Narrated Al-Awwam:
I asked Mujahid regarding the prostration in Surat Sa`d. He said, "I asked Ibn `Abbas, 'What evidence makes you prostrate?' He said, "Don't you recite:--'And among his progeny, David and Solomon..(6.84). Those are they whom Allah had guided. So follow their guidance.' (6.90) So David was the one of those prophets whom Prophet (Muhammad) was ordered to follow. David prostrated, so Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) (Muhammad) performed this prostration too.'
Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 4807 |
In-book reference | : Book 65, Hadith 329 |
USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 6, Book 60, Hadith 331 |
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