Praying on carpets and rugs

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to mix with us cheerfully. One day he said to a brother of mine: "O Abu Umayr! What happened to your nughayr (little bird)?" And he sprinkled water on a rug of ours and prayed on it.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed on a rug.

Sayyiduna Abu al-Darda' (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I see no harm in praying on six carpets laid one on top of another.

Sa'id bin Jubayr said: Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) led us in the Maghrib prayer on a carpet that covered the whole room.

Mughirah said: Muhill was saying to Ibrahim: "I saw Abu Wa'il praying on a carpet." Ibrahim said: "Abu Wa'il was better than me."

Abdullah bin Ammar said: I saw Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) praying on a fine carpet ('abqari).

Al-Awza'i said: I saw Ata praying on a white rug in al-Masjid al-Haram, and there was no one between him and those performing tawaf.

Al-Hasan said: There is no harm in praying on a carpet.

Abd al-Malik bin Sa'id said: I saw my father, Sa'id bin Jubayr, praying on a rug, and he also prostrated on it.

Nafi' said that whenever Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) prayed on something, he also prostrated on it.

Bakr bin Abdullah al-Muzani said that Qays bin Ubad al-Qaysi prayed on the felt saddle-cloth of his mount.

Isma'il bin Abi Khalid said: I saw Murrah al-Hamdani praying on a felt saddle-cloth.

Yunus said that al-Hasan used to pray on a carpet in such a way that his feet and knees were on the carpet, and his hands and face were on the ground or on a reed mat.

Sufyan said: Someone who saw Ibrahim and al-Hasan informed us that they were praying on a rug that had images on it.