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ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الدَّالِّ عَلَى أَنَّ نَصْبَ الْمُصَلِّي أَمَامَهُ السُّتْرَةَ وَخَطَّهُ الْخَطَّ يَجِبُ أَنْ يَكُونَ بِالطُّولِ لَا بِالْعَرْضِ

ibnhibban:2377al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > al-ʿAbbās b. al-Walīd al-Narsī > Yaḥyá al-Qaṭṭān > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUmar > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] "That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to have a female goat that he would pray towards."  

ابن حبّان:٢٣٧٧أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ النَّرْسِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى الْقَطَّانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي نَافِعٌ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

«أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ تُرْكَزُ لَهُ الْعَنَزَةُ فَيُصَلِّي إِلَيْهَا»  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Aḥmad, Dārimī
bukhari:498Musaddad > Yaḥyá > ʿUbaydullāh > Nāfiʿ > ʿAbdullāh

The Prophet ﷺ used to get a Harba planted in front of him (as a Sutra) and pray behind it.  

البخاري:٤٩٨حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ أَخْبَرَنِي نَافِعٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يُرْكَزُ لَهُ الْحَرْبَةُ فَيُصَلِّي إِلَيْهَا  

ahmad:5840Wakīʿ > al-ʿUmarī > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to have the war spoils gathered for him on both Eid days, and he would then distribute them.  

أحمد:٥٨٤٠حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا الْعُمَرِيُّ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ تُرْكَزُ لَهُ الْحَرْبَةُ فِي الْعِيدَيْنِ فَيُصَلِّي إِلَيْهَا  

darimi:1450Musaddad > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > ʿUbaydullāh > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] "That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to tie a goat for himself and pray towards it."  

الدارمي:١٤٥٠أَخْبَرَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَتْ «تُرْكَزُ لَهُ الْعَنَزَةُ يُصَلِّي إِلَيْهَا»