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Yahya related to me from Malik from Abd ar-Rahman ibn Abdullah
ibn Sasaca from his father that Abu Said al-Khudri heard a man
reciting Surat al-Ikhlas (Sura 112), repeating it over and over again.
In the morning he went to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him
and grant him peace, and mentioned it to him, as if he thought little
of it. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, said, "Bythe One in whose hand my self is, it is equal to one
third of the Quran."
Muwatta Malik Book 15, Hadith 19
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Malik said, "The imam does not come down and prostrate when he recites a piece of Quran requiring a prostration while he is on the mimbar." Malik said, "The position with us is that there are eleven prescribed prostrations in the Quran, none of which are in the mufassal." Malik said, "No-one should recite any of the pieces of Quran that require a prostration after the prayers of subh and asr. This is because the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, forbade prayer after subh until after the sun had risen, and after asr until the sun had set, and prostration is part of the prayer. So no-one should recite any piece of Quran requiring a prostration during these two periods of time." Malik was asked whether a menstruating woman could prostrate if she heard some-one reciting a passage of Quran requiring a prostration, and he said, "Neither a man nor a woman should prostrate unless they are ritually pure." Malik was asked whether a man in the company of a woman who was reciting a passage of Quran requiring a prostration should prostrate with her, and he said, "He does not have to prostrate with her. The prostration is only obligatory for people who are with a man who is leading them. He recites the piece and they prostrate with him. Some one who hears a piece of Quran that requires a prostration being recited by a man who is not leading him in prayer does not have to do the prostration."
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Yahya related to me from Malik from Ubaydullah ibn Abd ar-Rahman
that Ubayd ibn Hunayn, the mawla of the family of Zayd ibn al Khattab,
said that he had heard Abu Hurayra say, "I was going along with the
Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, when he
heard a man reciting Surat al-Ikhlas (Sura 112). The Messenger of
Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'It is
obligatory,' and I asked him, 'What is, Messenger of Allah?' and he
said, 'The Garden.' I wanted to tell the man the good news but I was
afraid that I would miss the midday meal with the Messenger of Allah,
may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and I preferred to eat with
the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. When
I went to the man afterwards I found that he had gone."