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muslim:500a – Zuhayr b. Ḥarb > ʿAbdullāh b. Yazīd > Saʿīd b. Abū Ayyūb > Abū al-Aswad > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about sutra of a worshipper; he said: Equal to the back of the saddle.  

مسلم:٥٠٠a – حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ أَخْبَرَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ عَنْ أَبِي الأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْ سُتْرَةِ الْمُصَلِّي فَقَالَ مِثْلُ مُؤْخِرَةِ الرَّحْلِ  

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muslim:500b – Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Numayr > ʿAbdullāh b. Yazīd > Ḥaywah > Abū al-Aswad Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked in the expedition of Tabuk about the sutra the worshipper; he said: Like the back of the saddle.  

مسلم:٥٠٠b – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ أَخْبَرَنَا حَيْوَةُ عَنْ أَبِي الأَسْوَدِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ سُئِلَ فِي غَزْوَةِ تَبُوكَ عَنْ سُتْرَةِ الْمُصَلِّي فَقَالَ كَمُؤْخِرَةِ الرَّحْلِ  

nasai:746 – al-ʿAbbās b. Muḥammad al-Dūrī > ʿAbdullāh b. Yazīd > Ḥaywah b. Shurayḥ > Abū al-Aswad > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

"The messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked during the campaign of Tabuk about the Sutra of one who is praying. He said: "Something as high as the back of a camel saddle."  

النسائي:٧٤٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الدُّورِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَيْوَةُ بْنُ شُرَيْحٍ عَنْ أَبِي الأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ قَالَتْ

سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي غَزْوَةِ تَبُوكَ عَنْ سُتْرَةِ الْمُصَلِّي فَقَالَ مِثْلُ مُؤْخِرَةِ الرَّحْلِ  

ahmad:1393 – Wakīʿ > Sufyān > Simāk b. Ḥarb > Mūsá b. Ṭalḥah from his father

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked: “What will serve as a screen (sutrah) for one who is praying?” He said: ʿSomething the height of the back of a saddle.” A similar report was narrated from Moosa bin Talhah, from his father, from the Prophet ﷺ. a similar report  

أحمد:١٣٩٣ – حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ طَلْحَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَا يَسْتُرُ الْمُصَلِّيَ؟ قَالَ مِثْلُ آخِرَةِ الرَّحْلِ  

nasai-kubra:823 – al-ʿAbbās b. Muḥammad > ʿAbdullāh b. Yazīd > Ḥaywah b. Shurayḥ > Abū al-Aswad > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

"The messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked during the campaign of Tabuk about the Sutra of one who is praying. He said: "Something as high as the back of a camel saddle." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 746)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٨٢٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَيْوَةُ بْنُ شُرَيْحٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي غَزْوَةِ تَبُوكَ عَنْ سُتْرَةِ الْمُصَلِّي فَقَالَ «مِثْلُ مُؤْخِرَةِ الرَّحْلِ»