Sayyiduna Uqbah bin Amir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Surah al-Hajj has been given superiority (over the other surahs of the Qur'an) through two prostrations; so whoever does not perform these two prostrations should not recite it." Imam al-Hakim says that Ibn Lahi'ah is in its chain.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) led the Zuhr prayer and performed a prostration (of recitation), and we assumed that he (peace and blessings be upon him) had recited Surah al-Sajdah. Imam al-Hakim says that this hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs, but they did not record it. It is an authentic and rare Sunnah that the imam should perform the prostration of recitation in the silent prayers (in which the recitation is kept quiet) just as he does in the prayers recited aloud.

The Mother of the Believers, Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her), narrates: One night the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was with me. I could not find him (in the bed) and thought that he had gone to one of his other wives. I searched for him and found him in prostration. I placed my hand on him and heard him saying: 'Ighfir li ma asrartu wa ma a'lantu' (Forgive me the sins I committed in secret and those I committed openly). This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs, but they did not record it.

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: We used to sit with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) while he recited the Qur'an. Sometimes he (peace and blessings be upon him) would pass by a verse of prostration and prostrate, and we would prostrate with him (peace and blessings be upon him). This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs, but they did not record it. The Companions prostrating when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prostrated outside the prayer is an important Sunnah.