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muslim:578dMuḥammad b. Rumḥ > al-Layth > Yazīd b. Abū Ḥabīb > Ṣafwān b. Sulaym > ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Aʿraj a freed slave of Banī Makhzūm > Abū Hurayrah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prostrated himself (while reciting these verses)." When the heaven burst asunder" ;" Read in the name of Thy Lord".  

مسلم:٥٧٨dوَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رُمْحٍ أَخْبَرَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ سُلَيْمٍ

عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الأَعْرَجِ مَوْلَى بَنِي مَخْزُومٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ سَجَدَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي { إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انْشَقَّتْ} وَ { اقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ}  


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ahmad:9859Ḥajjāj > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb And ʾAbū al-Naḍr > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. ʿAyyāsh > ʿUmar b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The passage translates to: "It is narrated from the Prophet ﷺ that he prostrated when the sky split open."  

أحمد:٩٨٥٩حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ وَأَبُو النَّضْرِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ عَيَّاشٍ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ سَجَدَ فِي إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انْشَقَّتْ  

ahmad:9939ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Sufyān > Ayyūb b. Mūsá > ʿAṭāʾ b. Mīnāʾ > Abū Hurayrah

We prostrated ourselves along with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on account of: "When the sky is rent asunder" and "Recite in the name of Your Lord Who created" (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1407)  

أحمد:٩٩٣٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ بْنِ مُوسَى عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ مِينَاءَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

سَجَدْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انْشَقَّتْ وَاقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ  

ahmad:7396Sufyān > Ayyūb b. Mūsá > ʿAṭāʾ b. Mīnāʾ > Abū Hurayrah

"We prostrated with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ during: When the heaven is split asunder and Read! In the Name of your Lord." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 963)   

أحمد:٧٣٩٦حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ أَخْبَرَنَا أَيُّوبُ بْنُ مُوسَى عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ مِينَاءَ

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ سَجَدْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انْشَقَّتْ وَاقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