Abu Huraira said, "I prostrated behind Abul-Qasim and I will do the same till I meet him."  

البخاري:١٠٧٨حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُعْتَمِرٌ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبِي قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي بَكْرٌ عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ قَالَ

صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ الْعَتَمَةَ فَقَرَأَ {إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انْشَقَّتْ} فَسَجَدَ فَقُلْتُ مَا هَذِهِ قَالَ سَجَدْتُ بِهَا خَلْفَ أَبِي الْقَاسِمِ ﷺ فَلاَ أَزَالُ أَسْجُدُ فِيهَا حَتَّى أَلْقَاهُ  

bukhari:766Abū al-Nuʿmān > Muʿtamir from his father > Bakr > Abū Rāfiʿ

I offered the ʿIsha' prayer behind Abu Huraira and he recited, "Idha s-samaa'u n-shaqqat" (84) and prostrated. On my inquiring, he said, "I prostrated behind Abul-Qasim (the Prophet) (when he recited that Sura) and I will go on doing it till I meet him."  

البخاري:٧٦٦حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُعْتَمِرٌ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ بَكْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ قَالَ

صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ الْعَتَمَةَ فَقَرَأَ {إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انْشَقَّتْ} فَسَجَدَ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ قَالَ سَجَدْتُ خَلْفَ أَبِي الْقَاسِمِ ﷺ فَلاَ أَزَالُ أَسْجُدُ بِهَا حَتَّى أَلْقَاهُ  

muslim:578hMuḥammad b. al-Muthanná And Ibn Bashhār > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > ʿAṭāʾ b. Abū Maymūnah > Abū Rāfiʿ

I saw Abu Huraira performing prostration (while reciting this verse: )" When the heaven burst asunder." I said to him: Do you prostrate yourself (while reciting) i? He said: Yes, I saw my best Friend ﷺ prostrating himself on (the recital of this verse) and I shall continue prostrating till I meet him. Shu'ba asked: Do you mean (by Friend) the Messenger of Allah ﷺ? He said: Yes.  

مسلم:٥٧٨hوَحَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى وَابْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ أَبِي مَيْمُونَةَ عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَسْجُدُ فِي { إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انْشَقَّتْ} فَقُلْتُ تَسْجُدُ فِيهَا فَقَالَ نَعَمْ رَأَيْتُ خَلِيلِي ﷺ يَسْجُدُ فِيهَا فَلاَ أَزَالُ أَسْجُدُ فِيهَا حَتَّى أَلْقَاهُ قَالَ شُعْبَةُ قُلْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ نَعَمْ  

abudawud:1408Musaddad > al-Muʿtamir from my father > Bakr > Abū Rāfiʿ

I offered the night prayer behind Abu Hurairah. He recited Surah Inshiqaq ("When the sky is rent asunder") and prostrated himself. I asked him: What is this prostration ? He replied: I prostrated myself on account of this (surah) behind Abu al-Qasim (i.e. the Prophet). I shall continue prostrating on account of this till I meet him.  

أبو داود:١٤٠٨حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا الْمُعْتَمِرُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا بَكْرٌ عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ قَالَ

صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ الْعَتَمَةَ فَقَرَأَ { إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انْشَقَّتْ } فَسَجَدَ فَقُلْتُ مَا هَذِهِ السَّجْدَةُ قَالَ سَجَدْتُ بِهَا خَلْفَ أَبِي الْقَاسِمِ ﷺ فَلاَ أَزَالُ أَسْجُدُ بِهَا حَتَّى أَلْقَاهُ  

ahmad:9607Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Hishām > Yaḥyá > Abū Salamah

[Machine] I saw Abu Huraira prostrating when the sky split open. I said, "Do you prostrate in it?" He said, "Indeed, the Prophet ﷺ prostrated in it."  

أحمد:٩٦٠٧حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ هِشَامٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ سَجَدَ فِي إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انْشَقَّتْ قُلْتُ تَسْجُدُ فِيهَا قَالَ إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ سَجَدَ فِيهَا  

ahmad:9803Yazīd > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr > Abū Salamah

[Machine] I saw Abu Huraira prostrating when the sky split, so I said, "You are prostrating in a surah in which we do not prostrate." He said, "Indeed, I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prostrating in it."  

