Imam al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) reported this from Imam Malik (may Allah have mercy on him), and he also narrated it from Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Ka'b, Zayd bin Abi Thabit and Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them all); and other hadith scholars besides him also narrated it from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar and Abu al-Darda' (may Allah be pleased with them both).
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصلاة / Q3701
(a) Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not prostrate in any of the Mufassal surahs after he moved to Madinah.
(b) Likewise, Bakr bin Khalaf, the son-in-law of al-Muqri', narrated this report from Azhar (bin al-Qasim), and in its text it says that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prostrated in Surah al-Najm when he was in Makkah, but when he emigrated to Madinah he left it.
This hadith revolves around al-Harith bin Ubayd Abu Qudamah al-Iyadi al-Basri. Yahya bin Ma'in declared him da'if (weak), while Abd al-Rahman bin Mahdi narrated from him and said: He was one of our shaykhs. What is preserved from Ikrimah from Ibn Abbas is the report that follows.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصلاة / 3701
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) recited Surah al-Najm and he (peace and blessings be upon him) prostrated, and the Muslims, the polytheists, and all the jinn and humans prostrated with him (peace and blessings be upon him).
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصلاة / 3702
Sayyiduna Zayd bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I recited Surah al-Najm in the presence of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) did not prostrate.
(b) It is possible that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not prostrate because Sayyiduna Zayd bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) did not prostrate, and he was the one reciting. (And Allah knows best.)
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصلاة / 3703
Sayyiduna Abu al-Darda' (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I made eleven prostrations with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), none of them in the Mufassal surahs. Those eleven are: al-A'raf, al-Ra'd, al-Nahl, Bani Isra'il, Maryam, al-Hajj (one prostration), al-Furqan, the prostration of Sulayman in Surah al-Naml, al-Sajdah, Sad, and the prostration of the Ha-Mim surahs.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصلاة / 3704
Sayyiduna Abu al-Darda' (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that he made eleven prostrations with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), one of which is in Surah al-Najm.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصلاة / 3705
(a) Imam Abu Dawud al-Sijistani (may Allah have mercy on him) says that eleven prostrations of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) are reported from Sayyiduna Abu al-Darda' (may Allah be pleased with him), and its chain is very weak (wahin).
(b) Imam al-Bayhaqi (may Allah have mercy on him) says: It has reached us through Sayyiduna Abu al-Darda' (may Allah be pleased with him) that he made two prostrations in Surah al-Hajj.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصلاة / 3706
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Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) says that there is no prostration in the Mufassal surahs. The narrator says: I met Abu Ubaydah (may Allah have mercy on him) and mentioned to him the statement of Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), and he said that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prostrated, and the believers and the polytheists also prostrated, in Surah al-Najm, and we have continued to prostrate (in it) ever since.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصلاة / 3707