Volume 2, Book 19, Number 178:
Narrated ‘Ata’ bin Yasar:
I asked Zaid bin Thabit about prostration on which he said that he had recited An-Najm before
the Prophet, yet he (the Prophet) had not performed a prostration.
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Volume 2, Book 19, Number 179:
Narrated Zaid bin Thabit:
I recited An-Najm before the Prophet, yet he did not perform a prostration.
Volume 2, Book 19, Number 180:
Narrated Abu Salma:
I saw Abu Huraira reciting Idha-Sama’ un-Shaqqat and he prostrated during its recitation. I asked
Abu Huraira, “Didn’t I see you prostrating?” Abu Huraira said, “Had I not seen the Prophet prostrat –
ing, I would not have prostrated.”
Volume 2, Book 19, Number 181:
Narrated Ibn Umar:
When the Prophet recited a Sura that contained the prostration he would prostrate and we would
do the same and some of us (because of the heavy rush) could not find a place for prostration.
Volume 2, Book 19, Number 173:
Narrated ‘Abdullah bin Masud:
The Prophet recited Suratan-Najm (103) at Mecca and prostrated while reciting it and those who
were with him did the same except an old man who took a handful of small stones or earth and lif –
ted it to his forehead and said, “This is sufficient for me.” Later on, I saw him killed as a non-believer.