(Second chain) Sayyiduna Mutlib (may Allah be pleased with him) said: After accepting Islam, I have never omitted the prostration in this Surah.

Sayyiduna Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that we performed the prostration of recitation (sajda-e-tilawat) with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in Surah Inshiqaq and Surah Alaq.

Sayyiduna Uqbah bin Amir (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I said, "O Messenger of Allah! Has Surah Al-Hajj been given superiority over the rest of the Qur'an because of its two prostrations?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Yes, and whoever does not perform these prostrations should not recite it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) perform a prostration (sajdah) in Surah Sad.

It is also narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him), he said regarding the prostration (sajdah) of Surah Sad: This is not among the obligatory prostrations, however, I have seen the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) performing its prostration.

It is narrated from Saib bin Yazid that Sayyiduna Uthman bin Affan (may Allah be pleased with him) performed a prostration (sajdah) in Surah Sad.

Awwam bin Hawshab says: I asked Mujahid about the prostration (sajdah) in Surah Sad. He replied: Yes, it is a prostration. And I had asked about it from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him), so he said: Do you recite this verse: {وَمِنْ ذُرِّیَّتِہٖ دَاودَ وَ سُلَیمَانَ}, at the end of which is: {فَبِہُدَاہُمُ اقْتَدِہْ} (O Muhammad! You too follow their guidance). See, your Prophet has been commanded to follow Dawud (peace be upon him).

Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) saw in a dream that he was writing Surah Sad. When he reached the verse of prostration, he saw that the inkwell, pen, and everything near him had fallen into the state of prostration. Then, when he related this dream to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) began to perform prostration in it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdur Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: I entered the mosque and when I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) coming out of the mosque, I followed behind him, until he entered a date-palm garden and performed a prostration, and he remained in prostration for so long that I began to fear that Allah Almighty had caused him (peace and blessings be upon him) to pass away. So I came close to him (peace and blessings be upon him) to see him, and at that moment he (peace and blessings be upon him) raised his head and said: O Abdur Rahman! What has happened to you? I told him (peace and blessings be upon him) the whole matter. Upon hearing this, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Jibreel (peace be upon him) said to me: Shall I not give you the glad tidings that Allah Almighty has said to you that whoever sends blessings upon you, I will send mercy upon him, and whoever sends peace upon you, I will send peace upon him.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdur Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) went out towards the tall date palms, entered among them, and fell into prostration facing the Qiblah. He (peace and blessings be upon him) remained in prostration for so long that I began to think that Allah Almighty had taken his soul. In any case, I sat down near him, and then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) raised his head and said: Who is this? I said: Abdur Rahman. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: What happened to you? I said: O Messenger of Allah! You performed such a long prostration that I feared Allah Almighty had caused you to pass away. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The matter is that Jibreel (peace be upon him) came to me and gave me this glad tidings: Allah Almighty says: Whoever prays for mercy upon you, I will send mercy upon him, and whoever sends peace upon you, I will send peace upon him. So I prostrated to Allah Almighty in gratitude.