Chapter: One who recites a [verse of] prostration while not in a state of ablution (wudu')

• It was said to Ahmad: 'A man recites a [verse of] prostration while he is not in a state of ablution?' He said: 'There is no harm [in it].' It was said: 'Should he prostrate once he performs ablution?' He said: 'No.'

• I asked Ishaq, and I said: 'A man, if he is not in a state of ablution and he recites a [verse of] prostration?' He said: 'He should recite it but not prostrate.' I said: 'Then if he performs ablution, should he prostrate?' He said: 'Yes, it is a prostration I prefer to maintain.'

965 - Sa'id ibn Mansur narrated to us, saying: Hushaym narrated to us, saying: Yunus informed us, from al-Hasan—regarding a man who hears a [verse of] prostration while he is not in a state of ablution—he said: 'He should not prostrate.'

966 - Sa'id narrated to us, saying: Abu 'Awanah narrated to us, from Mansur, from Ibrahim, who said: 'He should perform tayammum (dry ablution) and prostrate.'

967 - 'Abbas ibn 'Abd al-'Azim narrated to us, saying: 'Ubaydullah ibn Musa narrated to us, saying: Ibn Abi Za'idah informed us, from Abu al-Hasan, from Sa'id ibn Jubayr, from Ibn 'Umar—regarding a man who reads a [verse of] prostration while he is not in a state of ablution—he said: 'He should prostrate.'

Chapter: One who recites a [verse of] prostration during an obligatory prayer (salah) and otherwise

• Ahmad was asked about a man who reads a [verse of] prostration while he is in prayer; is it permissible for him not to prostrate? He said: 'Yes,' and then he used as evidence the hadith of 'Umar, that he read a [verse of] prostration on the pulpit and did not descend [to prostrate].