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tabarani:4829 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbdūs b. Kāmil And Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar al-Rāzī > ʿAlī b. al-Jaʿd > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > Yazīd b. ʿAbdullāh b. Qusayṭ > ʿAṭāʾ b. Yasār > Zayd b. Thābit

[AI] I read with the Prophet ﷺ from the Quranic chapter known as "An-Najm" and he did not prostrate.

الطبراني:٤٨٢٩ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدُوسِ بْنِ كَامِلٍ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الرَّازِيُّ قَالَا ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْجَعْدِ ثنا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ قُسَيْطٍ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ

«قَرَأْتُ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِ النَّجْمِ فَلَمْ يَسْجُدْ»

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bukhari:1073 – Ādam b. Abū Iyās > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > Yazīd b. ʿAbdullāh b. Qusayṭ > ʿAṭāʾ b. Yasār > Zayd b. Thābit

I recited An-Najm before the Prophet, yet he did not perform a prostration.

البخاري:١٠٧٣ – حَدَّثَنَا آدَمُ بْنُ أَبِي إِيَاسٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ قُسَيْطٍ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ

قَرَأْتُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ {وَالنَّجْمِ} فَلَمْ يَسْجُدْ فِيهَا

abudawud:1404 – Hannād b. al-Sarī > Wakīʿ > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > Yazīd b. ʿAbdullāh b. Qusayṭ > ʿAṭāʾ b. Yasār > Zayd b. Thābit

"I recited to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ (Surat) An-Najm and he did not prostrate in it."

أبو داود:١٤٠٤ – حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ قُسَيْطٍ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ

قَرَأْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ النَّجْمَ فَلَمْ يَسْجُدْ فِيهَا

tirmidhi:576 – Yaḥyá b. Mūsá > Wakīʿ > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > Yazīd b. ʿAbdullāh b. Qusayṭ > ʿAṭāʾ b. Yasār > Zayd b. Thābit

"I recited Surat An-Najm to the Messenger of Allah, and he did not prostrate for it."

[AI] Abu ‘Isa said: The hadith of Zayd ibn Thabit is a hasan sahih hadith. Some of the people of knowledge interpreted this hadith and said: The Prophet ﷺ only refrained from prostrating because, when Zayd ibn Thabit recited and did not prostrate, the Prophet ﷺ did not prostrate. They said: The prostration is obligatory upon whoever hears it, and they did not allow leaving it. They said: If a man hears it while he is not in a state of ablution, then when he performs ablution he should prostrate. This is the view of Sufyan al-Thawri and the people of Kufa, and it is also the view held by Ishaq.

Some of the people of knowledge said: The prostration is only upon one who wants to prostrate during it and seeks its virtue, and they allowed leaving it if one wishes. They used as evidence the marfu‘ hadith of Zayd ibn Thabit, in which he said: “I recited Surat al-Najm to the Prophet ﷺ, and he did not prostrate in it.” They said: If the prostration were obligatory, the Prophet ﷺ would not have left Zayd until he prostrated and the Prophet ﷺ prostrated as well.

They also used as evidence the hadith of ‘Umar: that he recited a verse of prostration on the pulpit, then descended and prostrated. Then he recited it on the following Friday, and the people prepared to prostrate, so he said: “It has not been prescribed upon us unless we wish.” So he did not prostrate, and they did not prostrate. Some of the people of knowledge adopted this view, and it is the view of al-Shafi‘i and Ahmad.

الترمذي:٥٧٦ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ مُوسَى حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ قُسَيْطٍ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ

قَرَأْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ النَّجْمَ فَلَمْ يَسْجُدْ فِيهَا

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ وَتَأَوَّلَ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ فَقَالَ إِنَّمَا تَرَكَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ السُّجُودَ لأَنَّ زَيْدَ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ حِينَ قَرَأَ فَلَمْ يَسْجُدْ لَمْ يَسْجُدِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَقَالُوا السَّجْدَةُ وَاجِبَةٌ عَلَى مَنْ سَمِعَهَا فَلَمْ يُرَخِّصُوا فِي تَرْكِهَا وَقَالُوا إِنْ سَمِعَ الرَّجُلُ وَهُوَ عَلَى غَيْرِ وُضُوءٍ فَإِذَا تَوَضَّأَ سَجَدَ وَهُوَ قَوْلُ سُفْيَانَ الثَّوْرِيِّ وَأَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ وَبِهِ يَقُولُ إِسْحَاقُ وَقَالَ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ إِنَّمَا السَّجْدَةُ عَلَى مَنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَسْجُدَ فِيهَا وَالْتَمَسَ فَضْلَهَا وَرَخَّصُوا فِي تَرْكِهَا إِنْ أَرَادَ ذَلِكَ وَاحْتَجُّوا بِالْحَدِيثِ الْمَرْفُوعِ حَدِيثِ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ حَيْثُ قَالَ قَرَأْتُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ النَّجْمَ فَلَمْ يَسْجُدْ فِيهَا فَقَالُوا لَوْ كَانَتِ السَّجْدَةُ وَاجِبَةً لَمْ يَتْرُكِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ زَيْدًا حَتَّى كَانَ يَسْجُدُ وَيَسْجُدُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَاحْتَجُّوا بِحَدِيثِ عُمَرَ أَنَّهُ قَرَأَ سَجْدَةً عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ فَنَزَلَ فَسَجَدَ ثُمَّ قَرَأَهَا فِي الْجُمُعَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ فَتَهَيَّأَ النَّاسُ لِلسُّجُودِ فَقَالَ إِنَّهَا لَمْ تُكْتَبْ عَلَيْنَا إِلاَّ أَنْ نَشَاءَ فَلَمْ يَسْجُدْ وَلَمْ يَسْجُدُوا فَذَهَبَ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ إِلَى هَذَا وَهُوَ قَوْلُ الشَّافِعِيِّ وَأَحْمَدَ

darimi:1513 – ʿUbaydullāh b. Mūsá > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > Yazīd b. ʿAbdullāh b. Qusayṭ > ʿAṭāʾ b. Yasār > Zayd b. Thābit

