5. Mosques and Places of Prayer

٥۔ كتاب الْمَسَاجِدِ وَمَوَاضِعِ الصَّلاَةِ

5.49 It is permissible to offer voluntary prayers in congregation, and to pray on hasir (palm-fiber mats), khumrah (small mats), cloth, and other pure things

٥۔٤٩ باب جَوَازِ الْجَمَاعَةِ فِي النَّافِلَةِ وَالصَّلاَةِ عَلَى حَصِيرٍ وَخُمْرَةٍ وَثَوْبٍ وَغَيْرِهَا مِنَ الطَّاهِرَاتِ

muslim:658Yaḥyá b. Yaḥyá > Mālik > Isḥāq b. ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Ṭalḥah > Anas b. Mālik

Stand up so that I should observe prayer (in order to bless) you Anas b. Malik said: I stood up on a mat (belonging to us) which had turned dark on account of its long use. I sprinkled water over it (in order to soften it), and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood upon it, and I and an orphan formed a row behind him (the Holy Prophet) and the old woman was behind us, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ led us in two rak'ahs of prayer and then went back.  

مسلم:٦٥٨حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ قَرَأْتُ عَلَى مَالِكٍ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ جَدَّتَهُ مُلَيْكَةَ دَعَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِطَعَامٍ صَنَعَتْهُ فَأَكَلَ مِنْهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ قُومُوا فَأُصَلِّيَ لَكُمْ قَالَ أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ فَقُمْتُ إِلَى حَصِيرٍ لَنَا قَدِ اسْوَدَّ مِنْ طُولِ مَا لُبِسَ فَنَضَحْتُهُ بِمَاءٍ فَقَامَ عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَصَفَفْتُ أَنَا وَالْيَتِيمُ وَرَاءَهُ وَالْعَجُوزُ مِنْ وَرَائِنَا فَصَلَّى لَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ  

muslim:659Shaybān b. Farrūkh And ʾAbū al-Rabīʿ > ʿAbd al-Wārith > Shaybān > ʿAbd al-Wārith > Abū al-Tayyāḥ > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ had the best character of all people. Sometimes the time for prayer would come while he was in our house, and he would order that the mat beneath him be swept, then sprinkled with water. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would lead the prayer, and we would stand behind him, and he would pray with us. Their mat was made of palm fronds.  

مسلم:٦٥٩وَحَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ بْنُ فَرُّوخَ وَأَبُو الرَّبِيعِ كِلاَهُمَا عَنْ عَبْدِ الْوَارِثِ قَالَ شَيْبَانُ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ عَنْ أَبِي التَّيَّاحِ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَحْسَنَ النَّاسِ خُلُقًا فَرُبَّمَا تَحْضُرُ الصَّلاَةُ وَهْوَ فِي بَيْتِنَا فَيَأْمُرُ بِالْبِسَاطِ الَّذِي تَحْتَهُ فَيُكْنَسُ ثُمَّ يُنْضَحُ ثُمَّ يَؤُمُّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَنَقُومُ خَلْفَهُ فَيُصَلِّي بِنَا وَكَانَ بِسَاطُهُمْ مِنْ جَرِيدِ النَّخْلِ  

muslim:660aZuhayr b. Ḥarb > Hāshim b. al-Qāsim > Sulaymān > Thābit > Anas

The Apostle of Allah ﷺ came to us and there was none in our house but I, my mother and my aunt Umm Haram. He (the Holy Prophet) said: Stand up so that I may lead you in prayer (and there was no time for prescribed prayer). He led us in prayer. A person said to Thabit: Where stood Anas with him (the Holy Prophet)? He replied: He was on the right side. He then blessed us, the members of the household with every good of this world and of the Hereafter. My mother said: Messenger of Allah (and then, pointing towards Anas, said), here is your little servant, invoke the blessing of Allah upon him too. He then blessed me with every good, and he concluded his blessings for me (with these words): Allah! increase his wealth, and his children and make (them the source of) blessing for him.  

