7/6. Chapter:
Sunan Abi Dawud 1412 — Crowded Prostration
A Person On A Mount Hears A Verse Of Prostration, Or Someone Who Is Not Praying (Should He Prostrate?)
Crowded Sujud Tilawah Hadith: Prostrating with the Prophet
Sunan Abi Dawud : 1412
Sunan Abi DawudHadith Number 1412
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبِي شُعَيْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ، - الْمَعْنَى - عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقْرَأُ عَلَيْنَا السُّورَةَ - قَالَ ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ فِي غَيْرِ الصَّلاَةِ ثُمَّ اتَّفَقَا - فَيَسْجُدُ وَنَسْجُدُ مَعَهُ حَتَّى لاَ يَجِدُ أَحَدُنَا مَكَانًا لِمَوْضِعِ جَبْهَتِهِ .
Ibn 'Umar Narrated from:
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 find a place for his forehead.
[1] Meaning the narrators, since the author heard this from two different narrators.Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 1412In-book reference : Book 7, Hadith 12English translation : Book 7, Hadith 1407
Summary of Sunan Abi Dawud Hadith 1412
This hadith gives a simple picture of people following the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم in sujud tilawah. Ibn Umar says the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم would recite a surah to them, and according to one version this happened outside the prayer. Then he would prostrate, and they would prostrate with him until none of them could find a place for his forehead. For searches like sujud tilawah outside prayer, crowded prostration hadith, and prostrating with the Prophet, this narration highlights the shared response to Qur'an recitation. The text does not name the surah or give a separate rule for every case. It simply reports the Prophet's action and the people's close following of it.
What we learn from this hadith
- The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم recited a surah and then prostrated.
- The people prostrated along with him.
- According to one version, this was outside the prayer.
- The crowd was so close that people could hardly find a place for the forehead.
