[Machine] Ibn Al-Khattab read to them the passage: "By the star when it descends, your companion [Muhammad] has not strayed, nor has he erred, nor does he speak from [his own] inclination. It is not but a revelation revealed, taught to him by one intense in strength."  

بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ قَرَأَ لَهُمْ وَالنَّجْمِ إِذَا هَوَى فَسَجَدَ فِيهَا ثُمَّ قَامَ فَقَرَأَ سُورَةً أُخْرَى  

[Machine] The prostrating intentions in the Quran are four: "Al Tin'zeel", "Ham'as Sajdah", "An Najm", and "Iqra Bismi Rabbika". Ya'la said, Sufyan reported from Abu Ishaq from Al Harith from Ali with the same meaning.  

عَزَائِمُ السُّجُودِ فِي الْقُرْآنِ أَرْبَعٌ الم تَنْزِيلُ وَحم السَّجْدَةُ وَالنَّجْمُ وَاقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ قَالَ يَعْلَى وَثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ مِثْلُ ذَلِكَ  

[Machine] He said, "The obligatory acts of prostration are four: the verse of prostration (i.e., Ayat as-Sajdah), Surah Alif Lam Meem Tanzeel, Surah Al-Hamd, and Recite in the name of your Lord who created (Surah Al-‘Alaq), and the star (Surah An-Najm) likewise."  

أَنَّهُ قَالَ عَزَائِمُ السُّجُودِ أَرْبَعٌ الم تَنْزِيلُ وَحم السَّجْدَةُ وَاقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ وَالنَّجْمُ هَكَذَا  

[Machine] The determination of prostrations are four: the revelation of the chapter Alif Lam Meem Saad, and the chapter Alif Lam Meem Tajweed, and the chapter An-Najm, and recite with the name of your Lord.  

عَزَائِمُ السُّجُودِ أَرْبَعٌ الم تَنْزِيلُ وَحم السَّجْدَةُ وَالنَّجْمُ وَاقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ  

Abu Huraira recited before them:" hen the heaven burst asunder" (al-Qur'an, lxxxiv. 1) and performed prostration. After completing (the prayer) he informed them that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ has prostrated himself at it (this verse). (Using translation from Muslim 578a)   

أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ قَرَأَ لَهُمْ إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انْشَقَّتْ فَسَجَدَ فِيهَا فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ أَخْبَرَهُمْ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ سَجَدَ فِيهَا  

[Machine] I saw Abu Huraira reading when the sky split and he prostrated in it. So I said, "O Abu Huraira, I saw you prostrating." He replied, "If I had not seen the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prostrating, I would not have prostrated."  

رَأَيْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ قَرَأَ إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انْشَقَّتْ فَسَجَدَ فِيهَا فَقُلْتُ يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ إِنِّي أَرَاكَ سَجَدْتَ فَقَالَ لَوْ لَمْ أَرَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ سَجَدَ مَا سَجَدْتُ  

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)   

صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ الْعَتَمَةَ فَقَرَأَ إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انْشَقَّتْ فَسَجَدَ قُلْتُ مَا هَذِهِ السَّجْدَةُ؟ قَالَ سَجَدْتُ بِهَا خَلْفَ أَبِي الْقَاسِمِ ﷺ فَلَا أَزَالُ أَسْجُدُ بِهَا حَتَّى أَلْقَاهُ وَرَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ مُسَدَّدٍ وَرَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مُعَاذٍ وَغَيْرِهِ عَنْ مُعْتَمِرٍ  

[Machine] And he said, "I saw my beloved, ﷺ , prostrating in it, and I continued to prostrate in it until I met him. 3721 Abu Salih bin Abi Taahir informed us that my grandfather Yahya bin Mansur narrated to us, Ahmad bin Salamah narrated to us, Muhammad bin Bishar Al-Abdi narrated to us, Muhammad bin Ja'far narrated to us, Shu'bah mentioned it to him in a similar way except that he said it from Abu Rafi, who said, "I saw Abu Hurayrah prostrating when the sky split open. I asked him, 'Do you prostrate in it?' So he mentioned it, and at the end Shu'bah said, "I said, 'The Prophet, ﷺ , said yes.'"  

