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].
باب: مَنْ قَرَأ السَّجدَةَ وَهُوَ على غَير وُضُوء
• قيل لأحمد: الرجل يَقرأ السَّجدَة وهو على غَير وضوء؟ قال: «لا بأس». قيل: أيَسجُد إذا تَوضَّأ؟ قال: «لا».
• وسألت إسحاق، قلت: الرجل إذا كان على غَير وضوء، فقَرأ السَّجدَة؟ قال: «يَقرَؤها ولا يَسجُد». قلت: فإذا تَوضَّأ؛ يَسجُد؟ قال: «نَعم، سَجدَةٌ أحِبُّ مُلازَمَتَها».
٩٦٥ - حدثنا سَعيد بن مَنصور، قال: ثنا هُشَيم، قال: أبنا يونُس، عن الحسَن -في الرجل يَسمَع السَّجدَة وهو على غَير وضوء-؛ قال: «لا يَسجُد».
٩٦٦ - حدثنا سَعيد، قال: ثنا أبو عَوانَة، عن مَنصور، عن إبراهيم، قال: «يَتَيمَّم ويَسجُد».
٩٦٧ - حدثنا عَبَّاس بن عبد العَظيم، قال: ثنا عُبَيدالله بن موسَى، قال: أبنا ابن أبي زائدَة، عن أبي الحسَن، عن سَعيد بن جُبَير، عن ابن عُمَر -في الرجل يَقرأ السَّجدَة وهو غَير مُتَوضِّئ-؛ قال: «يَسجُد».
باب: مَنْ قَرَأ السَّجدَةَ في الصَّلاة المكتُوبَة وغَيرِها
• سُئل أحمَد عن الرجل يَقرأ السَّجدَة وهو في الصَّلاة؛ أيَجوز ألَّا يَسجُد؟ قال: «نَعم»، ثم احتَجَّ بِحَديث عُمَر، أنه قَرأ السَّجدَة على المِنبَر، فلم يَنزِل.
