Abu Saeed al-Khudri reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: When one of you prays, he should pray facing the sutrah (screen or covering) and he should keep himself close to it. He then narrated the tradition to the same effect.
Hadith ReferenceSunan Abi Dawud / Prayer (Tafarah Abwab As Sutrah) / Hadith: 698
Hadith Gradingالألبانی:حسن صحيح | زبیر علی زئی:صحيح, وله شاھد عند ابن خزيمة (803 وسنده صحيح)
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