"I recited to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ (Surat) An-Najm and he did not prostrate in it." (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1404)

الدارمي:١٥١٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُوسَى عَنْ ابْنِ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ قُسَيْطٍ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ

«قَرَأْتُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَالنَّجْمِ فَلَمْ يَسْجُدْ فِيهَا»

ahmad:21591 – Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > Yazīd b. Qusayṭ > ʿAṭāʾ b. Yasār > Zayd b. Thābit

I recited An-Najm before the Prophet, yet he did not perform a prostration. (Using translation from Bukhārī 1073)

أحمد:٢١٥٩١ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ قُسَيْطٍ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍعَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ

قَرَأْتُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ النَّجْمَ فَلَمْ يَسْجُدْ

ahmad:21623 – Wakīʿ Wayazīd > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > Yazīd b. ʿAbdullāh b. Qusayṭ > ʿAṭāʾ b. Yasār > Zayd b. Thābit > Wa-al-Nnajm Falam Yasjud Fīhā

[AI] Yazeed, I read with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ .

أحمد:٢١٦٢٣ – حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ وَيَزِيدُ قَالَا أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ قُسَيْطٍ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ قَرَأْتُ وَالنَّجْمِ فَلَمْ يَسْجُدْ فِيهَا قَالَ

يَزِيدُ قَرَأْتُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ

ذِكْرُ إِبَاحَةِ تَرْكِ السُّجُودِ عِنْدَ قِرَاءَةِ سُورَةِ: وَالنَّجْمِ

ibnhibban:2762 – al-Ṣūfī

"I recited to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ (Surat) An-Najm and he did not prostrate in it." (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1404)

ابن حبّان:٢٧٦٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا الصُّوفِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْجَعْدِ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ قُسَيْطٍ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ

«قَرَأْتُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ النَّجْمَ فَلَمْ يَسْجُدْ»

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ سُجُودَ الْمَرْءِ عِنْدَ الْقِرَاءَةِ فِي الْمَوَاضِعِ الْمَعْلُومَةِ مِنْ كِتَابِ اللَّهِ لَيْسَ بِفَرْضٍ

ibnhibban:2769 – Muḥammad b. Isḥāq b. Khuzaymah > Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Yaḥyá And ʿUthmān b. ʿUmar > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > Ibn Qusayṭ > ʿAṭāʾ b. Yasār > Zayd b. Thābit

I recited An-Najm before the Prophet, yet he did not perform a prostration. (Using translation from Bukhārī 1073)

ابن حبّان:٢٧٦٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ خُزَيْمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى وَعُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنِ ابْنِ قُسَيْطٍ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ

«قَرَأْتُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ النَّجْمَ فَلَمْ يَسْجُدْ»

bazzar:1469 –
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البزّار:١٤٦٩ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ نا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ نا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَرَأَ النَّجْمَ فَسَجَدَ

tabarani:4853 – Abū Yazīd al-Qarāṭīsī And Yaḥyá b. Ayyūb al-ʿAllāf > Saʿīd b. Abū Maryam > Ibn Abū al-Zinād And Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > Abū al-Zinād > Khārijah b. Zayd b. Thābit

[AI] "The Mosque of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ."

الطبراني:٤٨٥٣ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو يَزِيدَ الْقَرَاطِيسِيُّ وَيَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ الْعَلَّافُ قَالَا ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ ثنا ابْنُ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ وَسُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ قَالَا ثنا أَبُو الزِّنَادِ عَنْ خَارِجَةَ بْنِ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ فِي قَوْلِ اللهَ ﷻ §لَمَسْجِدٌ أُسِّسَ عَلَى التَّقْوَى قَالَ

«مَسْجِدُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ»

nasai-kubra:1034 – ʿAlī b. Ḥujr > Ismāʿīl > Yazīd / Ibn Khuṣayfah > Yazīd b. ʿAbdullāh b. Qusayṭ > ʿAṭāʾ b. Yasār

[AI] "He read to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, 'And the star when it descends, it does not prostrate.'"

الكبرى للنسائي:١٠٣٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ عَنْ يَزِيدَ وَهُوَ ابْنُ خُصَيْفَةَ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ قُسَيْطٍ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ أَنَّهُ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ زَيْدَ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ عَنِ الْقِرَاءَةِ مَعَ الْإِمَامِ؟ فَقَالَ «§لَا قِرَاءَةَ مَعَ الْإِمَامِ فِي شَيْءٍ وَزَعَمَ

أَنَّهُ قَرَأَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَالنَّجْمُ إِذَا هَوَى فَلَمْ يَسْجُدْ»