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Bayhaqi 3754 — One who did not hold the prostration of recitation

أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُمَرَ الْمُقْرِئُ أنبأ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ، ثنا يُوسُفُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ الْقَاضِي، ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، ثنا خَالِدُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ، عَنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ ثَوْبَانَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ سَجَدَ فِي النَّجْمِ النَّاسُ مَعَهُ إِلَّا رَجُلَيْنِ أَرَادَا أَنْ يُشْهَرَا قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ: وَالرِّجْلَانِ لَا يَدَعَانِ إِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ الْفَرْضَ وَلَوْ تَرَكَاهُ أَمْرَهُمَا رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِإِعَادَتِهِ، وَأَمَّا حَدِيثُ زَيْدٍ فَهُوَ، وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ، أَنَّ زَيْدًا لَمْ يَسْجُدْ، وَهُوَ الْقَارِئُ فَلَمْ يَسْجُدِ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ فَرْضًا فَيَأْمُرَهُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِهِ، وَاحْتُجَّ بِمَا مَضَى مِنْ حَدِيثِ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي فَرْضِ خَمْسِ صَلَوَاتٍ، فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ: هَلْ عَلَيَّ غَيْرُهَا؟ قَالَ: " لَا، إِلَّا أَنْ تَطَوَّعَ.
(a) It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prostrated in Surah al-Najm, and all the people prostrated with him (peace and blessings be upon him) except two men. Those two wanted to make themselves conspicuous (by not prostrating).
(b) Imam al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Those two men would not have abandoned an obligation; and had they abandoned it, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would certainly have ordered them to repeat it.
As for the hadith of Zayd bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him), Zayd (may Allah be pleased with him) was the one reciting. When the reciter did not prostrate, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not prostrate either; and had it been obligatory, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would have ordered him to prostrate as well.
Imam al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) argued from the earlier hadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about the obligation of the five prayers, in which a man asked whether any other prayer (besides these five) was obligatory, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No, unless you do voluntary worship."
Hadith Reference السنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصلاة / 3754
Hadith Grading محدثین: حسن
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