and the like. This is not correct. Moreover, if he recites it outside the prayer and does not prostrate, has he done something disliked?
As for their saying, “Or he may prostrate and confuse those praying behind him,” we reply: this may indeed happen. Thus, if he prostrates, they may say, “Glory be to Allah,” to alert him, thinking that he has forgotten to bow. Perhaps, if he refuses to rise and remains in prostration, they will cease following him and say, “He has deliberately omitted an essential pillar, so we will not follow him.” Yet this confusion can be avoided if he raises his voice slightly when reciting the verse of prostration. If he raises his voice at the verse of prostration, the people will prostrate. But it may be said: only those who know that it is a verse of prostration will prostrate, whereas those who do not know will not.
Accordingly, we say: if confusion will result, then do not recite it; or recite it but do not prostrate. For if he recites it without prostrating, he has not done anything disliked. However, it is reported in the Sunan collections, through a chain of transmission open to question, that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, recited Surah al-Sajdah in the Dhuhr prayer and prostrated during it. (1) If this hadith were authentic, it would settle the dispute conclusively, and we would say that it is permissible to recite a verse of prostration in a silent prayer and to prostrate upon it, just as the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, did.
THE FOLLOWER IS REQUIRED TO FOLLOW HIM IN CASES OTHER THAN THIS ………
His statement: “The follower is required to follow him in cases other than this.”