A man reciting a verse of prostration during tawaf of the House

Hatim bin Abi Saghirah said: I asked Abdullah bin Abi Mulaykah: "If I recite a verse of prostration during tawaf, should I prostrate or not?" He said: "I command you to prostrate." I said: "In that case the people circumambulating would trample me and say: 'A madman!' How can I prostrate while they are circumambulating?" He said: "By Allah, if that is what you say, then listen: Sayyiduna Ibn al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) once recited a verse of prostration and did not prostrate. Then al-Harith bin Abi Rabi'ah stood up, recited the verse of prostration, then came and sat down and said: 'O Commander of the Believers, a little while ago you recited a verse of prostration; what prevented you from prostrating?' Ibn al-Zubayr said: 'Why should I prostrate? When I am in prayer I prostrate, but when I am not in prayer I do not prostrate.'"

He (Hatim bin Abi Saghirah) said: I asked Ata about that, and he said: "Face the House (the Ka'bah) and gesture with your head."

Mujahid said: If a man recites a verse of prostration during tawaf, he should prostrate by gesturing with his head, or he said: he should prostrate.