Sahih al-Bukhari 1077

Hadith text

Narrated Rabi`a:`Umar bin Al-Khattab recited Surat-an-Nahl on a Friday on the pulpit and when he reached the verse of Sajda he got down from the pulpit and prostrated and the people also prostrated. The next Friday `Umar bin Al-Khattab recited the same Sura and when he reached the verse of Sajda he said, "O people! When we recite the verses of Sajda (during the sermon) whoever prostrates does the right thing, yet it is no sin for the one who does not prostrate." And `Umar did not prostrate (that day). Added Ibn `Umar "Allah has not made the prostration of recitation compulsory but if we wish we can do it

Rabia bataate hain: Umar bin Khattab ne Jumme ko mimbar par Surah An-Nahl tilawat ki, aur jab woh sajde ki ayat tak pahunche, mimbar se utar kar sajda kiya aur log bhi sajda karne lage. Agle Jumme, Umar bin Khattab ne wahi Surah phir tilawat ki, aur jab sajde ki ayat tak pahunche, kaha: "Aye logon! Jab hum sajde ki ayaat (khutba ke dauran) tilawat karte hain, jo sajda kare woh sahi karta hai, magar jo na kare, uspar koi gunah nahi." Aur Umar ne (us din) sajda nahi kiya. Ibn Umar ne joda: "Allah ne tilawat ka sajda farz nahi kiya, magar agar hum chahen to kar sakte hain."

Sahih al-Bukhari 1077 · Book 17, Hadith 11