Hadith 5

Sunan Abi Da'ud

Book 7: Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Prostration while reciting the Qur'an

Chapter 480

A View That There Is No Prostration In Mufassal Surahs

باب مَنْ لَمْ يَرَ السُّجُودَ فِي الْمُفَصَّلِ

Sunan Abi Dawud 1405
حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ السَّرْحِ، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو صَخْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ قُسَيْطٍ، عَنْ خَارِجَةَ بْنِ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِمَعْنَاهُ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ كَانَ زَيْدٌ الإِمَامَ فَلَمْ يَسْجُدْ فِيهَا ‏.‏
This tradition has also been transmitted by Zaid b. Thabit through a different chain of narrators to the same effect. Abu Dawud said:

Zaid was imam (in a prayer) and he did not make prostration.