English translation
4807. Narrated Al-'Awwām: I asked Mujāhid regarding the prostration in Sūrat [٣٥] Ṣād. He said, "I asked Ibn 'Abbās, 'What evidence makes you prostrate?' He said, 'Don't you recite: 'And among his progeny, Dāwūd (David) and Sulaimān (Solomon)... (V.6:84). They are those whom Allāh had guided. So follow their guidance.' (V.6:90) So Dāwūd (David) was the one of those Prophets whom Prophet (Muḥammad ﷺ) was ordered to follow. Dāwūd (David) عَنَيْهِ prostrated, so Allāh's Messenger (Muḥammad ﷺ) performed this prostration too."
