Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 4438 — What is recited in the prostrations

Ata bin al-Sa'ib said: Once I entered the mosque and there were two old men sitting, one of whom was reciting the Qur'an to the other. I sat down with them. One of them was Qays bin al-Sakan al-Asadi, and the other was reciting Surah Maryam to him. When he reached the verse of prostration, Qays bin al-Sakan said: "Leave it, for we dislike that the people of the mosque should see us." So he left it and recited what came after it. Then Qays said: "By Allah, it was Satan who prompted us to leave that verse. Recite it." So he recited it and we prostrated. When we raised our heads, Qays said: "Do you know what the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say when he performed the prostration of recitation?" He said: "Yes, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say: 'My face has prostrated to the One who created it and endowed it with hearing and sight.'" Qays said: "You have spoken the truth. It has reached me that Dawud (peace be upon him) used to say in his prostrations: 'My face has prostrated, rubbed in the dust, to my Creator, and that is His due.'" Then he said: "Glory be to Allah! How closely the words of the prophets resemble one another!"