The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prostrated himself at night when reciting the Qur'an. He said repeatedly: My face prostrates itself to Him Who created it and brought forth its hearing and seeing by His might and power. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1414)   

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «يَقُولُ فِي سُجُودِ الْقُرْآنِ بِاللَّيْلِ سَجَدَ وَجْهِي لِلَّذِي خَلَقَهُ وَشَقَّ سَمْعَهُ وَبَصَرَهُ بِحَوْلِهِ وَقُوَّتِهِ فَتَبَارَكَ اللَّهُ أَحْسَنُ الْخَالِقِينَ»  

[Machine] The first chapter in which the sajda (prostration) was revealed is Surah Al-Hajj. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ recited it, and he performed the sajda, and the people also performed the sajda except for one man who took dust and performed sajda on it. I saw him being killed as a disbeliever. This narration is followed by Zakariyya ibn Abi Zaidah narrating it from Abu Ishaq upon their conditions.  

أَوَّلُ سُورَةِ نَزَلَتْ فِيهَا السَّجْدَةُ الْحَجُّ قَرَأَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَسَجَدَ وَسَجَدَ النَّاسُ إِلَّا رَجُلٌ أَخَذَ التُّرَابَ فَسَجَدَ عَلَيْهِ فَرَأَيْتُهُ قُتِلَ كَافِرًا تَابَعَهُ زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ هَكَذَاتابعه زكريا بن أبي زائد عن أبي إسحاق على شرطهما  

[Machine] "The first Surah that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ recited to the people during Hajj was the Surah Al-Hajj. When he recited it, the people all prostrated except for one man who took some soil and prostrated on it. I saw him being killed as a disbeliever."  

«أَوَّلُ سُورَةٍ قَرَأَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى النَّاسِ الْحَجُّ حَتَّى إِذَا قَرَأَهَا سَجَدَ فَسَجَدَ النَّاسُ إِلَّا رَجُلٌ أَخَذَ التُّرَابَ فَسَجَدَ عَلَيْهِ فَرَأَيْتُهُ قُتِلَ كَافِرًا»  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Surah Al-Hajj is preferred with two prostrations, so whoever does not prostrate during its recitation, should not recite it." Al-Dhahabi remained silent about it in his summary.  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «فُضِّلَتْ سُورَةُ الْحَجِّ بِسَجْدَتَيْنِ فَمَنْ لَمْ يَسْجُدْهُمَا فَلَا يَقْرَأْهُمَا» سكت عنه الذهبي في التلخيص  

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ prayed the noon prayer, so we assumed that he recited the chapter of prostration.  

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ «صَلَّى الظُّهْرَ فَظَنَنَّا أَنَّهُ قَرَأَ تَنْزِيلَ السَّجْدَةَ»  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, spent a night at my place. I noticed that he was missing, so I thought he had gone to some of his wives. I searched for him and found him in prostration. I placed my hand on him and heard him saying, "Forgive me for what I have concealed and what I have made public."  

بَاتَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَيْلَةً عِنْدِي قَالَتْ فَفَقَدْتُهُ فَظَنَنْتُهُ أَنَّهُ ذَهَبَ إِلَى بَعْضِ نِسَائِهِ قَالَتْ فَالْتَمَسْتُهُ فَانْتَهَيْتُ إِلَيْهِ وَهُوَ سَاجِدٌ فَوَضَعْتُ يَدِي عَلَيْهِ فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ «اغْفِرْ لِي مَا أَسْرَرْتُ وَمَا أَعْلَنْتُ»  

[Machine] "We used to sit with the Prophet ﷺ , and he would recite the Quran. Sometimes, he would come across a verse that required prostration, and he would prostrate, and we would prostrate with him."  

كُنَّا نَجْلِسُ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ «فَيَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ فَرُبَّمَا مَرَّ بِسَجْدَةٍ فَيَسْجُدُ وَنَسْجُدُ مَعَهُ»  

[Machine] When it was the day of Badr, I fought in a battle for a while, then I came quickly to see what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was doing. I found him prostrating and saying, "O Ever Living, O Sustainer." He did not say anything else, so I returned to the battle. Then I came back and found him prostrating and saying the same. I returned to the battle again, then came back and found him prostrating and saying the same. He continued saying that until Allah granted him victory.  

لَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ بَدْرٍ قَاتَلْتُ شَيْئًا مِنْ قِتَالٍ ثُمَّ جِئْتُ مُسْرِعًا لِأَنْظُرَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا فَعَلَ فَجِئْتُ فَأَجِدُهُ وَهُوَ سَاجِدٌ يَقُولُ «يَا حَيُّ يَا قَيُّومُ» لَا يَزِيدُ عَلَيْهَا فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَى الْقِتَالِ ثُمَّ جِئْتُ وَهُوَ سَاجِدٌ يَقُولُ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ ذَهَبْتُ إِلَى الْقِتَالِ ثُمَّ جِئْتُ وَهُوَ سَاجِدٌ يَقُولُ ذَلِكَ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ يَقُولُ ذَلِكَ حَتَّى فَتَحَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ  

[Machine] "I entered the mosque and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was leaving the mosque. I followed him walking behind him, and he did not notice until he entered a date palm grove and faced the direction of the Qibla and prostrated. He prolonged his prostration while I was behind him, until I thought that Allah had taken his soul. So, I approached him walking until I reached him and I lowered my head to look at his face. He raised his head and said, 'What is the matter, O Abdur Rahman?' I said, 'When you prolonged the prostration, O Messenger of Allah, I feared that your soul had been taken, so I came to look.' He said, 'When I entered the date palm grove, I met Jibril, who said to me, "I bring you glad tidings that Allah says: 'Whoever sends his Salam upon you, I will send my Salam upon him, and whoever performs prayer upon you, I will perform prayer upon him.'"'"  

