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ahmad:3387 – Ismāʿīl > Ayyūb > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

A prostration when reciting Sad is not one of those which are divinely commanded, but I have seen Messenger of Allah ﷺ prostrate himself. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1409)   

أحمد:٣٣٨٧ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ فِي السُّجُودِ فِي ص لَيْسَتْ مِنْ عَزَائِمِ السُّجُودِ وَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَسْجُدُ فِيهَا  

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bukhari:1069 – Sulaymān b. Ḥarb And ʾAbū al-Nuʿmān > Ḥammād > Ayyūb > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

The prostration of Saʿd is not a compulsory one but I saw the Prophet ﷺ prostrating while reciting it.  

البخاري:١٠٦٩ – حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ وَأَبُو النُّعْمَانِ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ قَالَ

{ص} لَيْسَ مِنْ عَزَائِمِ السُّجُودِ وَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَسْجُدُ فِيهَا  

bukhari:3422 – Mūsá b. Ismāʿīl > Wuhayb > Ayyūb > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

The prostration in Sura-Saʿd is not amongst the compulsory prostrations, though I saw the Prophet ﷺ prostrating on reciting it.  

البخاري:٣٤٢٢ – حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ قَالَ

لَيْسَ {ص} مِنْ عَزَائِمِ السُّجُودِ وَرَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَسْجُدُ فِيهَا  

abudawud:1409 – Mūsá b. Ismāʿīl > Wuhayb > Ayyūb > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

A prostration when reciting Sad is not one of those which are divinely commanded, but I have seen Messenger of Allah ﷺ prostrate himself.  

أبو داود:١٤٠٩ – حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

لَيْسَ { ص } مِنْ عَزَائِمِ السُّجُودِ وَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَسْجُدُ فِيهَا  

tirmidhi:577 – Ibn Abū ʿUmar > Sufyān > Ayyūb > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

"I saw the Messenger of Allah prostrating for (Surat) Sad." Ibn Abbas said: "It is not one of the resolute prostrations."  

الترمذي:٥٧٧ – حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَسْجُدُ فِي ص قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ وَلَيْسَتْ مِنْ عَزَائِمِ السُّجُودِ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ وَاخْتَلَفَ أَهْلُ الْعِلْمِ فِي ذَلِكَ فَرَأَى بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَغَيْرِهِمْ أَنْ يَسْجُدَ فِيهَا وَهُوَ قَوْلُ سُفْيَانَ الثَّوْرِيِّ وَابْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ وَالشَّافِعِيِّ وَأَحْمَدَ وَإِسْحَاقَ وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ إِنَّهَا تَوْبَةُ نَبِيٍّ وَلَمْ يَرَوُا السُّجُودَ فِيهَا
darimi:1508 – ʿAmr b. Zurārah > Ismāʿīl > Ibn ʿUlayyah > Ayyūb > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

A prostration when reciting Sad is not one of those which are divinely commanded, but I have seen Messenger of Allah ﷺ prostrate himself. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1409)   

الدارمي:١٥٠٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ زُرَارَةَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ هُوَ ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ فِي السُّجُودِ فِي ص «لَيْسَتْ مِنْ عَزَائِمِ السُّجُودِ وَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ سَجَدَ فِيهَا»