أحمد:٩٨٠٣حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ سَجَدَ فِي إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انْشَقَّتْ فَقُلْتُ سَجَدْتَ فِي سُورَةٍ مَا نَسْجَدُ فِيهَا قَالَ إِنِّي رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَسْجُدُ فِيهَا  

ahmad:9879Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Marwān al-Aṣfar > Abū Rāfiʿ

[Machine] "I saw Abu Hurairah prostrate during the occurrence of the splitting of the sky. So, I asked him and he replied, 'I prostrated in it (the sky) to my beloved, ﷺ , and I will continue to prostrate until I meet him.'"  

أحمد:٩٨٧٩حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ مَرْوَانَ الْأَصفَرِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا رَافِعٍ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ سَجَدَ فِي إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انْشَقَّتْ قَالَفَسَأَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ سَجَدَ فِيهَا خَلِيلِي ﷺ وَلَا أَزَالُ أَسْجُدُ حَتَّى أَلْقَاهُ  

ahmad:9915Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > ʿAṭāʾ b. Abū Maymūnah

I saw Abu Huraira performing prostration (while reciting this verse: )" When the heaven burst asunder." I said to him: Do you prostrate yourself (while reciting) i? He said: Yes, I saw my best Friend ﷺ prostrating himself on (the recital of this verse) and I shall continue prostrating till I meet him. Shu'ba asked: Do you mean (by Friend) the Messenger of Allah ﷺ? He said: Yes. (Using translation from Muslim 578h)  

أحمد:٩٩١٥حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ أَبِي مَيْمُونَةَ

عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ قَالَرَأَيْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَسْجُدُ فِي إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انْشَقَّتْ فَقُلْتُ أَتَسْجُدُ فِيهَا؟ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ رَأَيْتُ خَلِيلِي يَسْجُدُ فِيهَا وَلَا أَزَالُ أَسْجُدُ فِيهَا حَتَّى أَلْقَاهُ قَالَ شُعْبَةُ قُلْتُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ  

ahmad:10019ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Hishām > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Abū Salamah

[Machine] I saw Abu Huraira prostrate during the splitting of the sky, so I said, "Did I not see you prostrate in it?" He said, "If I did not see the Prophet ﷺ prostrate in it, I would not have prostrated."  

أحمد:١٠٠١٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنِ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ سَجَدَ فِي إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انْشَقَّتْ فَقُلْتُ أَلَمْ أَرَكَ سَجَدْتَ فِيهَا؟ قَالَ لَوْ لَمْ أَرَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ سَجَدَ فِيهَا لَمْ أَسْجُدْ  

ahmad:7140Muʿtamir b. Sulaymān from my father > Bakr > Abū Rāfiʿ > Ṣallayt Maʿ Abū Hurayrah Ṣalāh al-ʿAtamah Aw

I offered the night prayer behind Abu Hurairah. He recited Surah Inshiqaq ("When the sky is rent asunder") and prostrated himself. I asked him: What is this prostration ? He replied: I prostrated myself on account of this (surah) behind Abu al-Qasim (i.e. the Prophet). I shall continue prostrating on account of this till I meet him. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1408)   

أحمد:٧١٤٠حَدَّثَنَا مُعْتَمِرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنْ بَكْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ قَالَ

صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ صَلَاةَ الْعَتَمَةِ أَوْ قَالَ صَلَاةَ الْعِشَاءِ فَقَرَأَ إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انْشَقَّتْ فَسَجَدَ فِيهَا فَقُلْتُ يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ فَقَالَ سَجَدْتُ فِيهَا خَلْفَ أَبِي الْقَاسِمِ ﷺ فَلَا أَزَالُ أَسْجُدُهَا حَتَّى أَلْقَاهُ  

darimi:1509Yazīd b. Hārūn > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr > Abū Salamah

[Machine] I saw Abu Huraira prostrating when the sky split, and he was asked, "You prostrate in a chapter (surah) where prostration is not done?" He replied, "Indeed, I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prostrating in it."  

الدارمي:١٥٠٩أَخْبَرَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَسْجُدُ فِي إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انْشَقَّتْ فَقِيلَ لَهُ تَسْجُدُ فِي سُورَةٍ مَا يُسْجَدُ فِيهَا؟ فَقَالَ «إِنِّي رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَسْجُدُ فِيهَا»