Narrated Sahl ibn AbuHathmah: The Prophet ﷺ said: When one of you prays facing a sutrah he should keep close to it, and not let the devil interrupt his prayer. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has also been narrated by Waqid bin Muhammad from Safwan from Muhammad bin Sahl on the authority of his father, or on the authority of Muhammad bin Sahl from the Prophet ﷺ. Some have narrated it from Nafi bin Jubair on the authority of Sahl bin Saad. There is a variation in the chain of its narrators.
Hadith Referenceسنن ابي داود / تفرح أبواب السترة / 695
Hadith Gradingالألبانی:صحيح | زبیر علی زئی:إسناده صحيح, مشكوة المصابيح (782), سفيان صرح بالسماع عند ابن خزيمة (803 وسنده صحيح)
Hadith Takhrij« سنن النسائی/القبلة 5 (749)، (تحفة الأشراف: 4648)، وقد أخرجہ: مسند احمد (4/2) (صحیح) »
Sahl said: The distance between the place where the Prophet ﷺ stood and the qiblah (i. e. the sutrah or the wall of the mosque) was as much as to allow a goat to pass.
Hadith Referenceسنن ابي داود / تفرح أبواب السترة / 696
Hadith Gradingالألبانی:صحيح | زبیر علی زئی:صحيح بخاري (496) صحيح مسلم (508)