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Muwatta Malik 488

Not graded Muwatta Malik 488

وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ، قَرَأَ سَجْدَةً وَهُوَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ فَنَزَلَ فَسَجَدَ وَسَجَدَ النَّاسُ مَعَهُ ثُمَّ قَرَأَهَا يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ الأُخْرَى فَتَهَيَّأَ النَّاسُ لِلسُّجُودِ فَقَالَ عَلَى رِسْلِكُمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَمْ يَكْتُبْهَا عَلَيْنَا إِلاَّ أَنْ نَشَاءَ ‏.‏ فَلَمْ يَسْجُدْ وَمَنَعَهُمْ أَنْ يَسْجُدُوا.

Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa from his father that Umar ibn al-Khattab once recited a piece of Qur'an requiring a prostration while he was on the mimbar on the day of jumua, and he came down and prostrated, and everyone prostrated with him. Then he recited it again the next jumua and everybody prepared to prostrate but he said, "At your ease. Allah has not prescribed it for us, unless we wish." He did not prostrate, and he stopped them from prostrating.

Reported by Malik (No. 488, 488b).

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Abu al-Walid al-Baji — Al-Muntaqa

( ش ) : قَوْلُهُ قَرَأَ بِسَجْدَةٍ وَهُوَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ يَحْتَمِلُ أَنْ يَكُونَ عُمَرُ أَرَادَ أَنْ يُعَلِّمَ النَّاسَ مَا عِنْدَهُ مِنْ أَمْرِ السُّجُودِ وَإِنَّ فِعْلَهُ وَتَرْكَهُ جَائِزٌ وَإِنْ لَمْ يُعْلَمْ هَلْ مِنْهُمْ أَحَدٌ يُخَالِفُهُ فِي رَأْيِهِ أَمْ لَا وَلَمْ يَجِدْ مَجْلِسًا أَجْمَلَ مِنْ اجْتِمَاعِ النَّاسِ عِنْدَ خُطْبَةِ يَوْمِ الْجُمُعَةِ فَقَرَأَهَا عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ فَسَجَدَ قَالَ وَسَجَدْنَا مَعَهُ وَيَحْتَمِلُ أَنْ يُرِيدَ جَمَاعَةَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَأَضَافَ الْخَطَّابُ إِلَيْهِ لِمَا كَانَ مِنْ جُمْلَتِهِمْ وَإِلَّا فَهُوَ غَلَطٌ لِأَنَّ عُرْوَةَ لَمْ يُدْرِكْ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابَ وَإِنَّمَا وُلِدَ فِي خِلَافَةِ عُثْمَانَ وَأَكْثَرُ مَا يَذْكُ…

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Not graded Muwatta Malik 488b

Malik said, "The imam does not come down and prostrate when he recites a piece of Qur'an requiring a prostration while he is on the mimbar." Malik said, "The position with us is that there are eleven prescribed prostrations in the Qur'an, none of which are in the mufassal." Malik said, "No-one…

قَالَ مَالِكٌ: «الْأَمْرُ عِنْدَنَا أَنَّ عَزَائِمَ سُجُودِ الْقُرْآنِ إِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ سَجْدَةً. لَيْسَ فِي الْمُفَصَّلِ مِنْهَا شَيْءٌ» قَالَ مَالِكٌ: «لَا يَنْبَغِي لِأَحَدٍ يَقْرَأُ مِنْ سُجُودِ الْقُرْآنِ شَيْئًا…

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