[Machine] He recited upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ the verses: "By the star when it goes down, your companion has not strayed."  

أَنَّهُ قَرَأَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَالنَّجْمِ إِذَا هَوَى فَلَمْ يَسْجُدْ  

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ prostrated in the Night of Ascension, and all the people prostrated with him except for two men who wanted to be seen. Imam Shafi'i said, "These two men never left any obligatory prayer unless the Prophet ﷺ ordered them to repeat it." As for the narration of Zaid, Allah knows best that Zaid did not prostrate even though he was reciting. The Prophet ﷺ did not prostrate either, and it was not obligatory, so the Prophet ﷺ did not command him to. The argument was based on what had been reported from the Prophet ﷺ regarding the obligation of the five daily prayers. The man asked, "Do I have any other obligation besides them?" He (the Prophet, pbuh) said, "No, unless you want to perform voluntary prayers."  

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ سَجَدَ فِي النَّجْمِ النَّاسُ مَعَهُ إِلَّا رَجُلَيْنِ أَرَادَا أَنْ يُشْهَرَا قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ وَالرِّجْلَانِ لَا يَدَعَانِ إِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ الْفَرْضَ وَلَوْ تَرَكَاهُ أَمْرَهُمَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِإِعَادَتِهِ وَأَمَّا حَدِيثُ زَيْدٍ فَهُوَ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ أَنَّ زَيْدًا لَمْ يَسْجُدْ وَهُوَ الْقَارِئُ فَلَمْ يَسْجُدِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ فَرْضًا فَيَأْمُرَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِهِ وَاحْتُجَّ بِمَا مَضَى مِنْ حَدِيثِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي فَرْضِ خَمْسِ صَلَوَاتٍ فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ هَلْ عَلَيَّ غَيْرُهَا؟ قَالَ لَا إِلَّا أَنْ تَطَوَّعَ  

[Machine] O people, we have not been commanded to prostrate. So whoever prostrates has indeed achieved and done well, and whoever does not prostrate, there is no sin upon him. Umar said, and Nafi' added, "Indeed, your Lord has only obligated us to prostrate to Him as we will."  

يَأَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّا لَمْ نُؤْمَرْ بِالسُّجُودِ فَمَنْ سَجَدَ فَقَدْ أَصَابَ وَأَحْسَنَ وَمَنْ لَمْ يَسْجُدْ فَلَا إِثْمَ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ وَلَمْ يَسْجُدْ عُمَرُ قَالَ وَزَادَ نَافِعٌ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَمْ يَفْرِضْ عَلَيْنَا السُّجُودَ إِلَّا أَنْ نَشَاءُ  

[Machine] As if he is not obliged to do it.  

كَأَنَّهُ لَا يُوجِبُهُ عَلَيْهِ  

[Machine] The right of Allah that you fulfill it, or a voluntary act of worship that you perform. And there is no Muslim who prostrates to Allah in a prostration, except that Allah raises him in rank or removes a sin from him, or both. Abu Bakr ibn Ibrahim informed us, Abu Nasr al-'Iraqi narrated to us, Sufyan al-Jawhari narrated to us, Ali ibn al-Hasan narrated to us, Abdulah ibn al-Walid narrated to us, from Sufyan, who mentioned it.  

حَقُّ اللهِ تُؤَدِّيهِ أَوْ تَطَوُّعٌ تَطَوَّعُهُ وَمَا مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ يَسْجُدُ لِلَّهِ سَجْدَةً إِلَّا رَفَعَهُ اللهُ بِهَا دَرَجَةً أَوْ حَطَّ عَنْهُ بِهَا خَطِيئَةً أَوْ جَمَعَهُمَا لَهُ كِلْتَيْهِمَا أَخْبَرَنَاهُ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أنبأ أَبُو نَصْرٍ الْعِرَاقِيُّ ثنا سُفْيَانُ الْجَوْهَرِيُّ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ فَذَكَرَهُ