أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَی قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا قُرَّةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ سَجَدَ أَبُو بَکْرٍ وَعُمَرُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا فِي إِذَا السَّمَائُ انْشَقَّتْ وَمَنْ هُوَ خَيْرٌ مِنْهُمَاالسُّجُودُ فِي اقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّکَ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 970
It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said: “Abu Bakr and ‘Umar, may Allah be pleased with them both, and the one who was better than them prostrated during ‘When the heaven is split asunder” and ‘Read! In the Name of your Lord.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020