مشكوة المصابيح
Mishkat al-Masabih
كتاب الصلاة
The Book of Prayer
(يُجَازُ مَسْحُ مَوْضِعِ السُّجُودِ مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً وَلَا يُكَرَّرُ)
(It is permissible to wipe the place of prostration once, but not repeatedly)
Hadith 980
وَعَنْ مُعَيْقِيبٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي الرَّجُلِ يُسَوِّي التُّرَابَ حَيْثُ يَسْجُدُ؟ قَالَ: «إِنْ كُنْتَ فَاعِلًا فَوَاحِدَةً»
Mu'aiqib quoted the Prohpet as saying about a man who smoothed the ground where he prostrated himself, “If you do it, do it only once.” (Bukhari and Muslim.)
