أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ ، حَدَّثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ ، عَنْ يَحْيَى ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ ، قَالَ : رَأَيْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَسْجُدُ فِي إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انْشَقَّتْ ، فَقُلْتُ : يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ ، أَرَاكَ تَسْجُدُ فِي إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انْشَقَّتْ ، فَقَالَ :" لَوْ لَمْ أَرَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ سَجَدَ فِيهَا، لَمْ أَسْجُدْ "

Muhammad bin Yusuf told us, Al-Awza’i told us, on the authority of Yahya, on the authority of Abu Salamah, he said: I saw Abu Hurairah prostrating in the sky. It split, so I said: O Abu Hurairah, I see you prostrating when the sky splits. He said: If I had not seen the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, prostrating. Therein, I did not prostrate.”