Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar: In the year of Conquest the Messenger of Allah ﷺ recited a verse at which a prostration should be made and all the people prostrated themselves. Some were mounted, and some were prostrating themselves on the ground, and those who were mounted prostrated themselves on their hands.

Narrated Ibn Umar: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ would recite to us a surah (according to the version of Ibn Numair) outside the prayer (the agreed version goes), then he would prostrate along with him, and none of us could find a place for his forehead.

Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to recite the Quran to us. When he came upon the verse containing prostration, he would utter the takbir (Allah is most great) and we would prostrate ourselves along with him. The narrator Abd al-Razzaq said: Al-Thawri liked this tradition very much. Abu Dawud said: This was liked by him for this contains the uttering of takbir.

Narrated Aishah, Ummul Muminin: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prostrated himself at night when reciting the Quran. He said repeatedly: My face prostrates itself to Him Who created it and brought forth its hearing and seeing by His might and power.

Narrated Abu Tamimah al-Hujaymi: When we came to Madina accompanying the caravan, I used to preach after the dawn prayer, and prostrate on account of the recitation of the Quran. Ibn Umar prohibited me three times, but I did not cease doing that. He then repeated (his prohibition) saying: I prayed behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, Abu Bakr, Umar and Uthman, they would not prostrate (on account of the recitation of the Quran) till the sun had risen.