Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 4 – Hadith 296-301
Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 4 – Hadith 296-301
Chapter 49: The Praying Person Standing Close to The Sutrah.
Sahl b. Sa'd al-Si'idi reported:
Between the place of worship where the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prayed and the wall, there was a gap through which a goat could pass. (Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 4 – Hadith 296)
Salama b. 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. (Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 4 – Hadith 297)
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. (Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 4 – Hadith 298)
Chapter 50: The Height Of That Which Serves As A Sutrah For The One Who Is Praying.
Abu Dharr reported:
The Messenger of 'Allah (ﷺ) said: When any one of you stands for prayer and there is a thing before him equal to the back of the saddle that covers him and in case there is not before him (a thing) equal to the back of the saddle, his prayer would be cut off by (passing of an) ass, woman, and black Dog. I said: O Abu Dharr, what feature is there in a black dog which distinguish it from the red dog and the yellow dog? He said: O, son of my brother, I asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as you are asking me, and he said: The black dog is a devil. (Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 4 – Hadith 299)
This hadith has been transmitted by Humaid b. Hilal on the authority of Yunus. (Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 4 – Hadith 300)
Abu Huraira reported:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: A woman, an ass and a dog disrupt the prayer, but something like the back of a saddle guards against that. (Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 4 – Hadith 301)
Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 4 – Hadith 296-301