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The Prophet (ﷺ) performed a prostration when he finished reciting Surat-an-Najm, and all the Muslims
and pagans and Jinns and human beings prostrated along with him.
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 65, Hadith 383
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I asked `Aisha (regarding the Sai between As Safa and Al-Marwa). She said, "Out of reverence to the
idol Manat which was placed in Al-Mushailal, those who used to assume Ihram in its name, used not
to perform Sai between As-Safa and Al-Marwa, so Allah revealed:
'Verily! The As-Safa and Al-Marwa (two mountains at Mecca) are among the symbols of Allah.'
(2.158).
Thereupon, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and the Muslims used to perform Sai (between them)." Sufyan said: The
(idol) Manat was at Al-Mushailal in Qudaid. `Aisha added, "The Verse was revealed in connection
with the Ansar. They and (the tribe of) Ghassan used to assume lhram in the name of Manat before
they embraced Islam." `Aisha added, "There were men from the Ansar who used to assume lhram in
the name of Manat which was an idol between Mecca and Medina. They said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! We
used not to perform the Tawaf (Sai) between As-Safa and Al-Marwa out of reverence to Manat."
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The first Sura in which a prostration was mentioned, was Sura An-Najm (The Star). Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)
prostrated (while reciting it), and everybody behind him prostrated except a man whom I saw taking a
hand-full of dust in his hand and prostrated on it. Later I saw that man killed as an infidel, and he was
Umaiya bin Khalaf.