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ahmad:4405ʿAffān > Shuʿbah > Abū Isḥāq > al-Aswad > ʿAbdullāh

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ recited Surah al-Najm and prostrated himself. No one remained there who did not prostrate (along with him). A man from the people took a handful of pebbles or dust and raised it to his face saying: This is enough for me. 'Abd Allah (b. Mas'ud) said: I later saw him killed as an infidel. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1406)   

أحمد:٤٤٠٥حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ أَنْبَأَنَا عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَرَأَ سُورَةَ النَّجْمِ فَسَجَدَ وَمَا بَقِيَ أَحَدٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ إِلَّا سَجَدَ إِلَّا رَجُلًا رَفَعَ كَفًّا مِنْ حَصًى فَوَضَعَهُ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ وَقَالَ يَكْفِينِي هَذَا قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُهُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ قُتِلَ كَافِرًا  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Abū Dāwūd, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Bayhaqī
bukhari:1070Ḥafṣ b. ʿUmar > Shuʿbah > Abū Isḥāq > al-Aswad > ʿAbdullāh

The Prophet ﷺ recited Surat-an-Najm (53) and prostrated while reciting it and all the people prostrated and a man amongst the people took a handful of stones or earth and raised it to his face and said, "This is sufficient for me. Later on I saw him killed as a non-believer."  

البخاري:١٠٧٠حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ؓ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَرَأَ سُورَةَ النَّجْمِ فَسَجَدَ بِهَا فَمَا بَقِيَ أَحَدٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ إِلاَّ سَجَدَ فَأَخَذَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ كَفًّا مِنْ حَصًى أَوْ تُرَابٍ فَرَفَعَهُ إِلَى وَجْهِهِ وَقَالَ يَكْفِينِي هَذَا فَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُهُ بَعْدُ قُتِلَ كَافِرًا  

bukhari:3853Sulaymān b. Ḥarb > Shuʿbah > Abū Isḥāq > al-Aswad > ʿAbdullāh

The Prophet ﷺ recited Surat An-Najam and prostrated, and there was nobody who did not prostrate then except a man whom I saw taking a handful of pebbles, lifting it, and prostrating on it. He then said, "This is sufficient for me." No doubt I saw him killed as a disbeliever afterwards.  

البخاري:٣٨٥٣حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ؓ قَالَ

قَرَأَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ النَّجْمَ فَسَجَدَ فَمَا بَقِيَ أَحَدٌ إِلاَّ سَجَدَ إِلاَّ رَجُلٌ رَأَيْتُهُ أَخَذَ كَفًّا مِنْ حَصًا فَرَفَعَهُ فَسَجَدَ عَلَيْهِ وَقَالَ هَذَا يَكْفِينِي فَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُهُ بَعْدُ قُتِلَ كَافِرًا بِاللَّهِ  

muslim:576Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná And Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Abū Isḥāq > al-Aswad > ʿAbdullāh

The Apostle of Allah ﷺ recited (Surat) al Najm and performed prostration during its recital and all those who were along with him also prostrated themselves except one old man who took a handful of pebbles or dust in his palm and lifted it to his forehead and said: This is sufficient for me. 'Abdullah said: I saw that he was later killed in a state of unbelief.  

مسلم:٥٧٦حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الأَسْوَدَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَرَأَ { وَالنَّجْمِ} فَسَجَدَ فِيهَا وَسَجَدَ مَنْ كَانَ مَعَهُ غَيْرَ أَنَّ شَيْخًا أَخَذَ كَفًّا مِنْ حَصًى أَوْ تُرَابٍ فَرَفَعَهُ إِلَى جَبْهَتِهِ وَقَالَ يَكْفِينِي هَذَا قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُهُ بَعْدُ قُتِلَ كَافِرًا  

abudawud:1406Ḥafṣ b. ʿUmar > Shuʿbah > Abū Isḥāq > al-Aswad > ʿAbdullāh

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ recited Surah al-Najm and prostrated himself. No one remained there who did not prostrate (along with him). A man from the people took a handful of pebbles or dust and raised it to his face saying: This is enough for me. 'Abd Allah (b. Mas'ud) said: I later saw him killed as an infidel.  

أبو داود:١٤٠٦حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَرَأَ سُورَةَ النَّجْمِ فَسَجَدَ فِيهَا وَمَا بَقِيَ أَحَدٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ إِلاَّ سَجَدَ فَأَخَذَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ كَفًّا مِنْ حَصًى أَوْ تُرَابٍ فَرَفَعَهُ إِلَى وَجْهِهِ وَقَالَ يَكْفِينِي هَذَا قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ فَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُهُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ قُتِلَ كَافِرًا  

ahmad:3805Yazīd > Shuʿbah > Abū Isḥāq > al-Aswad > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ prostrated in front of the star, and no one from the people remained except a sheikh. The sheikh took a handful of gravel and raised it to his forehead, saying, "This is sufficient for me." Abdullah said, "Indeed, I saw him being killed as a disbeliever."  