دَخَلْتُ الْمَسْجِدَ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ خَارِجٌ مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ فَتَبِعْتُهُ أَمْشِي وَرَاءَهُ وَهُوَ لَا يَشْعُرُ حَتَّى دَخَلَ نَخْلًا فَاسْتَقْبَلَ الْقِبْلَةَ فَسَجَدَ فَأَطَالَ السُّجُودَ وَأَنَا وَرَاءَهُ حَتَّى ظَنَنْتُ أَنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ تَوَفَّاهُ فَأَقْبَلْتُ أَمْشِي حَتَّى جِئْتُهُ فَطَأْطَأْتُ رَأْسِي أَنْظُرُ فِي وَجْهِهِ فَرَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ فَقَالَ «مَا لَكَ يَا عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ» فَقُلْتُ لَمَّا أَطَلْتَ السُّجُودَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ خَشِيتُ أَنْ يَكُونَ تُوُفِّيَ نَفْسُكَ فَجِئْتُ أَنْظُرُ فَقَالَ إِنِّي لَمَّا دَخَلْتُ النَّخْلَ لَقِيتُ جِبْرِيلَ فَقَالَ إِنِّي أُبَشِّرُكَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ يَقُولُ مَنْ سَلَّمَ عَلَيْكَ سَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ وَمَنْ صَلَّى عَلَيْكَ صَلَّيْتُ عَلَيْهِ «»  

It was narrated from ‘Amr bin ‘As that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ taught him fifteen prostrations in the Qur’an, including three in the Mufassal and two in Al-Hajj. (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1057)   

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَقْرَأَهُ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ سَجْدَةً فِي الْقُرْآنِ ثَلَاثَةً فِي الْمُفَصَّلِ وَسُورَةِ الْحَجِّ سَجْدَتَيْنِ «»  

[Machine] The translation of the given text into English is: "When the Prophet ﷺ finished reciting Surah Al-Fatiha, he raised his voice and said, 'Ameen.'"  

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا فَرَغَ مِنْ أُمِّ الْقُرْآنِ رَفَعَ صَوْتَهُ فَقَالَ «آمِينَ»  

[Machine] Abu Hurayrah complained or disappeared, so Abu Sa'eed al-Khudri prayed for us and he raised his voice with the takbeer when he started the prayer, and when he bowed, and when he said "Sami'a Allahu liman hamidah" (Allah hears those who praise Him), and when he raised his head from sujood (prostration), and when he prostrated, and when he raised from prostration, and when he stood up after the two rak'ahs until he completed his prayer in that manner. It was said to him, "Indeed, the people have differed in your prayer." So he came out and stood on the pulpit and said, "O people, I swear by Allah, I do not care if your prayers differ or not. This is how I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ praying."  

اشْتَكَى أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ أَوْ غَابَ فَصَلَّى لَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيُّ فَجَهَرَ بِالتَّكْبِيرِ حِينَ افْتَتَحَ الصَّلَاةَ وَحِينَ رَكَعَ وَحِينَ قَالَ سَمِعَ اللَّهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ وَحِينَ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ السُّجُودِ وَحِينَ سَجَدَ وَحِينَ رَفَعَ وَحِينَ قَامَ مِنَ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ حَتَّى قَضَى صَلَاتَهُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ فَقِيلَ لَهُ إِنَّ النَّاسَ قَدِ اخْتَلَفُوا فِي صَلَاتِكَ فَخَرَجَ فَقَامَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ وَقَالَ «أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنِّي وَاللَّهِ مَا أُبَالِي اخْتَلَفَتْ صَلَاتُكُمْ أَوْ لَمْ تَخْتَلِفْ هَكَذَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي»  

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to separate his fingers when he performed the ruku' (bowing) position.  

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا رَكَعَ فَرَّجَ بَيْنَ أَصَابِعِهِ «»  

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ taught us the prayer. He stood up and said the takbir, and when he wanted to bow, he put his hands together and put his hands between his knees and bowed." News of that reached Sa'd and he said: "My brother has spoken the truth. We used to do that, then we were commanded to do this," meaning to hold the knees. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1031)  

عَلَّمَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الصَّلَاةَ قَالَ «فَكَبَّرَ فَلَمَّا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَرْكَعَ طَبَّقَ يَدَيْهِ بَيْنَ رُكْبَتَيْهِ فَرَكَعَ» قَالَ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ سَعْدًا فَقَالَ صَدَقَ أَخِي كُنَّا نَفْعَلُ هَذَا ثُمَّ أُمِرْنَا بِهَذَا يَعْنِي الْإِمْسَاكَ بِالرُّكَبِ  

[Machine] "Tell us about the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , so he stood in front of us in the mosque. He said the Takbeer (Allahu Akbar) and when he went into the bowing position, he said the Takbeer and placed his hands on his knees, with his fingers below them, and then straightened his back to stand up again. This is how we saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ do it."  

