The prostrationto Allah, Exalted be He, is one of the greatest acts of worship which draws the servant closer to his Lord, The Mighty and Majestic, wherein one surrenders himself between the Hands of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic. There are certain parts of the Noble Quran that the Muslim should prostrate humbly to Allah, Exalted be He, upon reciting or hearing them. This is called the prostration of recitation (sujood al-tilaawah). In the Quran, there are 15 places where this kind of prostration is performed according to the dominant opinion. In this hadeeth, there is a clarification for some of these places. ʿAbdullah ibn Abbaas(may Allah be pleased with them) mentions that the prostration of prostration which occurs in Surah Saad [i.e., the 38th chapter of the Quran], where Allah, Most High, says: {[and] fell down in prostration, and turned to Him in repentance….”} [Quran 38:24] - it is not one of the obligatory prostrations, i.e., it is not one of the designated places [in the Quran] where the prostration of recitation is commanded. The obligatory prostration of recitation is that which was emphasised and mentioned in the form of an imperative command, for example. Further to the point, this ayah, by its wording, articulates the bowing and do not mention prostration. HadIbn ‘Abbaas(may Allah be pleased with them)not have witnessed the Prophet ﷺ prostrating upon reciting it, it would have not appeared that it was a [place for] prostration. Ibn Abbaas(may Allah be pleased with them) saw The Prophet ﷺ prostrate upon reciting it, corresponding with Prophet Dawood (peace be upon him). It is mentioned in a report [narrated] by al-Nisa’ie, on the authority of Ibn Abbaas(may Allah be pleased with them), where he relates that: The Prophet ﷺ prostrated during [his recitation of] Surah Saad and said: “Dawood prostrated it out of repentance, while we prostrate it out of gratitude.” It is prescribed to say in the prostration of recitation what is prescribed to say in the prostrations for prayer, with respect to the tasbeehand supplication. From the other benefits that we can conclude from this hadeeth is that we know about the prostration of recitation that exits in Surah Saad. .