Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man — Page 112
CHAPTER 6 Holy Prophet Muhammad sa 's Remembrance of All a h, glorifying Him and Being grateful To Him 112 fire. " 19 Prostrations of gratitude On receiving good news the Holy Prophet Mu h ammadwould immediately prostrate and offer Sajdah of gratitude. 20 Hadrat Sa‘d bin Ab i Waqqa s ra relates that we were returning to Mad i nah from Makkah. When we reached a place ‘Azwar a ’, H u du r sa dismounted, he raised his hands and prayed for a while, then went into prostration. He stayed in prostration for a very long time. He then stood up, raised his hands in prayer and went into prostration again. He did this three times and than told us, "I prayed for my Ummah. God gave me permission to intercede on behalf of one third of my Ummah. I prostrated in gratitude. When I prayed again, God granted me permission of intercession for another third of my Ummah. I prostrated in gratitude. Then I raised my head and prayed again and God gave me permission for intercession on behalf of the remaining third of my Ummah and I prostrated to offer gratitude. " 21 Hadrat ‘Abdur Ra h m a n bin ‘Auf ra relates, "The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa came into the mosque and facing Ka‘bah performed Sajdah. He remained in Sajdah for such a long time that we became worried in case God had taken possession of his soul. I went near him, he got up and enquired as to who was there? I told