Arabic (Original)
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُمَرَ الْمُقْرِئُ أنبأ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ ثنا يُوسُفُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ الْقَاضِي ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ثنا خَالِدُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ ثَوْبَانَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ سَجَدَ فِي النَّجْمِ النَّاسُ مَعَهُ إِلَّا رَجُلَيْنِ أَرَادَا أَنْ يُشْهَرَا قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ وَالرِّجْلَانِ لَا يَدَعَانِ إِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ الْفَرْضَ وَلَوْ تَرَكَاهُ أَمْرَهُمَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِإِعَادَتِهِ وَأَمَّا حَدِيثُ زَيْدٍ فَهُوَ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ أَنَّ زَيْدًا لَمْ يَسْجُدْ وَهُوَ الْقَارِئُ فَلَمْ يَسْجُدِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ فَرْضًا فَيَأْمُرَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِهِ وَاحْتُجَّ بِمَا مَضَى مِنْ حَدِيثِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي فَرْضِ خَمْسِ صَلَوَاتٍ فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ هَلْ عَلَيَّ غَيْرُهَا؟ قَالَ لَا إِلَّا أَنْ تَطَوَّعَ
English Translation
Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet (peace be upon him) prostrated in an-Najm and the people prostrated with him, except two men who wanted to make themselves conspicuous. Al-Shafi'i said: The two men, God willing, would not leave an obligation, and had they left it, the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) would have commanded them to repeat it. As for the hadith of Zayd, it is, and Allah knows best, that Zayd did not prostrate, as he was the reciter, so the Prophet (peace be upon him) did not prostrate either. It was not obligatory so that the Prophet would command him to do it. He also argued with what has been mentioned from the hadith of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) about the obligation of five prayers, where the man said: Is there anything else upon me? He said: No, unless you wish to do voluntary worship.