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bayhaqi:4313Abū Saʿīd b. Abū ʿAmr > Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ṣaffār > Aḥmad b. Muḥammad al-Birtī al-Qāḍī > Abū Maʿmar > ʿAbd al-Wārith > ʿUmar b. Sulaym

[Machine] "Yes, it rained during the night so we went out for the morning prayer. A man was passing by the pebbles and he had some on his clothing, so he prayed on them. When the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ saw that, he said, 'How excellent is this prayer mat.' And this happened at the beginning of its inception."  

البيهقي:٤٣١٣أنبأ أَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو أنبأ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْبِرْتِيُّ الْقَاضِي ثنا أَبُو مَعْمَرٍ ثنا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ ثنا عُمَرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمٍ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ سَأَلْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ عَمَّا كَانَ بَدْءُ هَذِهِ الْحَصْبَاءِ الَّتِي فِي الْمَسْجِدِ؟ قَالَ

نَعَمْ مُطِرْنَا مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَخَرَجْنَا لِصَلَاةِ الْغَدَاةِ فَجَعَلَ الرَّجُلُ يَمُرُّ عَلَى الْبَطْحَاءِ فَيَجْعَلُ فِي ثَوْبِهِ مِنَ الْحَصْبَاءِ فَيُصَلِّي عَلَيْهِ قَالَ فَلَمَّا رَأَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ذَاكَ قَالَ مَا أَحْسَنَ هَذَا الْبِسَاطَ فَكَانَ ذَلِكَ فِي أَوَّلِ بَدْئِهِ