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ahmad:1393Wakīʿ > Sufyān > Simāk b. Ḥarb > Mūsá b. Ṭalḥah from his father

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked: “What will serve as a screen (sutrah) for one who is praying?” He said: ʿSomething the height of the back of a saddle.” A similar report was narrated from Moosa bin Talhah, from his father, from the Prophet ﷺ. a similar report  

أحمد:١٣٩٣حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ طَلْحَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَا يَسْتُرُ الْمُصَلِّيَ؟ قَالَ مِثْلُ آخِرَةِ الرَّحْلِ  


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muslim:500aZuhayr b. Ḥarb > ʿAbdullāh b. Yazīd > Saʿīd b. Abū Ayyūb > Abū al-Aswad > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about sutra of a worshipper; he said: Equal to the back of the saddle.  

مسلم:٥٠٠aحَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ أَخْبَرَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ عَنْ أَبِي الأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْ سُتْرَةِ الْمُصَلِّي فَقَالَ مِثْلُ مُؤْخِرَةِ الرَّحْلِ