The prostration of recitation is a sunnah of the Prophet ﷺ; [it is] where the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prostrated and ordered [others] to perform the prostration [with him at the respective places in the Quran] - although it was not regarded as an obligation; but rather it was performed on the basis of choice. Accordingly, whoever prostrates therein, he shall attain his reward, and whoever continues [reciting] at the place of the prostration of recitation or hears it and does not prostrate - nothing needs to be done. In the Noble Quran, there are 15 places where the prostrationsof recitationare performed according to the dominant opinion. In this hadeeh,Raabeeʿah ibn ʿAbdillah ibn al-Hudayr - who was one of the most respected people; and it is has been said that he was one of the Taabiʿeenwho the saw the Prophet ﷺ - reports that he attended the Friday prayer with ʿUmar ibn al-Khattaab(may Allah be pleased with him), and he heard ʿUmar recite from Surah al-Nahl while he was on the pulpit, until he came to [the part of the ayah where] Allah, Most High, says: { And to Allah ˹alone˺ bows down ˹in submission˺1 whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth of living creatures, as do the angels—who are not too proud ˹to do so˺. They1 fear their Lord above them and do whatever they are commanded.}[Quran 16:49-50] at which he descended from the pulpit and performed the prostration of recitationon the ground; and the congregants prostrated with him. On the following Friday, ʿUmar (may Allah be pleased with him) recited the same ayaat while on the pulbit again; but when he recited them, he did not descend from the pulpit, nor prostrate. He said: ‘O people! We passed the [point] for the prostration but whoever prostrated, then they have fulfilled the sunnah and have earned [their] reward. And whoever did not prostrate, there is no sin for them.” This is a demonstration from ʿUmar [highlighting] that if the one who recites or listens to an ayah which has a prostration of recitation in it and does not prostrate [for it]; there is no sin for leaving out the prostration per se. Therefore, Ibn ʿUmar (may Allah be pleased with them) said: “Truly, Allah does not mandate the prostrations, nor make it incumbent upon the reciter or the one listening, unless we choose to do so.” Meaning: if the reciter or the one listening to the recitation want to prostrate. There is no conflict between this hadeeth and with the ayah: {So what is the matter with them that they do not believe, and when the Quran is recited to them, they do not prostrate˺?} [Quran 64:20-21]; because this ayah denounces the polytheists and their omission of the prostrations, due to their unbelief and arrogance. In the Quran, there are 15 places where the prostrationof recitationis performed according to the dominant opinion. And what is said in the prostration of recitation is what is 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. Some of the other benefits that we can conclude from this hadeeth is to know that it is permissible for the person delivering the sermon to descend from the pulpit during the sermon in order to perform the prostration of recitation, and that the prostration of recitation exists in Surah al-Nahl. .