Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 576
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 صلى الله عليه وسلم النَّجْمَ فَلَمْ يَسْجُدْ فِيهَا . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ . وَتَأَوَّلَ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ فَقَالَ إِنَّمَا تَرَكَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم السُّجُودَ لأَنَّ زَيْدَ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ حِينَ قَرَأَ فَلَمْ يَسْجُدْ لَمْ يَسْجُدِ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم . 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 صلى الله عليه وسلم النَّجْمَ فَلَمْ يَسْجُدْ فِيهَا . فَقَالُوا لَوْ كَانَتِ السَّجْدَةُ وَاجِبَةً لَمْ يَتْرُكِ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم زَيْدًا حَتَّى كَانَ يَسْجُدُ وَيَسْجُدُ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم . 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 .
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Yahya ibn Musa told us: Waki told us, from Ibn Abi Dhib, from Yazid ibn Abdullah ibn Qusayt, from Ata ibn Yasar, from Zayd ibn Thabit, who said: I recited Surat al-Najm to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and he did not prostrate during it. Abu Isa said: The hadith of Zayd ibn Thabit is hasan sahih. Some scholars interpreted this hadith to mean that the Prophet refrained from prostrating because Zayd ibn Thabit did not prostrate when he recited it. They said that prostration is obligatory for anyone who hears the verse and allowed no omission: if a person hears it while not in a state of ablution, then after performing ablution, he should prostrate. This is the view of Sufyan al-Thawri, the scholars of Kufa, and Ishaq. Other scholars said the prostration is for whoever wishes to perform it and seek its virtue, and they allowed leaving it if one so chooses. They cited the Prophetic report of Zayd ibn Thabit, who said: I recited Surat al-Najm to the Prophet, and he did not prostrate during it. They argued that if the prostration were obligatory, the Prophet would not have let Zayd omit it, and the Prophet himself would have prostrated. They also cited the report that Umar recited a verse of prostration from the pulpit, then descended and prostrated. The following Friday he recited it again, and the people prepared to prostrate. He said: “It has not been prescribed for us unless we choose to do so.” He did not prostrate, and neither did they. Some scholars adopted this view, including al-Shafii and Ahmad.