سنن أبي داود

Hadith 689

Book 4: Prayer (Tafarah Abwab As Sutrah)

تفرح أبواب السترة

Chapter 105

Chapter: Drawing A Line If One Does Not Find A Stick.

باب الْخَطِّ إِذَا لَمْ يَجِدْ عَصًا

English narration

Narrated by أبو هريرة الدوسي

Narrated Abu Hurairah: The Prophet ﷺ said: When one of you prays, he should put something in front of his face, and if he can find nothing, he should set up his staff; but if he has no staff, he should draw a line; then what passes in front of him will not harm him.

النص العربي

حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ الْمُفَضَّلِ ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أُمَيَّةَ ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو عَمْرِو بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ حُرَيْثٍ ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَدَّهُ حُرَيْثًا يُحَدِّثُ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : "

إِذَا صَلَّى أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَجْعَلْ تِلْقَاءَ وَجْهِهِ شَيْئًا ، فَإِنْ لَمْ يَجِدْ فَلْيَنْصِبْ عَصًا ، فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ مَعَهُ عَصًا فَلْيَخْطُطْ خَطًّا ثُمَّ لَا يَضُرُّهُ مَا مَرَّ أَمَامَهُ

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Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 689In-book: Book 4, Hadith 689

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