The Book of Mosques and Places of Prayer-06a
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The reciter: And 'Ubayd Allah ibn Ma'dh and Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-A'la narrated to us, both saying: from their father, from Bakr, from Abu Rafi', who said: صليت مع أبي هريرة صلاة العتمة فقرأ إذا السماء انشقت فسجد فيها فقلت له ما هذه السجدة فقال سجدت بها خلف أبي القاسم صلى الله عليه وسلم فلا أزال أسجد بها حتى ألقاه I prayed the 'atamah prayer with Abu Hurayrah, and he recited "When the sky is split open," and he prostrated in it. So I said to him: What is this prostration? He said: I prostrated with it behind Abu al-Qasim (peace and blessings be upon him), so I will not cease to prostrate with it until I meet him. And Ibn 'Abd al-A'la said: .