Section: If he hears the prostration (7) [while he is not in a state of purity] (8), he is not obligated to perform ablution or tayammum. Al-Nakha'i said: He should perform tayammum and then prostrate. Another narration from him states: He should perform ablution and then prostrate. This is also the position of al-Thawri, Ishaq, and the People of Reason (Ahl al-Ra'y). Our evidence is that it relates to a specific cause, and if that passes, he does not prostrate, just as if he recited a prostration verse while in prayer and did not prostrate, he does not prostrate after it. [Once this is established, he does not prostrate even if he performs ablution, because as we have mentioned, its cause has passed, so he does not prostrate for it, nor does he perform tayammum for it while water is present; for Allah the Exalted conditioned tayammum on the absence of water or illness, and neither of these was found. If he is without water and performs tayammum, he may prostrate (9) if they have not yet prayed, because its cause has not moved away and it has not passed, contrary to the case if he performs ablution] (10).
206 - Issue; He said: (And he shall pronounce the takbir when he prostrates)
The essence of this is that when he prostrates for recitation, he is obligated to pronounce the takbir for the prostration and for rising from it, whether he is in prayer or otherwise. This is the position of Ibn Sirin, al-Hasan, Abu Qilabah, al-Nakha'i, Muslim ibn Yasar (1), Abu Abd al-Rahman al-Sulami, al-Shafi'i, Ishaq (2), and the People of Reason. Malik said: [It is required] if he is in prayer. He differed (3) regarding the case if he is outside of prayer. Our evidence is what Ibn Umar narrated, saying: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, used to recite the Quran to us, and when he passed by a prostration verse, he would pronounce the takbir, prostrate, and we would prostrate with him. Abd al-Razzaq said: Al-Thawri admired this hadith. Abu Dawud said: He admired it because he pronounced the takbir. [It was narrated by Abu Dawud] (4).
(7) In the original: "the prostration". (8) In (M): "not purified". (9) The word is blotted, and perhaps what we have established is the correct version. (10) Omitted from: (M). (1) Abu Abd Allah Muslim ibn Yasar al-Basri, one of the jurists among the Successors (Tabi'in), trustworthy, righteous, died in the year 100 or 101 AH. Tabaqat al-Fuqaha by al-Shirazi 88, Tahdhib al-Tahdhib 10/140, 141. (2) Omitted from: the original. (3) Meaning the transmission. (4) Omitted from: (M).
