Narrated Ibn `Abbas: One day the Prophet ascended Safa mountain and said, Oh Sabah! All the Quraish gathered round him and said, What is the matter? He said, Look, if I told you that an enemy is going to attack you in the morning or in the evening, would you not believe me? They said, Yes, we will believe you. He said, I am a warner to you in face of a terrible punishment. On that Abu Lahab said, May you perish ! Is it for this thing that you have gathered us? So Allah revealed: 'Perish the hands of Abu Lahab!...' (111.1)
Read More..Narrated Abu Dharr: Once I was with the Prophet in the mosque at the time of sunset. The Prophet said, O Abu Dharr! Do you know where the sun sets? I replied, Allah and His Apostle know best. He said, It goes and prostrates underneath (Allah's) Throne; and that is Allah's Statement:-- 'And the sun runs on its fixed course for a term (decreed). And that is the decree of All-Mighty, the All-Knowing....' (36.38)
Read More..Narrated Abu Dharr: I asked the Prophet about the Statement of Allah:-- 'And the sun runs on fixed course for a term (decreed), ' (36.38) He said, Its course is underneath Allah's Throne. (Prostration of Sun trees, stars. mentioned in Qur'an and Hadith does not mean like our prostration but it means that these objects are obedient to their Creator (Allah) and they obey for what they have been created for).
Read More..Narrated `Abdullah: Allah's Messenger said, Nobody has the right to be better than (Jonah) bin Matta.
Read More..Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, He who says that I am better than Jonah bin Matta, tells a lie.'
Read More..Narrated Al-Awwam: I asked Muhajid regarding the prostration in Surat Sa`d. He said, Ibn `Abbas was asked the same question and he said, 'Those are they (the prophets) whom Allah had Guided. So follow their guidance. (6.90) Ibn `Abbas used to perform a prostration (on reading this Sura).
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