Sahih al-Bukhari
498
Chapter 8 · Prayers (Salat)الصَّلاَةِ إِلَى الْحَرْبَةِ
Praying towards a spear
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ يُرْكَزُ لَهُ الْحَرْبَةُ فَيُصَلِّي إِلَيْهَا.
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حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ، أَخْبَرَنِي نَافِعٌ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ،
Translation
Ibn Umar reported that the spear used to be planted in the ground for the Prophet ﷺ and he would pray towards it.
Other translations
Deutsch
Ibn Umar berichtete, dass für den Propheten ﷺ der Speer in den Boden gesteckt wurde und er zu ihm hin betete.
Türkçe
İbn Ömer (r.a.), Nebî ﷺ için harbenin yere dikildiğini ve onun ona doğru namaz kıldığını rivayet etti.
Other versions of this report
The same report through another chain of narration. Matched by Claude, not reviewed.
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ إِذَا خَرَجَ يَوْمَ الْعِيدِ أَمَرَ بِالْحَرْبَةِ فَتُوضَعُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ، فَيُصَلِّي إِلَيْهَا وَالنَّاسُ وَرَاءَهُ، وَكَانَ يَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ فِي السَّفَرِ، فَمِنْ ثَمَّ اتَّخَذَهَا الأُمَرَاءُ.
Ibn Umar reported that when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out on the day of Eid, he would order the spear (to be brought); it would be placed in front of him, and he would pray towards it with the people behind him. He used to do that on …
The journey of this hadith
From Medina to Samarqand – over 245 years and 7 stations this text was passed on, mouth to ear, teacher to student.
256AH
al-Bukhari · Samarqand
- Prophet ﷺ
- Companions (Sahaba)
- Successors (Tabiʿun)
- Successors of the Successors
- Later scholars
- Compiler
Chain as a list
- The Prophet Muhammad ﷺرسول الله ﷺ
- ibn Umarعَبْدِ اللَّهِ
d. 74 AH / 693 CE · Makkah · Comp. RA 1st Generation
- Nafie'نَافِعٌ
d. 119 AH · Medinah · Follower Tabi' 3rd Generation
- 'Ubaidullah bin 'Umar bin Hafsعُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ
d. 140 AH · Follower Tabi' 5th generation
d. 198 AH · Succ. Taba' Tabi' 9th generation
- Masdad bin Masrhadمُسَدَّدٌ
d. 228 AH · 3rd Century AH 10th generation
- al-Bukhariالبخاري
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