مسلم:٦٦٠aحَدَّثَنِي زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا هَاشِمُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

دَخَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَلَيْنَا وَمَا هُوَ إِلاَّ أَنَا وَأُمِّي وَأُمُّ حَرَامٍ خَالَتِي فَقَالَ قُومُوا فَلأُصَلِّيَ بِكُمْ فِي غَيْرِ وَقْتِ صَلاَةٍ فَصَلَّى بِنَا فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ لِثَابِتٍ أَيْنَ جَعَلَ أَنَسًا مِنْهُ قَالَ جَعَلَهُ عَلَى يَمِينِهِ ثُمَّ دَعَا لَنَا أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ بِكُلِّ خَيْرٍ مِنْ خَيْرِ الدُّنْيَا وَالآخِرَةِ فَقَالَتْ أُمِّي يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ خُوَيْدِمُكَ ادْعُ اللَّهَ لَهُ قَالَ فَدَعَا لِي بِكُلِّ خَيْرٍ وَكَانَ فِي آخِرِ مَا دَعَا لِي بِهِ أَنْ قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ أَكْثِرْ مَالَهُ وَوَلَدَهُ وَبَارِكْ لَهُ فِيهِ  

muslim:660bʿUbaydullāh b. Muʿādh from my father > Shuʿbah > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mukhtār > Mūsá b. Anas > Anas b. Mālik

Abdullah b. al-Mukhtar heard Musa b. Anas narrating on the authority of Anas b. Malik that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ led him, his mother or his aunt in prayer. He made me, stand on his right side and made the woman stand, behind us.  

مسلم:٦٦٠bوَحَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْمُخْتَارِ سَمِعَ مُوسَى بْنَ أَنَسٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ صَلَّى بِهِ وَبِأُمِّهِ أَوْ خَالَتِهِ قَالَ فَأَقَامَنِي عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَأَقَامَ الْمَرْأَةَ خَلْفَنَا  

muslim:660c[Chain 1] Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar [Chain 2] ʿAbd al-Raḥman / Ibn Mahdī

This hadith has also been narrated by Shu'ba with this chain of transmitters.  

مسلم:٦٦٠cوَحَدَّثَنَاهُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ح وَحَدَّثَنِيهِ زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ مَهْدِيٍّ قَالَ

حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ  

muslim:513b[Chain 1] Yaḥyá b. Yaḥyá al-Tamīmī > Khālid b. ʿAbdullāh [Chain 2] Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > ʿAbbād b. al-ʿAwwām > al-Shaybānī > ʿAbdullāh b. Shaddād

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said prayer while I was by his side, and at times when he prostrated his cloth touched me, and he prayed on a small mat.  

مسلم:٥١٣bحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى التَّمِيمِيُّ أَخْبَرَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبَّادُ بْنُ الْعَوَّامِ كِلاَهُمَا عَنِ الشَّيْبَانِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ شَدَّادٍ قَالَ

حَدَّثَتْنِي مَيْمُونَةُ زَوْجُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَتْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي وَأَنَا حِذَاءَهُ وَرُبَّمَا أَصَابَنِي ثَوْبُهُ إِذَا سَجَدَ وَكَانَ يُصَلِّي عَلَى خُمْرَةٍ  

muslim:661[Chain 1] Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah And ʾAbū Kurayb > Abū Muʿāwiyah [Chain 2] Sūwayd b. Saʿīd > ʿAlī b. Mushir > al-Aʿmash [Chain 3] Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿĪsá b. Yūnus > al-Aʿmash > Abū Sufyān > Jābir > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

Abu Sa'id al-Khudri reported that he went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and found him observing prayer on a mat and prostrating on that.  

مسلم:٦٦١وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَأَبُو كُرَيْبٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ ح وَحَدَّثَنِي سُوَيْدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْهِرٍ جَمِيعًا عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ أَخْبَرَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيُّ

أَنَّهُ دَخَلَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَوَجَدَهُ يُصَلِّي عَلَى حَصِيرٍ يَسْجُدُ عَلَيْهِ