وَقَالَ رَأَيْتُ خَلِيلِي ﷺ يَسْجُدُ فِيهَا فَلَا أَزَالُ أَسْجُدُ فِيهَا حَتَّى أَلْقَاهُ 3721 أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو صَالِحِ بْنُ أَبِي طَاهِرٍ أنبأ جَدِّي يَحْيَى بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ الْعَبْدِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ثنا شُعْبَةُ فَذَكَرَهُ بِنَحْوِهِ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ قَالَ عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ يَسْجُدُ فِي إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انْشَقَّتْ قُلْتُ تَسْجُدُ فِيهَا فَذَكَرَهُ وَفِي آخِرِهِ وَقَالَ شُعْبَةُ قُلْتُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ قَالَ نَعَمْ  

[Machine] I saw Ammar ibn Yasir recite: "When the heavens split apart and descended, and prostrated to it."  

رَأَيْتُ عَمَّارَ بْنَ يَاسِرٍ قَرَأَ إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انْشَقَّتْ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ فَنَزَلَ فَسَجَدَهَا  

[Machine] We prostrated with the Prophet ﷺ when the sky split apart and in (the verse) "Read in the name of your Lord."  

سَجَدْنَا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انْشَقَّتْ وَفِي اقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prostrated when the sky split and recited "In the name of your Lord".  

سَجَدَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انْشَقَّتْ وَاقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ 3725  

[Machine] "Bakr and Umar, when the sky split apart, read in the name of your Lord who created, and who is better than them, and we were made to prostrate in reverence. Read in the name of your Lord from the revelation received by Ali and Abdullah Ibn Mas'oud."  

بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ ؓ فِي إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انْشَقَّتْ وَاقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ وَمَنْ هُوَ خَيْرٌ مِنْهُمَا وَرُوِّينَا السُّجُودَ فِي اقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ وَعَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ ؓ  

The Prophet ﷺ taught me fifteen prostrations while reciting the Qur'an, including three in al-Mufassal and two in Surah al-Hajj. Abu Dawud said: Abu al-Darda' has reported eleven prostrations from the Prophet ﷺ, but chain of this tradition is weak. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1401)   

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَقْرَأَهُ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ سَجْدَةً فِي الْقُرْآنِ مِنْهَا ثَلَاثٌ فِي الْمُفَصَّلِ وَفِي سُورَةِ الْحَجِّ سَجْدَتَيْنِ  

[Machine] "O Messenger of Allah, are there two prostrations in Surah Al-Hajj?" He replied, "Yes, and whoever does not perform them should not recite them."  

يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فِي سُورَةِ الْحَجِّ سَجْدَتَانِ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ وَمَنْ لَمْ يَسْجُدْهُمَا فَلَا يَقْرَأْهُمَا  

[Machine] He prayed with Umar in the morning, then he prostrated twice in the Hajj.  

أَنَّهُ صَلَّى مَعَ عُمَرَ ؓ الصُّبْحَ فَسَجَدَ فِي الْحَجِّ سَجْدَتَيْنِ  

[Machine] From Nafi' in the meaning of the chain of narrators to leave Nafi' the appellation of the Egyptian who narrated it, the first narration is from Abdullah ibn Tha'labah ibn Suayr through 'Umar, a connected authentic narration, and likewise the narration of Nafi' from Ibn 'Umar, connected.  

عَنْ نَافِعٍ فِي مَعْنَى الْمُرْسَلِ لِتَرْكِ نَافِعٍ تَسْمِيَةَ الْمِصْرِيِّ الَّذِي حَدَّثَهُ فَالرِّوَايَةُ الْأُولَى عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ ثَعْلَبَةَ بْنِ صُعَيْرٍ عَنْ عُمَرَ رِوَايَةٌ صَحِيحَةٌ مَوْصُولَةٌ وَكَذَلِكَ رِوَايَةُ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ مَوْصُولَةٌ  

[Machine] He used to prostrate during the pilgrimage twice.  

كَانَ يَسْجُدُ فِي الْحَجِّ سَجْدَتَيْنِ  

[Machine] Indeed, he used to prostrate in the Hajj with two prostrations.  

إِنَّهُ كَانَ يَسْجُدُ فِي الْحَجِّ سَجْدَتَيْنِ  

[Machine] From Abdullah ibn Mas'ud and Ammar ibn Yasir, that they used to prostrate twice during the Hajj.  

عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ وَعَمَّارِ بْنِ يَاسِرٍ أَنَّهُمَا كَانَا يَسْجُدَانِ فِي الْحَجِّ سَجْدَتَيْنِ  

[Machine] And he recited the verse of prostration that is in the last surah of Hajj, so he prostrated and we prostrated with him.  

وَأَنَّهُ قَرَأَ آيَةَ السَّجْدَةِ الَّتِي فِي آخِرِ سُورَةِ الْحَجِّ فَسَجَدَ وَسَجَدْنَا مَعَهُ  

[Machine] In Surah Al-Hajj, there are two prostrations.  

فِي سُورَةِ الْحَجِّ سَجْدَتَانِ  

[Machine] "From Asim Al-Ahwal."  

عَنْ عَاصِمٍ الْأَحْوَلِ  

[Machine] He used to make two prostrations during Hajj.  

أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَسْجُدُ فِي الْحَجِّ سَجْدَتَيْنِ  

[Machine] That Abu Darda used to perform two prostrations during the Hajj.  

أَنَّ أَبَا الدَّرْدَاءِ كَانَ يَسْجُدُ فِي الْحَجِّ سَجْدَتَيْنِ  

[Machine] "It is not among the habits of prostration, and I have seen the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prostrate in it."  

لَيْسَ مِنْ عَزَائِمِ السُّجُودِ وَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَسْجُدُ فِيهَا  

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ recited surah Sad on the pulpit. When he reached the place of prostration (in the surah), he descended and prostrated himself and the people prostrated with him. When the next day came, he recited it. When he reached the place of prostration (in the surah), the people became ready for prostration. Thereupon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: This is the repentance of a Prophet ; but I saw you being ready for prostration. So he descended and prostrated himself and the people prostrated along with him. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1410)   

أَنَّهُ قَالَ قَرَأَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ص وَهُوَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ السَّجْدَةَ نَزَلَ فَسَجَدَ وَسَجَدَ النَّاسُ مَعَهُ فَلَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمًا آخَرَ قَرَأَهَا فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ السَّجْدَةَ تَهَيَّأَ النَّاسُ لِلسُّجُودِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّمَا هِيَ تَوْبَةُ نَبِيٍّ وَلَكِنْ رَأَيْتُكُمْ تَهَيَّأْتُمْ لِلسُّجُودِ فَنَزَلَ فَسَجَدَ وَسَجَدُوا هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنُ الْإِسْنَادِ صَحِيحٌ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said that Dawud ﷺ prostrated for repentance, and we prostrate in gratitude. The honorable Imam Abu Al-Fath Al-Umari informed us, Abu Al-Hasan ibn Firas narrated to us, Abu Muhammad ibn Al-Muqri narrated to us, my grandfather narrated to us, Sufyan mentioned it, this is the preserved narration. It has been narrated in various ways from Umar ibn Dharr from his father from Sa'id ibn Jubayr as a connected chain, although it is not strong.  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ سَجَدَهَا دَاوُدُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ لِتَوْبَةٍ وَنَسْجُدُهَا نَحْنُ شُكْرًا يَعْنِي ص أَخْبَرَنَاهُ الْإِمَامُ الشَّرِيفُ أَبُو الْفَتْحِ الْعُمَرِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ بْنُ فِرَاسٍ ثنا أَبُو مُحَمَّدِ بْنُ الْمُقْرِئِ ثنا جَدِّي ثنا سُفْيَانُ فَذَكَرَهُ هَذَا هُوَ الْمَحْفُوظُ مُرْسَلًا وَقَدْ رُوِيَ مِنْ أَوْجُهٍ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ ذَرٍّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ مَوْصُولًا وَلَيْسَ بِقَوِيٍّ  

[Machine] "Allah is the one who guides those whom Allah guides, so follow their guidance." [Al-Anaam 90]  

اللهُ تَعَالَى {أُولَئِكَ الَّذِينَ هَدَى اللهُ فَبِهُدَاهُمُ اقْتَدِهْ} [الأنعام 90]  

[Machine] He does not prostrate in Sujood (prayer position) and says, "It is only the repentance of a prophet." And Saeed narrated to us, narrated by Sufyan, from Abdah ibn Abi Lubabah, from Zirr ibn Hubaysh, that Abdullah used to not prostrate in Sujood, and it was narrated to us by a group of companions that they used to prostrate in Sujood.  

