Sunan Abi Dawud · Prayer (Tafarah Abwab As Sutrah)
باب الدُّنُوِّ مِنَ السُّتْرَةِ
Chapter: Coming Close To The Sutrah.
2 hadith · references 695–696
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Abu 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