Sunan Abu Dawud Book #7 - The Book of the Prostrations of the Qur’an

The Book of the Prostrations of the Qur’an from Sunan Abu Dawud

1401 It was reported from Al-Harith bin Sa’eed Al-‘Utaqi, from ‘Abdullah bin Munain of Banu ‘Abdu Kulal, from ‘Amr bin Al-‘As that the Prophet (saw) taught him fifteen prostrations in the Qur’an. Of these, three were in the Mufassal, and two prostrations in Surat Al-Hajj. (Da’if)

Abu Dawud said: Eleven prostrations has been related from Abu Ad-Darda’, from the Prophet (saw), in the Qur’an, but its chain is weak.

1402 ‘Uqbah bin ‘Amir narrated: “I asked the Messenger of Allah (saw): ‘Are there two prostrations in Surat Al-Hajj?’ He said: ‘Yes, and whoever does not prostrate these two prostrations, then let him not recite them.’” (Hasan)

1403 Ibn ‘Abbas narrated: “The Messenger of Allah (saw) did not prostrate in any (Surah) of the Mufassal since he came to Al-Madinah.” (Da’if)

1404 It was reported from ‘Ata’ bin Yasar, from Zaid bin Thabit, who said: “I recited Surat An-Najm to the Messenger of Allah (saw), and he did not prostrate in it.” (Sahih)

1405 (Another chain) from Kharijah bin Zaid bin Thabit, from his father, from the Prophet (saw), in meaning. (Sahih)

Abu Dawud said: Zaid was the Imam, (similar to no. 1404) thus he did not prostrate after (reciting) it.

1406 It was reported from Al-Aswad, from ‘Abdullah, that the Messenger of Allah (saw) once recited Surat An-Najm and prostrated in it. There was no one present except that they also prostrated with him. But one man among them took a handful of stones, or sand, and raised it to his face, and said: ‘This suffices me.’ And I saw him after that – he was killed as a disbeliever.” (Sahih)

1407 Abu Hurairah narrated: “We prostrated with the Messenger of Allah (saw) in ‘When the heaven is split asunder’ [Al-Inshiqaq (84)] and ‘Read! In the Name of your Lord who created. [Al-‘Alaq (96)]’” (Sahih)

1408 It was reported from Abu Rafi’ who said: “We prayed the night prayer with Abu Hurairah. He recited: ‘When the heaven is split asunder’ [Al-Inshiqaq (84)] and then prostrated. I said: ‘What is this prostration?’ He replied: ‘I prostrated this prostration when I was (praying) behind Abul-Qasim (the Prophet (saw)), so I will continue prostrating until I meet Him.’” (Sahih)

1409 Ibn ‘Abbas said: “The (prostration) of Surat Sad is not as obligatory one, and I saw the Messenger of Allah (saw) prostrate in it.” (Sahih)

1410 Abu Sa’eed Al-Khudri said: “Once, the Messenger of Allah (saw) recited Surat Sad while he was on the Minbar. When he reached (the Verse which has) the prostration, he descended and prostrated, and the people prostrated with him. On another day, he also recited it, so the people got ready to prostrate. (Seeing this,) the Messenger of Allah (saw) said: ‘This was only the repentance of a Prophet! But I have seen that you have prepared yourselves for prostration,’ and he descended and prostrated, and they prostrated along with him.” (Hasan)

1411 It was reported from Mus’ab bin Thabit bin ‘Abdullah bin Az-Zubair, from Nafi’, from Ibn ‘Umar that the Messenger of Allah (saw) recited (a Verse of) prostration in the Year of the Conquest, so all the people prostrated – those who were riding prostrated such that they prostrated on their hands, (and those who were not) did so on the earth.” (Da’if)

1412 It was reported from ‘Ubaidullah, from Nafi’, from Ibn Umar who said: “The Messenger of Allah (saw) would recite a Surah to us,” Ibn Numair (one of the narrators) said: “outside of the prayer” – and then they were in accord – “and he would prostrate, so we would prostrate with him, so much so that some of us would not find space to place our foreheads.” (Sahih)

1413 It was reported from ‘Abdur-Razzaq, that ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar informed them, from Nafi’, from Ibn ‘Umar who said: “The Messenger of Allah (saw) would recite the Qur’an to us. When he came across (a Verse of) prostration, he would say the Takbir and prostrate, and we would prostrate as well.” (Hasan)

‘Abdur-Razzaq said: “Ath-Thawri used to like this Hadith.”

Abu Dawud said: He would like it, because it mentions that he said the Takbir.

1414 ‘Aishah said: “The Messenger of Allah (saw) would say in his prostration of the Qur’an at night: Sajada wajhia li-lladhi khalaqahu wa shaqqa sam’ahu wa basarahu bihawlihi wa quwwatihi (My face has prostrated to the One that has created it, and fashioned its hearing and seeing with His ability, and His power) He would say this more than once.” (Da’if)

1415 Abu Tamimah Al-Hujaimi said: “After we had sent a group of riders – Abu Dawud said: “meaning to Al-Madinah” – I would exhort the people after the morning prayer, and then prostrate. Ibn ‘Umar prohibited me from doing so three times, but I did not stop. He then said: ‘I prayed behind the Messenger of Allah (saw), and Abu Bakr, and ‘Umar, and ‘Uthman, and they would not prostrate until the sun had risen.’” (Da’if)