7/6. Chapter:
Sunan Abi Dawud 1411 — Group Prostration
A Person On A Mount Hears A Verse Of Prostration, Or Someone Who Is Not Praying (Should He Prostrate?)
Group Sujud Tilawah Hadith During Qur'an Recitation
Sunan Abi Dawud : 1411
Sunan Abi DawudHadith Number 1411
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ أَبُو الْجُمَاهِرِ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ - عَنْ مُصْعَبِ بْنِ ثَابِتِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَرَأَ عَامَ الْفَتْحِ سَجْدَةً فَسَجَدَ النَّاسُ كُلُّهُمْ مِنْهُمُ الرَّاكِبُ وَالسَّاجِدُ فِي الأَرْضِ حَتَّى إِنَّ الرَّاكِبَ لَيَسْجُدُ عَلَى يَدِهِ .
`Abdullah bin `Umar Narrated from:
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 themselves on the ground, and those who were mounted prostrated themselves on their hands.
Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 1411In-book reference : Book 7, Hadith 11English translation : Book 7, Hadith 1406
Summary of Sunan Abi Dawud Hadith 1411
This hadith shows a large group responding to a verse of prostration. Abdullah ibn Umar reports that in the year of Conquest, the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم recited a verse at which prostration should be made, and all the people prostrated. Some were mounted, some prostrated on the ground, and those mounted prostrated on their hands. The hadith is useful for searches such as group sujud tilawah hadith, prostration while riding hadith, and verse of prostration in Quran. The text does not name the exact verse, so the explanation should not guess it. The clear message is that the people responded together to the verse, each according to the position described in the report.
What we learn from this hadith
- The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم recited a verse at which prostration should be made.
- All the people in the report prostrated.
- Some were mounted, and some were on the ground.
- Those who were mounted prostrated on their hands as described in the text.
