Sunan Abi Dawud · Book 4

تفرح أبواب السترة

Prayer (Tafarah Abwab As Sutrah)

17 hadith · 8 chapters

The chapter divisions

Chapters in this book

1باب مَا يَسْتُرُ الْمُصَلِّيChapter: What May Be Used As A Sutrah By The Praying Person.2باب الْخَطِّ إِذَا لَمْ يَجِدْ عَصًاChapter: Drawing A Line If One Does Not Find A Stick.3باب الصَّلاَةِ إِلَى الرَّاحِلَةِChapter: Praying Towards A Mount.4باب إِذَا صَلَّى إِلَى سَارِيَةٍ أَوْ نَحْوِهَا أَيْنَ يَجْعَلُهَا مِنْهُChapter: If He Prays Towards A Pillar Or Other Object, Where Should It Be In Relation To Him.5باب الصَّلاَةِ إِلَى الْمُتَحَدِّثِينَ وَالنِّيَامِChapter: Praying Behind People Who Are talking Or Sleeping.6باب الدُّنُوِّ مِنَ السُّتْرَةِChapter: Coming Close To The Sutrah.7باب مَا يُؤْمَرُ الْمُصَلِّي أَنْ يَدْرَأَ عَنِ الْمَمَرِّ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِChapter: The Command To The One Who Is Praying To Block Others From Crossing In Front Of Him.8باب مَا يُنْهَى عَنْهُ مِنَ الْمُرُورِ بَيْنَ يَدَىِ الْمُصَلِّيChapter: The Prohibition Of Passing In Front Of One Who Is Praying.

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First narrations

Abu Dawud · 685إِذَا جَعَلْتَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ مِثْلَ مُؤَخِّرَةِ الرَّحْلِ فَلَا يَضُرُّكَ مَنْ مَرَّ بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَTalhah bin Ubaid Allah reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: When you place in front of you something such as the back of a saddle, then there is no harm if someone passes in front of you (i. e. the other side of 5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 686آخِرَةُ الرَّحْلِ ذِرَاعٌ فَمَا فَوْقَهُAta said: The back of the saddle is (about) one cubit (in height) or more than that.4 narratorsAbu Dawud · 687أَنّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ إِذَا خَرَجَ يَوْمَ الْعِيدِ أَمَرَ بِالْحَرْبَةِ فَتُوضَعُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ فَيُصَلِّي إِلَيْهَا وَالنَّاسُ وَرَاءَهُ ، وَكَانَ يَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ فِي السَّفَرِ ،Ibn Umar said: When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would go out (for prayer) on the day ofEidd, he ordered to bring a lance, it was then setup in front of him and he would pray in its direction, and the people (stood) behind h5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 688أَنّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ صَلَّى بِهِمْ بِالْبَطْحَاءِ وَبَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ عَنَزَةٌ الظُّهْرَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَالْعَصْرَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ يَمُرُّ خَلْفَ الْعَنَزَةِ الْمَرْأَةُ وَالْحِمَارُAbu Juhaifah said: The Prophet ﷺ led them in prayer at al-Batha', with a staff set up in front of him. (He prayed) two rak'ahs of the Zuhr prayer and two rak'ahs of the Asr prayer. The women and the donkeys would pass in4 narratorsAbu Dawud · 689إِذَا صَلَّى أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَجْعَلْ تِلْقَاءَ وَجْهِهِ شَيْئًا ، فَإِنْ لَمْ يَجِدْ فَلْيَنْصِبْ عَصًا ، فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ مَعَهُ عَصًا فَلْيَخْطُطْ خَطًّا ثُمَّ لَا يَضُرُّهُ مَا مَرَّ أَمَامَهُNarrated 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 6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 690حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ فَارِسٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيٌّ يَعْنِي ابْنَ الْمَدِينِيِّ ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ ، عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ ،عَنْ أَبِي مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ حُرَيْثٍ ، عَنْ جَدِّهThis tradition has also been reported by Abu Hurairah through a different chain of narrators. Abu Hurairah reported: The Prophet ﷺ said: . . . . . . He then narrated the tradition about drawing the line. Sufyan said: We 7 narratorsAbu Dawud · 691رَأَيْتُ شَرِيكًا صَلَّى بِنَا فِي جَنَازَةٍ الْعَصْرَ ، فَوَضَعَ قَلَنْسُوَتَهُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِSufyan bin Uyainah said: I saw Sharik who led us in the Asr prayer during a funeral ceremony. He placed his cap in front of him, that is, for saying the obligatory prayer the time of which had come.2 narratorsAbu Dawud · 692أَنّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يُصَلِّي إِلَى بَعِيرٍIbn Umar said: The Prophet ﷺ used to pray facing his camel.8 narratorsAbu Dawud · 693مَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُصَلِّي إِلَى عُودٍ وَلَا عَمُودٍ وَلَا شَجَرَةٍ إِلَّا جَعَلَهُ عَلَى حَاجِبِهِ الْأَيْمَنِ أَوِ الْأَيْسَرِ وَلَا يَصْمُدُ لَهُ صَمْدًاNarrated Al-Miqdad ibn al-Aswad: I never saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ praying in front of a stick, a pillar, or a tree, without having it opposite his right or left eyebrow, and not facing it directly.6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 694لَا تُصَلُّوا خَلْفَ النَّائِمِ وَلَا الْمُتَحَدِّثِNarrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: The Prophet ﷺ said: Do not pray behind a sleeping or a talking person.6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 695إِذَا صَلَّى أَحَدُكُمْ إِلَى سُتْرَةٍ فَلْيَدْنُ مِنْهَا لَا يَقْطَعِ الشَّيْطَانُ عَلَيْهِ صَلَاتَهُNarrated Sahl ibn AbuHathmah: The Prophet ﷺ said: When one of you prays facing a sutrah he should keep close to it, and not let the devil interrupt his prayer. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has also been narrated by Waq9 narrators·parallel chainAbu Dawud · 696وَكَانَ بَيْنَ مَقَامِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَبَيْنَ الْقِبْلَةِ مَمَرُّ عَنْزٍSahl said: The distance between the place where the Prophet ﷺ stood and the qiblah (i. e. the sutrah or the wall of the mosque) was as much as to allow a goat to pass.5 narrators