مسند الحميدي
Musnad al-Humaydi
Hadiths of Abu Dharr al-Ghifari (may Allah be pleased with him)
Instruction Not to Wipe Hands on Pebbles During Prayer
Hadith 128
128 - حَدَّثَنَا الْحُمَيْدِيُّ، ثنا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ قَالَ: ثنا الزُّهْرِيُّ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْأَحْوَصِ يُحَدِّثُ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا ذَرٍّ يَقُولُ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّي اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «إِذَا قَامَ أَحَدُكُمْ إِلَي الصَّلَاةِ فَإِنَّ الرَّحْمَةَ تُواجِهُهُ فَلَا يَمْسَحِ الْحَصَي» قَالَ سُفْيَانُ: فَقَالَ لَهُ سَعْدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ: مَنْ أَبُو الْأَحْوَصِ؟ كَالْمُغْضَبِ عَلَيْهِ حِينَ حَدَّثَ عَنْ رَجُلٍ مَجْهُولٍ لَا يَعْرِفُهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ الزُّهْرِيُّ: أَمَا تَعْرِفُ الشَّيْخَ مَوْلَي بَنِي غِفَارٍ الَّذِي كَانَ يُصَلِّي فِي الرَّوْضَةِ؟ وَجَعَلَ يَصِفُهُ لَهُ وَسَعْدٌ لَا يَعْرِفُهُ
Sayyiduna Abu Dharr Ghifari (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When a person stands for prayer, mercy is facing him, so he should not wipe his hand over the pebbles." Sufyan says: Sa‘d bin Ibrahim asked him: Who is Abu’l-Ahwas? It is as if Sa‘d expressed displeasure at Zuhri for narrating a hadith from an unknown person whom he did not know, so Zuhri said to him: Do you not know that elderly slave of Banu Ghifar who used to pray in the garden? So Zuhri kept describing him, but Sa‘d bin Ibrahim could not recognize him.
