Hadith 961
اُردوEn
أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ ، قال : أَنْبَأَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ وَهُوَ ابْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ خُصَيْفَةَ ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ قُسَيْطٍ ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ ، أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ زَيْدَ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ عَنِ الْقِرَاءَةِ مَعَ الْإِمَامِ . فَقَالَ : " لَا قِرَاءَةَ مَعَ الْإِمَامِ فِي شَيْءٍ وَزَعَمَ أَنَّهُ قَرَأَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَالنَّجْمِ إِذَا هَوَى فَلَمْ يَسْجُدْ " .
´It was narrated from Ata' bin Yasar that:` He asked Zaid bin Thabit about reciting with the Imam. He said: "There is no recitation with the Imam in anything." And he claimed that he had recited: "By the star when it goes down (or vanishes)" to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and he did not prostrate.
Explanation & Benefits
Hafiz Muhammad Ameen
961. Commentary:
➊ In this statement, "recitation" refers to the recitation after Surah al-Fatihah, so that reconciliation among all the hadiths is possible.
➋ The reason the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) did not perform the prostration was that the reciter, i.e., Zayd ibn Thabit (radi Allahu anhu), did not perform the prostration. However, this only establishes that the prostration of recitation (sajdah al-tilawah) is not obligatory, but recommended (mustahabb); otherwise, the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) would have ordered Zayd ibn Thabit (radi Allahu anhu) to perform the prostration and would have done so himself. But Imam Malik's (rahimahullah) reasoning is not correct that the prostration in Surah al-Najm is abrogated, because it is possible to reconcile both narrations: it is not obligatory, but recommended. From Zayd ibn Thabit (radi Allahu anhu) as well as from the later Companion Abu Hurayrah (radi Allahu anhu), it is transmitted that the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) performed prostrations in the Mufassalat. See: [صحیح مسلم ، المساجد ، حدیث : 578]
Therefore, how can it be said that they are abrogated? "Mufassalat" refers to the surahs from Surah al-Hujurat to the end of the Qur'an. There are three prostrations in them.
➊ In this statement, "recitation" refers to the recitation after Surah al-Fatihah, so that reconciliation among all the hadiths is possible.
➋ The reason the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) did not perform the prostration was that the reciter, i.e., Zayd ibn Thabit (radi Allahu anhu), did not perform the prostration. However, this only establishes that the prostration of recitation (sajdah al-tilawah) is not obligatory, but recommended (mustahabb); otherwise, the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) would have ordered Zayd ibn Thabit (radi Allahu anhu) to perform the prostration and would have done so himself. But Imam Malik's (rahimahullah) reasoning is not correct that the prostration in Surah al-Najm is abrogated, because it is possible to reconcile both narrations: it is not obligatory, but recommended. From Zayd ibn Thabit (radi Allahu anhu) as well as from the later Companion Abu Hurayrah (radi Allahu anhu), it is transmitted that the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) performed prostrations in the Mufassalat. See: [صحیح مسلم ، المساجد ، حدیث : 578]
Therefore, how can it be said that they are abrogated? "Mufassalat" refers to the surahs from Surah al-Hujurat to the end of the Qur'an. There are three prostrations in them.
Source: Sunan Nasa'i: Translation and Benefits by Shaykh Hafiz Muhammad Amin Hafizullah, Page: 961
