Hadith 4235

(حديث مرفوع) حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ ، عَنْ الْأَسْوَدِ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، أَنّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ " قَرَأَ النَّجْمَ ، فَسَجَدَ فِيهَا وَمَنْ مَعَهُ " ، إِلَّا شَيْخٌ كَبِيرٌ ، أَخَذَ كَفًّا مِنْ حَصًى ، أَوْ تُرَابٍ ، قَالَ : فَقَالَ بِهِ هَكَذَا ، وَضَعَهُ عَلَى جَبْهَتِهِ ، قَالَ : فَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُهُ قُتِلَ كَافِرًا .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) performed a prostration of recitation at the end of Surah An-Najm, and all the Muslims also prostrated, except for one man from the Quraysh who took a handful of soil and brought it to his forehead and prostrated on it. Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) says that later I saw him killed in a state of disbelief.
Hadith Reference مسند احمد / مسند المكثرين من الصحابة / 4235
Hadith Grading حکم دارالسلام: إسناده صحيح، خ: 1067، م: 576.