صحيح مسلم
Muslim
كتاب الصلاةThe Book of Prayers
باب دُنُوِّ الْمُصَلِّي مِنَ السُّتْرَةِ:Chapter: The Praying Person Standing Close To The Sutrah
Hadith 509
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاق بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى وَاللَّفْظُ لِابْنِ الْمُثَنَّى ، قَالَ إِسْحَاق : أَخْبَرَنَا ، وَقَالَ ابْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ مَسْعَدَةَ ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ ، عَنْ سَلَمَةَ وَهُوَ ابْنُ الأَكْوَعِ ، " أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَتَحَرَّى مَوْضِعَ مَكَانِ الْمُصْحَفِ يُسَبِّحُ فِيهِ ، وَذَكَرَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، كَانَ يَتَحَرَّى ذَلِكَ الْمَكَانَ ، وَكَانَ بَيْنَ الْمِنْبَرِ ، وَالْقِبْلَةِ ، قَدْرُ مَمَرِّ الشَّاةِ " .
Salama bin Akwa' reported: He sought the place (in the mosque) where the copies of the Qur'an were kept and glorified Allah there, and the narrator made a mention that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sought that place and that was between the pulpit and the qibla-a place where a goat could pass.
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حَدَّثَنَاه مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ، حَدَّثَنَا مَكِّيٌّ ، قَالَ يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا ، قَالَ : " كَانَ سَلَمَةُ ، يَتَحَرَّى الصَّلَاةَ عِنْدَ الأُسْطُوَانَةِ الَّتِي عِنْدَ الْمُصْحَفِ ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ يَا أَبَا مُسْلِمٍ ، أَرَاكَ تَتَحَرَّى الصَّلَاةَ عِنْدَ هَذِهِ الأُسْطُوَانَةِ ، قَالَ : رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، يَتَحَرَّى الصَّلَاةَ عِنْدَهَا " .
Yazid reported: Salama sought to say prayer near the pillar which was by that place where copies of the Qur'an were kept. I said to him: Abu Muslim. I see you striving to offer your prayer by this pillar. He said: I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) seeking to pray by its side.
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Related hadith on this topic
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary:
Vocabulary of the Hadith:
(1)
يَتَحَرّٰي:
To strive,
to select,
that is, to give preference to that place.
(2)
مَكَانَ المُصْحَف:
That place,
where in the Prophet’s Mosque (Masjid Nabawi), Uthman radi Allahu anhu had a chest placed for the Imam’s codex (mushaf),
where the Pillar of the Emigrants (Usṭuwānat al-Muhājirīn) was.
Benefits and Issues:
In the Prophetic era (dawr al-nubuwwah), there was no mihrab, so the pulpit (minbar) was placed near the wall. The distance between the pulpit and the wall was such that a goat could pass through, and the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam would stand near the pulpit. Therefore, the distance between the place of his prostration (sajdah) and the wall was equivalent to the passage of a goat (mamar al-shaah).
Vocabulary of the Hadith:
(1)
يَتَحَرّٰي:
To strive,
to select,
that is, to give preference to that place.
(2)
مَكَانَ المُصْحَف:
That place,
where in the Prophet’s Mosque (Masjid Nabawi), Uthman radi Allahu anhu had a chest placed for the Imam’s codex (mushaf),
where the Pillar of the Emigrants (Usṭuwānat al-Muhājirīn) was.
Benefits and Issues:
In the Prophetic era (dawr al-nubuwwah), there was no mihrab, so the pulpit (minbar) was placed near the wall. The distance between the pulpit and the wall was such that a goat could pass through, and the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam would stand near the pulpit. Therefore, the distance between the place of his prostration (sajdah) and the wall was equivalent to the passage of a goat (mamar al-shaah).
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 1135
