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عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَّهُ كَانَ يُعَرِّضُ رَاحِلَتَهُ فَيُصَلِّي إِلَيْهَا. قُلْتُ أَفَرَأَيْتَ إِذَا هَبَّتِ الرِّكَابُ. قَالَ كَانَ يَأْخُذُ هَذَا الرَّحْلَ فَيُعَدِّلُهُ فَيُصَلِّي إِلَى آخِرَتِهِ ـ أَوْ قَالَ مُؤَخَّرِهِ ـ وَكَانَ ابْنُ …

Ibn Umar reported from the Prophet ﷺ that he used to place his riding camel crosswise (in front of him) and pray towards it. I (Ubaydullah) said, “What do you think, when the riding camels have got up?” He said, “He would take this saddle, set it straight and pray towards its back-rest – or he said: its rear end – and …

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