أحمد:٣٨٠٥حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

سَجَدَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي النَّجْمِ فَمَا بَقِيَ أَحَدٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ إِلَّا سَجَدَ إِلَّا شَيْخٌ أَخَذَ كَفًّا مِنْ حَصًى فَرَفَعَهُ إِلَى جَبْهَتِهِ وَقَالَ يَكْفِينِي هَذَا قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ فَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُهُ قُتِلَ كَافِرًا  

ahmad:4164Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar And ʿAffān > Shuʿbah > Abū Isḥāq > ʿAffān > Abū Isḥāq > al-Aswad > Muḥammad > Abū Isḥāq > al-Aswad > ʿAbdullāh

The Prophet ﷺ recited Surat-an-Najm and then prostrated himself, and all who were with him prostrated too. But an old man took a handful of dust and touched his forehead with it saying, "This is sufficient for me." Later on I saw him killed as an infidel. (Using translation from Bukhārī 3972)  

أحمد:٤١٦٤حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ وَعَفَّانُ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ عَفَّانُ أَنْبَأَنَا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ وَقَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الْأَسْوَدَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَرَأَ النَّجْمَ فَسَجَدَ بِهَا وَسَجَدَ مَنْ كَانَ مَعَهُ غَيْرَ أَنَّ شَيْخًا أَخَذَ كَفًّا مِنْ حَصًى أَوْ تُرَابٍ فَرَفَعَهُ إِلَى جَبْهَتِهِ وَقَالَ يَكْفِينِي هَذَا قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُهُ بَعْدُ قُتِلَ كَافِرًا  

ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الدَّالِّ عَلَى أَنَّ عُمُومَ هَذَا الْخَبَرِ أُرِيدَ بَعْضُ الْعُمُومِ لَا الْكُلُّ

ibnhibban:2764Abū Khalīfah > Muḥammad b. Kathīr > Shuʿbah > Abū Isḥāq > al-Aswad > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] Narrated Anas bin Malik: "The Prophet ﷺ recited Surat An-Najm (The Star) and then prostrated, and so did all the people except an old man who took a handful of dust and touched his forehead with it saying, 'This is sufficient for me.'"  

ابن حبّان:٢٧٦٤أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو خَلِيفَةَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ

«أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَرَأَ سُورَةَ النَّجْمِ فَسَجَدَ فَمَا بَقِيَ أَحَدٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ إِلَّا سَجَدَ إِلَّا رَجُلٌ وَاحِدٌ أَخَذَ كَفًّا مِنْ حَصًى فَوَضَعَهُ عَلَى جَبْهَتِهِ» وَقَالَ يَكْفِينِي  

bayhaqi:3766Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī > Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. Bakr > Abū Dāwud > Ḥafṣ b. ʿUmar > Shuʿbah > Abū Isḥāq > al-Aswad > ʿAbdullāh

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ recited Surah al-Najm and prostrated himself. No one remained there who did not prostrate (along with him). A man from the people took a handful of pebbles or dust and raised it to his face saying: This is enough for me. 'Abd Allah (b. Mas'ud) said: I later saw him killed as an infidel. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1406)   

البيهقي:٣٧٦٦وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ ثنا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ ؓ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَرَأَ سُورَةَ النَّجْمِ فَسَجَدَ فِيهَا وَمَا بَقِيَ أَحَدٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ إِلَّا سَجَدَ فَأَخَذَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ كَفًّا مِنْ حَصًى أَوْ تُرَابٍ فَرَفَعَهُ إِلَى وَجْهِهِ وَقَالَ يَكْفِينِي هَذَا قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ وَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُهُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ قُتِلَ كَافِرًا  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ حَفْصِ بْنِ عُمَرَ وَأَخْرَجَهُ مُسْلِمٌ مِنْ وَجْهٍ آخَرَ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ
bayhaqi:3709Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū Bakr Aḥmad b. Salmān b. al-Ḥasan al-Faqīh> Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. ʿĪsá > Muslim b. Ibrāhīm And ʾAbū ʿUmar > Shuʿbah > Abū Isḥāq > al-Aswad > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] Narrated by the Prophet ﷺ that he recited Surah An-Najm and then prostrated, and everyone from the people prostrated except for one man who lifted a handful of pebbles and placed it on his forehead, saying, "This is sufficient for me." Abdullah (the narrator) said, "I saw him after that, and he was killed as a disbeliever."  

البيهقي:٣٧٠٩أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَلْمَانَ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ الْفَقِيهُ بِبَغْدَادَ أنبأ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى ثنا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَأَبُو عُمَرَ قَالَا ثنا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَرَأَ سُورَةَ النَّجْمِ فَسَجَدَ وَمَا بَقِيَ أَحَدٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ إِلَّا سَجَدَ إِلَّا رَجُلًا رَفَعَ كَفًّا مِنْ حَصْبَاءَ فَوَضَعَهُ عَلَى جَبْهَتِهِ وَقَالَ يَكْفِينِي هَذَا قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُهُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ قُتِلَ كَافِرًا  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ أَبِي عُمَرَ حَفْصِ بْنِ عُمَرَ وَأَخْرَجَهُ مُسْلِمٌ مِنْ حَدِيثِ غُنْدَرٍ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