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ahmad:6287 – Ibn Numayr > ʿUbaydullāh > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ praying his supererogatory prayer wherever his camel directed him.  

أحمد:٦٢٨٧ – حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي سُبْحَتَهُ حَيْثُتَوَجَّهَتْ بِهِ نَاقَتُهُ  

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bukhari:1093 – ʿAlī b. ʿAbdullāh > ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿĀmir from his father

I saw the Prophet ﷺ offering the prayer on his mount (Rahila) whatever direction it took.  

البخاري:١٠٩٣ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الأَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَامِرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يُصَلِّي عَلَى رَاحِلَتِهِ حَيْثُ تَوَجَّهَتْ بِهِ  

muslim:700a – Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Numayr from my father > ʿUbaydullāh > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

Ibn 'Umar reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say Nafl prayer on (the back of) his camel in whatever direction it took him.  

مسلم:٧٠٠a – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ يُصَلِّي سُبْحَتَهُ حَيْثُمَا تَوَجَّهَتْ بِهِ نَاقَتُهُ