Explaining
Sahih Muslim Book 4 – Hadith 273-289
Chapter 47: The Sutrah (Screen) For One Who Is Praying, And the
Recommendation to Pray Facing a Sutrah. The Ruling on Passing in Front of One
Who Is Praying, And Preventing One Who Wants to Pass in Front. It Is
Permissible to Lie Down in Front of One Who Is Praying, Praying Towards One's
Mount. The Command to Stand Close to The Sutrah. The Height of The Sutrah, And
Related Matters.
Musa b. Talha reported it on the authority of
his father:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)
said: When one of you places in front of him so me. thing such as the back of a
saddle, he should pray without caring who passes on the other side of it. (Explaining
Sahih Muslim Book 4 – Hadith 273)
Musa b. Talha reported on the authority of
his father:
We used to say prayer and
the animals moved in front of us. We mentioned it to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)
and he said: If anything equal to the back of a saddle is in front of you, then
what walks in front, no harm would come to him. Ibn Numair said: No harm would
come whosoever walks in front. (Explaining
Sahih Muslim Book 4 – Hadith 274)
'A'isha reported:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)
was asked about sutra of a worshipper; he said: Equal to the back of the
saddle. (Explaining
Sahih Muslim Book 4 – Hadith 275)
'A'isha reported:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)
was asked in the expedition of Tabuk about the sutra the worshipper; he said:
Like the back of the saddle. (Explaining
Sahih Muslim Book 4 – Hadith 276)
Ibn Umar reported:
When the Messenger of Allah
(may peace he upon him) went out on the 'Id day, he ordered to carry a
spear-and it was fixed in front of him, and he said prayer towards its
(direction), and the people were behind him. And he did it in the journey, and
that is the reason why the Amirs carried it. (Explaining
Sahih Muslim Book 4 – Hadith 277)
Ibn Umar reported:
The Apostle of Allah (ﷺ)
set up (sutra), and Abu Bakr said: He implanted iron-tipped spear and said
prayer towards its direction. Ibn Abu Shaiba made this addition to it:"
Ubaidullah said that it was a spear." (Explaining
Sahih Muslim Book 4 – Hadith 278)
Ibn 'Umar said:
The Apostle of Allah (ﷺ)
used to place his camel (towards the Ka'ba) and said prayer in its direction. (Explaining
Sahih Muslim Book 4 – Hadith 279)
Ibn 'Umar reported:
The Apostle of Allah (ﷺ)
used to say prayer towards his camel. Ibn Numair said: The Apostle of Allah (ﷺ)
said prayer towards the camel. (Explaining
Sahih Muslim Book 4 – Hadith 280)
Abu Juhaifa reported it on the authority of
his father:
I came to the Messenger of
Allah (ﷺ) in Mecca and he was (at that time) at al- Abtah in a red leather
tent. And Bilal stepped out with ablution water for him. (And what was left out
of that water) some of them got it (whereas others could not get it) and (those
who got it) rubbed themselves with it. Then the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) stepped
out with a red mantle on him and I was catching a glimpse of the whiteness of
his shanks. The narrator said: He (the Holy Prophet) performed the ablution.
and Bilal pronounced Adhan and I followed his mouth (as he turned) this side
and that as he said on the right and the left:" Come to prayer, come to
success." ' A spear was then fixed for him (on the ground). He stepped
forward and said two rak'ahs of Zuhr, while there passed in front of him a
donkey and a dog, and these were not checked. He then said two rak'ahs of the
'Asr prayer, and he then continued saying two rak'ahs till he came back to
Medina. (Explaining
Sahih Muslim Book 4 – Hadith 281)
Abu Juhaifa reported on the authority of his
father:
I saw the Messenger of
Allah (ﷺ) (in Mecca at al-Abtah) in a red leather tent. and I saw Bilal take
the ablution water (left by Allah's Messenger), and I saw the people racing,
with one another to get that ablution water. If anyone got some of it, he
rubbed himself with it, and anyone who did not get any got some of the moisture
from his companion's hand. I then saw Bilal take a staff and fix it in the
ground, after which the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came out quickly in a red mantle
and led the people in two rak'ahs facing the staff, and I saw people and
animals passing in front of the staff. (Explaining
Sahih Muslim Book 4 – Hadith 282)
'Aun b. Abu Juhaifa
narrated from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) on the authority of his father a
hadith like that of Sufyan, and 'Umar b. Abu Za'ida made this addition:
Some of them tried to excel
the others (in obtaining water), and in the hadith transmitted by Malik b.
Mighwal (the words are): When it was noon, Bilal came out and summoned (people)
to (noon) prayer. (Explaining
Sahih Muslim Book 4 – Hadith 283)
Abu Juhaifa reported:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)
went at noon towards al-Batha', he performed ablution, and said two rak'ahs of
the Zuhr prayer and two of the 'Asr prayer, and there was a spear in front of
him. Shu'ba said and Aun made this addition to it on the authority of his
father Abu Juhaifa: And the woman and the donkey passed behind it. (Explaining
Sahih Muslim Book 4 – Hadith 284)
Shu'ba narrated the same on
the basis of two authorities and in the hadith transmitted by Hakam (the words
are):
The people began to get
water that was left out of his (the Prophet's) ablution. (Explaining
Sahih Muslim Book 4 – Hadith 285)
Ibn 'Abbas reported:
I came riding on a she-ass,
and I was on the threshold of maturity, and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was
leading people in prayer at Mina. I passed in front of the row and got down,
and sent the she-ass for grazing and joined the row, and nobody made any
objection to it. (Explaining
Sahih Muslim Book 4 – Hadith 286)
Abdullah b. Abbas reported
that he came riding on a donkey, and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was leading the
people in prayer at Mina on the occasion of the Farewell Pilgrimage and (the
narrator) reported:
The donkey passed in front
of the row and then he got down from it And joined the row along with the
people. (Explaining
Sahih Muslim Book 4 – Hadith 287)
This hadith has been
narrated by Ibn 'Uyaina on the authority of al-Zuhri with the same chain of
transmitters and he reported:
The Apostle of Allah (ﷺ)
was leading prayer at 'Arafa. (Explaining
Sahih Muslim Book 4 – Hadith 288)
This hadith has been reported
by Ma'mar on the authority of al-Zuhri with the same chain of transmitters, but
here no mention has been made of Mina or 'Arafa, and he said:
It was in the Farewell
Pilgrimage or on the Day of Victory. (Explaining
Sahih Muslim Book 4 – Hadith 289)
Explaining
Sahih Muslim Book 4 – Hadith 273-289
Explaining
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