حَدِّثْنَا عَنْ صَلَاةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَامَ بَيْنَ أَيْدِينَا فِي الْمَسْجِدِ «فَكَبَّرَ فَلَمَّا رَكَعَ كَبَّرَ وَوَضَعَ رَاحَتَيْهِ عَلَى رُكْبَتَيْهِ وَجَعَلَ أَصَابِعَهُ أَسْفَلَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ جَافَى مِرْفَقَيْهِ» ثُمَّ قَالَ هَكَذَا رَأَيْنَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَفْعَلُ  

[Machine] Translation: We have the messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "Place it in your bowing."  

لَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «اجْعَلُوهَا فِي رُكُوعِكُمْ»  

When "Glorify the name of your mighty Lord" was revealed, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Use it when bowing, and when "Glorify the name of your most high Lord" was revealed, he said: Use it when prostrating yourself. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 869)   

لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ {فَسَبِّحْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الْعَظِيمِ} [الواقعة 74] قَالَ لَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «اجْعَلُوهَا فِي رُكُوعِكُمْ» فَلَمَّا نَزَلَتْ {سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى} [الأعلى 1] قَالَ لَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «اجْعَلُوهَا فِي سُجُودِكُمْ»  

[Machine] Al-Qa'nabi praised what was recited by Malik and Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Salamah informed me, narrating from Uthman ibn Sa'id al-Darimi, who narrated from Yahya ibn Bukayr, who narrated from Malik, and Ahmad ibn Ja'far informed us, narrating from Abdullah ibn Ahmad ibn Hanbal, who narrated from his father, who said: I read upon Abdurrahman ibn Mahdi from Malik, from Nuaim ibn Abdullah al-Mujmir, from Ali ibn Yahya ibn Khalbadd al-Zurqi, from his father, from Rifaa'ah ibn Rafa', from whom he narrated that he said: "One day, we were praying with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . When he raised his head from the prostration, he said, 'Allah listens to the one who praises Him.' A man said, 'Our Lord, to You belongs all praise, abundant, pure, blessed, and plentiful.' When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ finished, he said, 'Who spoke earlier?' The man said, 'It was me, O Messenger of Allah.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'I saw thirty-two angels competing to write it down.'"  

ثنا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ فِيمَا قُرِئَ عَلَى مَالِكٍ وَأَخْبَرَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الدَّارِمِيُّ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ ثنا مَالِكٌ وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ثنا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي قَالَ قَرَأْتُ عَلَى عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ مَهْدِيٍّ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ نُعَيْمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْمُجْمِرِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ خَلَّادٍ الزُّرَقِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ رِفَاعَةَ بْنِ رَافِعٍ الزُّرَقِيِّ أَنَّهُ قَالَ كُنَّا يَوْمًا نُصَلِّي مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَلَمَّا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرَّكْعَةِ قَالَ «سَمِعَ اللَّهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ» قَالَ رَجُلٌ رَبَّنَا وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ حَمْدًا كَثِيرًا طَيِّبًا مُبَارَكًا فِيهِ جَزِيلًا فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنِ الْمُتَكَلِّمُ آنِفًا؟» قَالَ الرَّجُلُ أَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ بِضْعًا وَثَلَاثِينَ مَلَكًا يَبْتَدِرُونَهَا أَيُّهُمْ يَكْتُبُهَا»  

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ recited the supplication (Qunut) daily for a month at the noon, afternoon, sunset, night and morning prayers. When he said: "Allah listens to him who praises Him" in the last rak'ah, invoking a curse on some clans of Banu Sulaym, Ri'l, Dhakwan and Usayyah, and those who were standing behind him said: Amen. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1443)   

قَنَتَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ شَهْرًا مُتَتَابِعًا فِي الظُّهْرِ وَالْعَصْرِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ وَالْعِشَاءِ وَالصُّبْحِ فِي دُبُرِ كُلِّ صَلَاةٍ إِذَا قَالَ «سَمِعَ اللَّهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ» صَلَّى الرَّكْعَةَ الْآخِرَةَ يَدْعُو عَلَى حَيٍّ مِنْ بَنِي سُلَيْمٍ عَلَى رِعْلٍ وَذَكْوَانَ وَعُصَيَّةَ وَيُؤَمِّنُ مَنْ خَلْفَهُ وَكَانَ أَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِمْ يَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَى الْإِسْلَامِ فَقَتَلُوهُمْ قَالَ عِكْرِمَةُ هَذَا مِفْتَاحُ الْقُنُوتِ  

It was narrated from ‘Alqamah that Ibn Mas’ud prostrated twice for the prostrations of forgetfulness after the Salam, and he mentioned that the Prophet ﷺ did that.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1218)   

وَقَالَ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