Sahih Muslim

Sahih Muslim 576

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الأَسْوَدَ، يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَّهُ قَرَأَ ‏‏{‏ وَالنَّجْمِ‏}‏ فَسَجَدَ فِيهَا وَسَجَدَ مَنْ كَانَ مَعَهُ غَيْرَ أَنَّ شَيْخًا أَخَذَ كَفًّا مِنْ حَصًى أَوْ تُرَابٍ فَرَفَعَهُ إِلَى جَبْهَتِهِ وَقَالَ يَكْفِينِي هَذَا ‏.‏ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُهُ بَعْدُ قُتِلَ كَافِرًا ‏.‏

Translation

Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna and Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us; they said: Muhammad ibn Ja‘far narrated to us; Shu‘bah narrated to us, from Abu Ishaq, who said: I heard al-Aswad narrating from Abdullah, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), that he recited “By the star when it sets” (Qur’an 53:1) and prostrated during it, and those with him prostrated as well. But an old man took a handful of pebbles or dust, raised it to his forehead, and said, “This is enough for me.” Abdullah said: I later saw him killed as an unbeliever.