[Machine] I arrived at Al-Hira and saw its people prostrating to their idols. I said, "We were more deserving of prostrating to the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ ." When I came to him, I informed him of what I had seen and said, "We were more deserving of prostrating to you." He replied, "Do not do that. Have you considered if you were to pass by my grave, would you prostrate to it?" I said, "No." He said, "Then do not do so. For if I were to command anyone to prostrate to anyone else, I would have commanded women to prostrate to their husbands due to the rights Allah has placed upon them, and Qays bin Sa'd narrated this from someone else."
قَدِمْتُ الْحِيرَةَ فَرَأَيْتُ أَهْلَهَا يَسْجُدُونَ لِمَرْزُبَانَ لَهُمْ فَقُلْتُ نَحْنُ كُنَّا أَحَقَّ أَنْ نَسْجُدَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَلَمَّا قَدِمْتُ عَلَيْهِ أَخْبَرْتُهُ بِالَّذِي رَأَيْتُ قُلْتُ نَحْنُ كُنَّا أَحَقَّ أَنْ نَسْجُدَ لَكَ فَقَالَ لَا تَفْعَلُوا أَرَأَيْتَ لَوْ مَرَرْتَ بِقَبْرِي أَكُنْتَ سَاجِدًا؟ قُلْتُ لَا قَالَ فَلَا تَفْعَلُوا فَإِنِّي لَوْ كُنْتُ آمِرًا أَحَدًا أَنْ يَسْجُدَ لِأَحَدٍ لَأَمَرْتُ النِّسَاءَ أَنْ يَسْجُدْنَ لِأَزْوَاجِهِنَّ لِمَا جَعَلَ اللهُ مِنْ حَقِّهِمْ عَلَيْهِنَّ وَرَوَاهُ غَيْرُهُ عَنْ شَرِيكٍ فَقَالَ عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