Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

Hazrat Abu Dharr says that I have asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about many things. Once I asked him whether pebbles can be removed during prayer. He replied, "Correct them once; if not necessary, then do not do it even once."

Hazrat Hudhaifah (may Allah be pleased with him) says that I have asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about everything. Once, I asked about straightening the pebbles, so he said: Straighten them once; if you do not need to, then do not even do it once.

Hazrat Mu'iqeeb narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) once said regarding adjusting pebbles that if you must straighten them, then do so only once.

Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) reports that I asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about removing pebbles during prayer. He said: "You are allowed to touch them once, and if you do not do so, it is better for you than a hundred she-camels, each of which is black in color."

Hazrat Abdullah bin Ayyash bin Abi Rabee'ah narrates that once I was offering prayer when Hazrat Abu Dharr passed by me. He said that the hand should be wiped on the ground only once.

Hazrat Abdullah allowed wiping the ground with the hand only once to remove pebbles.

The uncle of Hazrat Abdur Rahman bin Aswad narrates that I saw Hazrat Ibn Masood leveling pebbles with his hand during prayer, then he pressed them down with his hand and then prostrated on them.

Hazrat Aswad narrates that Hazrat Abdullah bin Masood (may Allah be pleased with him) pressed the pebbles with his hand and then prostrated on them.

Hazrat Mujahid states that Hazrat Abu Hurairah used to permit adjusting pebbles once during prayer and used to say that if one does not touch them even once, that is even better.

Hazrat Nafi' narrates that Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) used to straighten the pebbles with his foot while standing in prayer.

Hazrat Mawla Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with both of them) says that I saw Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with both of them) lightly smoothing the pebbles with his hand during prayer.

Hazrat Abu Ja'far narrates that I saw Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) leveling the pebbles with his foot while standing in prayer.

Hazrat Hudhaifah (may Allah be pleased with him) says that you may level the pebbles for prostration by sweeping your hand over the ground once, and if you do not do it even once, then that is even better.

Hazrat Abu Salih once used to permit leveling the pebbles by hand.

Ibrahim did not consider it objectionable to level the pebbles once.

Hazrat Agharr bin Yahya says that I saw Hasan removing pebbles from the place of prostration during prayer.