Prostration Is Obligatory for Both the Listener and the One Sitting Near the Reciter

Hazrat Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with both of them) said that it is obligatory for the one who sits to listen to the reciter to also perform the prostration (sajdah).

Hazrat Umar says that the prostration of recitation is obligatory in the mosque and at the time of remembrance.

Hazrat Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with both of them) says that prostration is also obligatory upon the one who sits to listen to the reciter.

Hasan says that prostration is obligatory upon every person who sits near the reciter to listen and remains silent for him.

Hazrat Usman says that it is obligatory for the one who sits to listen to the reciter to also perform sajdah.

Hazrat Yahya bin Saeed says that a man used to sit near the sitting place of Hazrat Saeed bin Musayyib. If he recited a verse of prostration, Hazrat Saeed, despite hearing that verse, would not perform prostration. Someone asked him about this, so he replied that I am not sitting here to listen to his recitation.

Hazrat Hammad, Ibrahim, Hazrat Nafi' and Hazrat Saeed bin Jubair say that whoever hears the verse of prostration, prostration becomes obligatory upon him.

Hazrat Abu Abdur Rahman narrates that once Hazrat Salman entered the mosque and people were reciting the Qur'an. He recited a verse of prostration and performed sajdah. A person said to Hazrat Salman, "O Abu Abdullah! Should we not also perform sajdah like these people?" He replied, "We have not come here for this purpose."

Hazrat Abu Alaa reports that Hazrat Mutarrif was asked about a person who is in doubt regarding the verse of prostration—whether he has heard it or not—so what should he do? He replied: If he had heard it, what would he have done? Then Hazrat Mutarrif said: I had asked Hazrat Imran bin Husain about a person who is in doubt whether he has heard the verse of prostration or not, so what should he do? He replied: If he had heard it, what would he have done?

Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with both of them) says that prostration (sajdah) is obligatory upon the one who hears the verse of prostration.