We set out with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ from Mecca, heading toward Medina. When we drew near Azwara, he dismounted, raised his hands, and supplicated to Allah for a while. Then he fell down in prostration and remained there for a long time. He stood up, raised his hands, supplicated to Allah for a while, then fell down in prostration and remained there for a long time. Then he stood up, raised his hands for a while, then fell down in prostration. Ahmad mentioned this three times.He said, "I asked my Lord and interceded for my Ummah, and He granted me a third of my Ummah, so I fell down in prostration out of gratitude to my Lord. Then I raised my head and asked my Lord for my Ummah, and He granted me another third of my Ummah, so I fell down in prostration to my Lord out of gratitude. Then I raised my head and asked my Lord for my Ummah, and He granted me the final third, so I fell down in prostration to my Lord."
حدثنا أحمد بن صالح حدثنا ابن أبي فديك حدثني موسى بن يعقوب عن ابن عثمان قال أبو داود وهو يحيى بن الحسن بن عثمان عن الأشعث بن إسحق بن سعد
خرجنا مع رسول الله ﷺ من مكة نريد المدينة فلما كنا قريبا من عزورا نزل ثم رفع يديه فدعا الله ساعة ثم خر ساجدا فمكث طويلا ثم قام فرفع يديه فدعا الله ساعة ثم خر ساجدا فمكث طويلا ثم قام فرفع يديه ساعة ثم خر ساجدا ذكره أحمد ثلاثا قال إني سألت ربي وشفعت لأمتي فأعطاني ثلث أمتي فخررت ساجدا شكرا لربي ثم رفعت رأسي فسألت ربي لأمتي فأعطاني ثلث أمتي فخررت ساجدا لربي شكرا ثم رفعت رأسي فسألت ربي لأمتي فأعطاني الثلث الآخر فخررت ساجدا لربي
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Its isnad is daif. Bayhaqi 2/370 narrated it from the hadith of Abu Dawud through the same route.Yahya bin Hasan is majhul al-hal (Taqrib), and Ashath bin Ishaq is mastur. Sujud al-shukr has supporting evidence in Muslim, no. 2890, and elsewhere.