Sahih
Muslim Book 5 – Hadith 332-338
Chapter 48: It is permissible to offer voluntary prayers in
congregation, and to pray on hasir (palm-fiber mats), khumrah (small mats),
cloth, and other pure things.
Anas b. Malik reported that
his grandmother, Mulaika, invited the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) to a dinner which
she had prepared. He (the Holy Prophet) ate out of that and then said:
Stand up so that I should
observe prayer (in order to bless) you Anas b. Malik said: I stood up on a mat
(belonging to us) which had turned dark on account of its long use. I sprinkled
water over it (in order to soften it), and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) stood
upon it, and I and an orphan formed a row behind him (the Holy Prophet) and the
old woman was behind us, and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) led us in two rak'ahs
of prayer and then went back. (Sahih
Muslim Book 5 – Hadith 332)
Anas b. Malik
reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) wits the best among people in
character. On occasions, the time of prayer would come while he was in our
house. He would then order to spread the mat lying under him. That was dusted
and then water was sprinkled over it. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) then led the
prayer and we stood behind him, and that mat was made of the leaves of
date-palm. (Sahih
Muslim Book 5 – Hadith 333)
Thabit reported on the
authority of Anas:
The Apostle of Allah (ﷺ)
came to us and there was none in our house but I, my mother and my aunt Umm
Haram. He (the Holy Prophet) said: Stand up so that I may lead you in prayer
(and there was no time for prescribed prayer). He led us in prayer. A person
said to Thabit: Where stood Anas with him (the Holy Prophet)? He replied: He
was on the right side. He then blessed us, the members of the household with
every good of this world and of the Hereafter. My mother said: Messenger of
Allah (and then, pointing towards Anas, said), here is your little servant,
invoke the blessing of Allah upon him too. He then blessed me with every good,
and he concluded his blessings for me (with these words): Allah! increase his
wealth, and his children and make (them the source of) blessing for him. (Sahih
Muslim Book 5 – Hadith 334)
Abdullah b.
al-Mukhtar heard Musa b. Anas narrating on the authority of Anas b. Malik that
the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) led him, his mother or his aunt in prayer. He made
me, stand on his right side and made the woman stand, behind us. (Sahih
Muslim Book 5 – Hadith 335)
This hadith has
also been narrated by Shu'ba with this chain of transmitters. (Sahih
Muslim Book 5 – Hadith 336)
Maimuna, the wife of the
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), reported:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)
said prayer while I was by his side, and at times when he prostrated his cloth
touched me, and he prayed on a small mat. (Sahih
Muslim Book 5 – Hadith 337)
Abu Sa'id
al-Khudri reported that he went to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and found him
observing prayer on a mat and prostrating on that. (Sahih
Muslim Book 5 – Hadith 338)