You would say he had died

Reference: Hilyatul-Awliyaa wa-Tabaqaat al-Asfiyaa v5 p61

Abu Bakr ibn ‘Ayyaash رحمه الله said:

I saw Habeeb ibn Abi Thaabit in prostration, and if you saw him, you would say he had died – because of the length of his prostration!

Translation originally published on 5 March, 2015.