[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said: "When one of you stands up for prayer, mercy faces him, so he should not wipe away the dust. Sufyan said: Sa'd bin Ibrahim Al-Zuhri said, "Who is Abu Al-Ahwas?" Al-Zuhri replied, "Have you not seen the old man who prays in the garden?" Al-Zuhri described him, and Sa'd did not recognize him as the exact wording of Al-Humaidi's narration. Hanafiyyah narrated from Yahya that the Prophet ﷺ said: "When one of you stands up for prayer, mercy faces him, so he should not wipe away the dust." The story of Sa'd was not mentioned.  

النَّبِيَّ ﷺ ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ بْنُ الْفُضَيْلِ الْقَطَّانُ بِبَغْدَادَ أنبأ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ دَرَسْتَوَيْهِ ثنا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْحُمَيْدِيُّ ثنا سُفْيَانُ ثنا الزُّهْرِيُّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا قَامَ أَحَدُكُمْ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ فَإِنَّ الرَّحْمَةَ تُوَاجِهُهُ فَلَا يَمْسَحِ الْحَصَا قَالَ سُفْيَانُ فَقَالَ سَعْدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الزُّهْرِيُّ مَنْ أَبُو الْأَحْوَصِ؟ فَقَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ أَمَا رَأَيْتَ الشَّيْخَ الَّذِي يُصَلِّي فِي الرَّوْضَةِ فَجَعَلَ الزُّهْرِيُّ يَنْعَتُهُ وَسَعْدٌ لَا يَعْرِفُهُ لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ الْحُمَيْدِيِّ وَفِي رِوَايَةِ يَحْيَى إِذَا قَامَ أَحَدُكُمْ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ فَإِنَّ الرَّحْمَةَ تُوَاجِهُهُ فَلَا يَمْسَحِ الْحَصَا لَمْ يَذْكُرْ قِصَّةَ سَعْدٍ  

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said about the man who levels the ground where he prostrates, "If you are going to do it, then only once."  

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ فِي الرَّجُلِ يُسَوِّي التُّرَابَ حَيْثُ يَسْجُدُ قَالَ إِنْ كُنْتَ فَاعِلًا فَوَاحِدَةً  

Mu’aiqib reported the Prophet ﷺ as saying ; Do not remove pebbles while you are praying; if you do it out of sheer necessity, do it only once to smooth the pebbles. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 946)   

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ لَا تَمَسَحْ وَأَنْتَ تُصَلِّي فَإِنْ كُنْتَ لَا بُدَّ فَاعِلًا فَوَاحِدَةً تَسْوِيَةَ الْحَصَا  

[Machine] "And that I do not do it is more beloved to me than a hundred black camels with white markings. It was narrated by Mujahid from Abu Dharr from the Prophet ﷺ regarding wiping the pebbles (during ablution) only once. And it was also narrated by Mujahid from Abu Wail from Abu Dharr, and we have also narrated from Uthman ibn Affan that he (Uthman) leveled the pebbles with his sandals before entering the prayer."  

وَأَنْ لَا أَفْعَلَهَا أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ مِائَةٍ نَاقَةٍ سُودِ الْحَدَقِ وَرَوَاهُ مُجَاهِدٌ عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي مَسْحِ الْحَصَا وَاحِدَةً وَقِيلَ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ وَرُوِّينَا عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ ؓ أَنَّهُ سَوَّى الْحَصَى بِنَعْلَيْهِ قَبْلَ الدُّخُولِ فِي الصَّلَاةِ  

[Machine] The sheikh and this fate is licensed in it, and the dislike is only in playing with it, and if he had made it equal before entering prayer as Uthman did, it would have been more appropriate. And with the help of Allah, we were narrated by Sa'id ibn al-Musayyib that he saw a man playing with the gravel, and he said, "If the heart of this person submits, his limbs will also submit."  

الشَّيْخُ وَهَذَا الْقَدْرُ هُوَ الْمُرَخَّصُ فِيهِ وَإِنَّمَا الْكَرَاهِيَةُ فِي الْعَبَثِ بِهِ وَلَوْ سَوَّاهُ قَبْلَ الدُّخُولِ فِي الصَّلَاةِ كَمَا فَعَلَ عُثْمَانُ ؓ كَانَ أَوْلَى وَبِاللهِ التَّوْفِيقُ وَرُوِّينَا عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ أَنَّهُ رَأَى رَجُلًا يَعْبَثُ بِالْحَصَا فَقَالَ لَوْ خَشَعَ قَلْبُ هَذَا خَشَعَتْ جَوَارِحُهُ