Sunan Abi Dawud · Book 7

كتاب سجود القرآن

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Prostration while reciting the Quran

15 hadith · 8 chapters

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1باب تَفْرِيعِ أَبْوَابِ السُّجُودِ وَكَمْ سَجْدَةٍ فِي الْقُرْآنِChapter: How Many Places Are There In The Qur’an Where Prostration Is Required.2باب مَنْ لَمْ يَرَ السُّجُودَ فِي الْمُفَصَّلِChapter: A View That There Is No Prostration In Mufassal Surahs.3باب مَنْ رَأَى فِيهَا السُّجُودَChapter: A View That There Is Prostration In Mufassal Surahs.4باب السُّجُودِ فِي ‏{‏ إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انْشَقَّتْ ‏}‏ وَ ‏{‏ اقْرَأْ ‏}‏Chapter: Prostration In Surah’s Inshiqaq And Iqra’.5باب السُّجُودِ فِي ‏{‏ ص ‏}‏Chapter: The Prostration In Surah Sad.6باب فِي الرَّجُلِ يَسْمَعُ السَّجْدَةَ وَهُوَ رَاكِبٌ وَفِي غَيْرِ الصَّلاَةِChapter: A Person On A Mount Hears A Verse Of Prostration, Or Someone Who Is Not Praying (Should He Prostrate?).7باب مَا يَقُولُ إِذَا سَجَدَChapter: What Should One Say In Prostration?8باب فِيمَنْ يَقْرَأُ السَّجْدَةَ بَعْدَ الصُّبْحِChapter: One Who Recites A Verse Of Prostration After Subh.

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Abu Dawud · 1401أَقْرَأَهُ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ سَجْدَةً فِي الْقُرْآنِ ، مِنْهَا ثَلَاثٌ فِي الْمُفَصَّلِ ، وَفِي سُورَةِ الْحَجِّ سَجْدَتَانِNarrated Amr ibn al-As: The Prophet ﷺ taught me fifteen prostrations while reciting the Quran, including three in al-Mufassal and two in Surah al-Hajj. Abu Dawud said: Abu al-Darda has reported eleven prostrations from t6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1402نَعَمْ ، وَمَنْ لَمْ يَسْجُدْهُمَا فَلَا يَقْرَأْهُمَاNarrated Uqbah ibn Amir: I said to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: Are there two prostrations in Surah al-Hajj? He replied: Yes; if anyone does not make two prostrations, he should not recite them.5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1403لَمْ يَسْجُدْ فِي شَيْءٍ مِنْ الْمُفَصَّلِ مُنْذُ تَحَوَّلَ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِNarrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not make a prostration at any verse in al-Mufassal from the time he moved to Madina.6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1404حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ ، عَنْ ابْنِ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ قُسَيْطٍ ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ ، قَالَ : قَرَأْتُ عَNarrated Zaid bin Thabit: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not make prostration at any verse in al-Mufassal from the time he moved to Madina.6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1405حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ السَّرْحِ ، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو صَخْرٍ ، عَنْ ابْنِ قُسَيْطٍ ، عَنْ خَارِجَةَ بْنِ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّThis tradition has also been transmitted by Zaid bin Thabit through a different chain of narrators to the same effect. Abu Dawud said: Zaid was imam (in a prayer) and he did not make prostration.6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1406قَرَأَ سُورَةَ النَّجْمِ فَسَجَدَ فِيهَا ، وَمَا بَقِيَ أَحَدٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ إِلَّا سَجَدَ ، فَأَخَذَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ كَفًّا مِنْ حَصًى أَوْ تُرَابٍ فَرَفَعَهُ إِلَى وَجْهِهِ ، وَقَالَ يَكْفِينِي هَذَاNarrated Abdullah (bin Masud): The Messenger of Allah ﷺ recited Surah al-Najm and prostrated himself. No one remained there who did not prostrate (along with him). A man from the people took a handful of pebbles or dust 5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1407سَجَدْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي : إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انْشَقَّتْ وَ اقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الَّذِي خَلَقَNarrated Abu Hurairah: 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"5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1408سَجَدْتُ بِهَا خَلْفَ أَبِي الْقَاسِمِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَلَا أَزَالُ أَسْجُدُ بِهَا حَتَّى أَلْقَاهُNarrated Abu Rafi: I offered the night prayer behind Abu Hurairah. He recited Surah Inshiqaq ("When the sky is rent asunder") and prostrated himself. I asked him: What is this prostration ? He replied: I prostrated mysel6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1409حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ ، حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ ، عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ، قَالَ : لَيْسَ ص مِنْ عَزَائِمِ السُّجُودِ ، وَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللّNarrated Ibn Abbas: A prostration when reciting Sad is not one of those which are divinely commanded, but I have seen Messenger of Allah ﷺ prostrate himself.5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1410إِنَّمَا هِيَ تَوْبَةُ نَبِيٍّ ، وَلَكِنِّي رَأَيْتُكُمْ تَشَزَّنْتُمْ لِلسُّجُودِ ، فَنَزَلَ ، فَسَجَدَ وَسَجَدُواNarrated Saeed al-Khudri: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ recited surah Sad on the pulpit. When he reached the place of prostration (in the surah), he descended and prostrated himself and the people prostrated with him. When th6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1411قَرَأَ عَامَ الْفَتْحِ سَجْدَةً ، فَسَجَدَ النَّاسُ كُلُّهُمْ ، مِنْهُمُ الرَّاكِبُ وَالسَّاجِدُ فِي الْأَرْضِ حَتَّى إِنَّ الرَّاكِبَ لَيَسْجُدُ عَلَى يَدِهِNarrated Abdullah ibn Umar: In the year of Conquest the Messenger of Allah ﷺ recited a verse at which a prostration should be made and all the people prostrated themselves. Some were mounted, and some were prostrating th5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1412كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقْرَأُ عَلَيْنَا السُّورَةَ ، قَالَ ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ : فِي غَيْرِ الصَّلَاةِ ، ثُمَّ اتَّفَقَا ، فَيَسْجُدُ وَنَسْجُدُ مَعَهُ حَتَّى لَا يَجِدَ أَحَدُنَا مَكَانًا لNarrated Ibn Umar: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ would recite to us a surah (according to the version of Ibn Numair) outside the prayer (the agreed version goes), then he would prostrate along with him, and none of us could f7 narrators·parallel chain