لَا يَسْجُدُ فِي ص وَيَقُولُ إِنَّمَا هِيَ تَوْبَةُ نَبِيٍّ قَالَ وَحَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَبْدَةَ بْنِ أَبِي لُبَابَةَ عَنْ زِرٍّ هُوَ ابْنُ حُبَيْشٍ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ كَانَ لَا يَسْجُدُ فِي ص وَرُوِّينَا عَنْ جَمَاعَةٍ مِنَ الصَّحَابَةِ ؓ أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا يَسْجُدُونَ فِي ص  

[Machine] He informed him that he heard Ibn Abbas saying, "I saw Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, reading from the pulpit, then he came down and prostrated, then he climbed back up the pulpit."  

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ يَقُولُ رَأَيْتُ عُمَرَ ؓ قَرَأَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ ص فَنَزَلَ فَسَجَدَ ثُمَّ رَقِيَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ  

[Machine] That Uthman ibn Affan read Sadaqallahul 'Azim (a chapter of the Quran) on the minbar (pulpit), then he descended and prostrated.  

أَنَّ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ ؓ قَرَأَ ص عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ فَنَزَلَ فَسَجَدَ  

I asked Muhajid regarding the prostration in Surat Saʿd. He said, "Ibn ʿAbbas was asked the same question and he said, 'Those are they (the prophets) whom Allah had Guided. So follow their guidance." (6.90) Ibn ʿAbbas used to perform a prostration (on reading this Sura). (Using translation from Bukhārī 4806)   

{أُولَئِكَ الَّذِينَ هَدَى اللهُ فَبِهُدَاهُمُ اقْتَدِهْ} [الأنعام 90]  

[Machine] Al-Awwam bin Hawshab praised and mentioned him (Ibn Abbas) for their excellence in comparison to the actions of Ibn Abbas.  

ثنا الْعَوَّامُ بْنُ حَوْشَبٍ فَذَكَرَهُ بِزِيَادَتِهِمَا دُونَ فِعْلِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ  

[Machine] So that I may prostrate in it, for indeed Allah Almighty says, "Those are the ones whom Allah has guided, so from their guidance take an example." [Surah Al-An'am: 90] This is what Ibn Umar said, and it is mentioned from another perspective that Ibn Umar used to say regarding Sujood at-Tilawah.  

لِي اسْجُدْ فِيهَا فَإِنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى يَقُولُ { أُولَئِكَ الَّذِينَ هَدَى اللهُ فَبِهُدَاهُمُ اقْتَدِهْ } [الأنعام 90] كَذَا قَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ وَيُذْكَرُ مِنْ وَجْهٍ آخَرَ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ فِي ص سَجْدَةٌ  

[Machine] I saw in a dream as if I were reciting Surah Saad. When I reached the prostration, everything prostrated. I saw the inkwell, the pen, and the tablet. Then, I went to the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , and informed him about it. He commanded me to prostrate in it.  

رَأَيْتُ فِي الْمَنَامِ كَأَنِّي أَقْرَأُ سُورَةَ ص فَلَمَّا أَتَيْتُ عَلَى السَّجْدَةِ سَجَدَ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ رَأَيْتُ الدَّوَاةُ وَالْقَلَمُ وَاللَّوْحُ فَغَدَوْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ فَأَمَرَ بِالسُّجُودِ فِيهَا  

[Machine] A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah, I saw in a dream last night that I was praying behind a tree, and I recited Surah Sajdah (Chapter 32). When I reached the prostration, I prostrated and the tree prostrated with me. I heard it saying, 'O Allah, record for me with You a mention, make for me with You a treasure, and increase for me with You in reward.' The Prophet ﷺ then recited Surah Sajdah and when he reached the prostration, he prostrated and I heard him saying in his prostration what the man had narrated, except that he did not mention 'by my prostration.'"  

جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ رَأَيْتُ الْبَارِحَةَ فِيمَا يَرَى النَّائِمُ أَنِّي أُصَلِّي خَلْفَ شَجَرَةٍ فَقَرَأْتُ ص فَلَمَّا أَتَيْتُ عَلَى السَّجْدَةِ سَجَدْتُ فَسَجَدَتِ الشَّجَرَةُ بِسُجُودِي فَسَمِعْتُهَا وَهِيَ تَقُولُ اللهُمَّ اكْتُبْ لِي بِهَا عِنْدَكَ ذِكْرًا وَاجْعَلْ لِي بِهَا عِنْدَكَ ذُخْرًا وَأَعْظِمْ لِي بِهَا عِنْدَكَ أَجْرًا قَالَ فَسَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَرَأَ ص فَلَمَّا أَتَى عَلَى السَّجْدَةِ سَجَدَ فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ فِي سُجُودِهِ مَا أَخْبَرَ الرَّجُلُ عَنْ قَوْلِ الشَّجَرَةِ لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَقُلْ بِسُجُودِي 3752 وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أنبأ عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُكْرَمٍ الْبَزَّارُ بِبَغْدَادَ ثنا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ شَاكِرٍ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ بْنِ خُنَيْسٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي حَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ فَذَكَرَهُ بِنَحْوِهِ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ قَالَ فِي الدُّعَاءِ اللهُمَّ اكْتُبْ لِي بِهَا عِنْدَكَ أَجْرًا وَاجْعَلْهَا لِي عِنْدَكَ ذُخْرًا وَضَعْ عَنِّي بِهَا وِزْرًا وَاقْبَلْهَا مِنِّي كَمَا قَبِلْتَ مِنْ عَبْدِكَ دَاوُدَ وَلَمْ يَقُلْ ص إِنَّمَا قَالَ فَرَأَيْتُ كَأَنِّي قَرَأْتُ سَجْدَةً فَسَجَدَتُ وَزَادَ فِي آخِرِهِ قَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ بْنِ خُنَيْسٍ كَانَ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي يَزِيدَ يُصَلِّي بِنَا فِي الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ فِي شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ وَكَانَ يَقْرَأُ السَّجْدَةَ فَيَسْجُدُ فَيُطِيلُ السُّجُودَ فَقِيلَ لَهُ فِي ذَلِكَ فَيَقُولُ قَالَ لِي ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ أَخْبَرَنِي جَدُّكَ عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَبِي يَزِيدَ بِهَذَا  

[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  

[Machine] I performed salah (prayer) with Abu Huraira during nighttime. He recited the verse "When the sky splits apart and becomes rose-colored like oil" and prostrated. I asked him, "What is this prostration?" He replied, "I prostrated in this manner with Abu Al-Qasim (Prophet Muhammad ﷺ ) and I will continue to do so until I meet him." Issa bin Yunus mentioned that after the Isha prayer, when Abu Huraira left, he asked him, "O Abu Huraira, or I said, 'What is this?'" He replied, "This is how he (Prophet Muhammad ﷺ ) prostrated, so I followed his example."  

صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ الْعَتَمَةَ فَقَرَأَ إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انْشَقَّتْ فَسَجَدَ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ مَا هَذِهِ السَّجْدَةُ؟ فَقَالَ سَجَدْتُ بِهَا مَعَ أَبِي الْقَاسِمِ ﷺ فَلَا أَزَالُ أَسْجُدُ بِهَا حَتَّى أَلْقَاهُ قَالَ عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ الْعِشَاءَ وَقَالَ فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ قَالَ يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ أَوْ قُلْتُ مَا هَذِهِ؟ قَالَ كَذَا سَجَدَ بِهِ فَذَكَرَهُ  

[Machine] That the Prophet ﷺ prostrated in the first unit of the Dhuhr prayer, and his companions saw that he recited the revelation of the prostration.  

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ سَجَدَ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الْأُولَى مِنْ صَلَاةِ الظُّهْرِ فَرَآهُ أَصْحَابُهُ أَنَّهُ قَرَأَ تَنْزِيلُ السَّجْدَةِ  

[Machine] That the Prophet ﷺ prostrated in the Dhuhr prayer, then he stood up and it is believed that he recited a Surah which includes a prostration. So said Maytah and others. Umayya 3761 narrated to us Abu Abdullah al-Hafiz and Abu Saeed ibn Abi Amr, who said: Abu al-Abbas, who is the deaf one, narrated to us that Muhammad ibn Ishaq al-Saghani informed me that Yahya ibn Ma'in informed me that Mu'tamir narrated from his father from a man called Umayya, and he mentioned him with a similar narration.  

