Those who permitted praying in sandals

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I saw that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed in his sandals, and when he came out, he had his sandals on.

The grandfather of Amr bin Shu'ayb (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed both barefoot and wearing sandals.

The grandfather of Ibn Abi Aws (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed in sandals.

Something similar is reported through another chain.

Sayyiduna Amr bin Hurayth (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed in sandals.

A Bedouin said: I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) praying in sandals made of cowhide.

Ibn Jurayj said: I asked Ata: "May a man pray in his sandals?" He said: "Yes, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed in his sandals."

Abd al-Rahman bin Abi Layla said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed in his sandals.

Abd al-Rahman bin Abi Layla said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed in his sandals, so the people also began praying in their sandals. Then he took off his sandals, and the people also took off their sandals. After finishing the prayer, he said: "Whoever wishes to pray in his sandals, let him pray in them, and whoever wishes to take off his sandals and pray, let him take them off and pray."

Abu Maslamah said: I asked Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him): "May a man pray wearing his sandals?" He said: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed wearing sandals."

Ibrahim said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) took off his sandals during the prayer, so the people also took off their sandals. Then he put them back on, and after that he was never seen taking them off.

Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) used to pray wearing sandals.

Uthman bin Hakim said: Abu Ja'far and Ali bin Husayn used to pray wearing sandals.

Muhammad said: I asked Shurayh: "May I pray in my sandals?" He did not consider it disliked.

Ibn Abi Khalid said: I saw al-Aswad praying wearing sandals, and Abu Amr al-Shaybani used to strike people for taking off their sandals in prayer.

The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed in a mended sandal.

Yazid bin Abi Ziyad said: I saw Ibrahim al-Taymi leading his people in prayer wearing sandals.

Urwah used to pray wearing sandals.

Al-Dahhak said: Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) used to be strict with people about taking off their sandals in prayer.

Yazid, the freed slave of Salamah, said: I saw Sayyiduna Salamah (may Allah be pleased with him) praying wearing sandals.

Ibrahim used to pray wearing sandals.

Abu Hamzah said: I saw Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) praying wearing sandals.

Al-Hasan bin Ubaydullah said: Ibrahim disliked taking off sandals in prayer, and he used to say: "I wish that some needy person would come to the mosque and take their sandals."

Abu Ja'far used to pray wearing sandals.

Iyas al-Hanafi said: I saw Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) praying wearing sandals.

Ubaydullah bin Umar said: I saw al-Qasim and Salim praying wearing sandals.

Abu al-Miqdam said: I saw Sa'id bin al-Musayyib, Ata bin Yasar, Salim and al-Qasim praying wearing sandals.

Abd al-Rahman bin Khudayr said: I saw Mujahid, Ata and Tawus praying wearing sandals.

Uqbah bin Abi Salih says: I was with Ibrahim, and he had taken off his sandals; when the mu'adhdhin called the iqamah, he put them on.

Ya'qub bin Mujammi' says: The first person to pray in his sandals was Uwaym bin Sa'idah (may Allah be pleased with him).

Abu Mijlaz used to pray wearing his sandals.

Jabir says that Abu Ja'far used to take off his sandals, and when he stood up to pray he would put them on.

Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) says: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) took off his sandals in prayer, so the people also took off their sandals. When he had completed the prayer, he asked the people: "Why did you take off your sandals?" They said: "We saw you take off your sandals, so we took off ours as well." He said: "Jibril came to me and told me that there was filth on my sandals. When any of you comes to pray, let him turn his sandals over and look at them; if there is filth on them, let him wipe it off against the ground and pray in them."

It is narrated from al-Hasan that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Check your sandals; if there is filth on them, remove it, and if there is not, then pray in them."

Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) says: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed in his sandals.