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nasai-kubra:824ʿUbaydullāh b. Saʿīd > Yaḥyá > ʿUbaydullāh > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

It was narrated from Ibn Umar concerning the Messenger of Allah ﷺ he said: "He used to set up a short spear then pray facing toward it." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 747)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٨٢٤أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي نَافِعٌ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ «أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَرْكُزُ الْحَرْبَةَ ثُمَّ يُصَلِّي إِلَيْهَا»  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Nasāʾī, Aḥmad
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  

nasai:747ʿUbaydullāh b. Saʿīd > Yaḥyá > ʿUbaydullāh > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

It was narrated from Ibn Umar concerning the Messenger of Allah ﷺ he said: "He used to set up a short spear then pray facing toward it."  

النسائي:٧٤٧أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا نَافِعٌ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ كَانَ يَرْكُزُ الْحَرْبَةَ ثُمَّ يُصَلِّي إِلَيْهَا  

ahmad:4614Yaḥyá > ʿUbaydullāh > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] The translation of the given Arabic sentence into English is as follows:

The Messenger of Allahﷺ used to focus on the stone (known as "al-Harbah") and pray towards it.  

أحمد:٤٦١٤حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ حَدَّثَنِي نَافِعٌ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَرْكُزُ الْحَرْبَةَ يُصَلِّي إِلَيْهَا  

ahmad:4681Yaḥyá > ʿUbaydullāh > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ focused his attention on the woman while praying to her.  

أحمد:٤٦٨١حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى أَخْبَرَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللهِ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ رَكَزَ الْحَرْبَةَ يُصَلِّي إِلَيْهَا