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ سَجَدَ فِي صَلَاةِ الظُّهْرِ ثُمَّ قَامَ فَيَرَوْنَ أَنَّهُ قَرَأَ سُورَةً فِيهَا سَجْدَةً كَذَا قَالَ مَيَّةُ وَقَالَ غَيْرُهُ أُمَيَّةُ 3761 أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو قَالَا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ هُوَ الْأَصَمُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الصَّغَانِيُّ أَخْبَرَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ مَعِينٍ ثنا مُعْتَمِرٌ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ رَجُلٍ يُقَالُ لَهُ أُمَيَّةُ فَذَكَرَهُ بِمِثْلِهِ  

[Machine] I saw Umar ibn al-Khattab prostrating in the prayer of Fajr, then he began reciting another Surah.  

رَأَيْتُ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ سَجَدَ فِي النَّجْمِ فِي صَلَاةِ الْفَجْرِ ثُمَّ اسْتَفْتَحَ بِسُورَةٍ أُخْرَى  

[Machine] He said, "If the prostration (sujood) is at the end of the surah, then he may choose to perform a bowing (raka'a) or prostration (sujood)."  

أَنَّهُ قَالَ إِذَا كَانَتِ السَّجْدَةُ فِي آخِرِ السُّورَةِ فَإِنْ شَاءَ رَكَعَ وَإِنْ شَاءَ سَجَدَ  

[Machine] If he wants, he can perform the bowing and if he wants, he can perform the prostration, then he stands up, recites, bows, and prostrates.  

إِنْ شَاءَ رَكَعَ وَإِنْ شَاءَ سَجَدَ ثُمَّ قَامَ فَقَرَأَ وَرَكَعَ وَسَجَدَ  

[Machine] One of them prostrated when the sky split open and (said): recite (read) in the name of your Lord, Who created. Abdullah bin Mas'ud used to prostrate when he recited An-Najm (chapter 53) with the people, and when he recited it in prayer. Ibn 'Umar used to prostrate when he recited it in prayer, and if he did not recite it in prayer, he would bow. 'Uthman bin 'Affan used to prostrate when he recited it, then he would stand and recite At-Tin (chapter 95) and Az-Zaitun (chapter 76), or a surah that resembles them. The Prophet ﷺ also prostrated with it. And in the hadith of Al-Birti: if neither the Prophet ﷺ nor 'Umar bin Al-Khattab were (available).  

أَحَدُهُمَا سَجَدَ فِي إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انْشَقَّتْ وَفِي اقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ قَالَ وَكَانَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ إِذَا قَرَأَ النَّجْمَ مَعَ الْقَوْمِ سَجَدَ وَإِذَا قَرَأَهَا فِي الصَّلَاةِ وَكَانَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ إِذَا وَصَلَ إِلَيْهَا قُرْآنًا سَجَدَ وَإِذَا لَمْ يَصِلْ إِلَيْهَا قُرْآنًا رَكَعَ وَكَانَ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّانَ ؓ إِذَا قَرَأَهَا سَجَدَ ثُمَّ يَقُومُ فَيَقْرَأُ بِالتِّينِ وَالزَّيْتُونِ أَوْ سُورَةٍ تُشْبِهُهَا قَالَ وَسَجَدَ بِهَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَفِي حَدِيثِ الْبِرْتِيِّ إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَوْ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ  

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)   

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  

[Machine] Perhaps the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would read the Quran and then pass by a verse of prostration, and he would prostrate with us until we crowded around him to the extent that none of us would find a place to prostrate except in prayer. This is mentioned in the narration of Muhammad ibn Bashir and in the narration of Ibn Mus'hir that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would recite the verse of prostration and we would be with him, so he would prostrate and we would prostrate with him, and we would crowd around him to the extent that some of us would not find a place for his forehead to prostrate in except outside of prayer.  

رُبَّمَا قَرَأَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْقُرْآنَ فَيَمُرُّ بِالسَّجْدَةِ فَيَسْجُدُ بِنَا حَتَّى ازْدَحَمْنَا عِنْدَهُ حَتَّى مَا يَجِدُ أَحَدُنَا مَكَانًا يَسْجُدُ فِيهِ فِي غَيْرِ الصَّلَاةِ لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ بِشْرٍ وَفِي حَدِيثِ ابْنِ مُسْهِرٍ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَقْرَأُ السَّجْدَةَ وَنَحْنُ عِنْدَهُ فَيَسْجُدُ وَنَسْجُدُ مَعَهُ فَنَزْدَحِمُ حَتَّى مَا يَجِدُ بَعْضُنَا لِجَبْهَتِهِ مَوْضِعًا فِي غَيْرِ الصَّلَاةِ