Hadith #133
Chapter: Prayers (Salat)
Prayers (Salat)
Arabic Text
وَأَنَّ ابْنَ عُمَرَ كَانَ يُصَلِّي إِلَى الْعِرْقِ الَّذِي عِنْدَ مُنْصَرَفِ الرَّوْحَاءِ، وَذَلِكَ الْعِرْقُ انْتِهَاءُ طَرَفِهِ عَلَى حَافَةِ الطَّرِيقِ، دُونَ الْمَسْجِدِ الَّذِي بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْمُنْصَرَفِ، وَأَنْتَ ذَاهِبٌ إِلَى مَكَّةَ. وَقَدِ ابْتُنِيَ ثَمَّ مَسْجِدٌ، فَلَمْ يَكُنْ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ يُصَلِّي فِي ذَلِكَ الْمَسْجِدِ، كَانَ يَتْرُكُهُ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ وَوَرَاءَهُ، وَيُصَلِّي أَمَامَهُ إِلَى الْعِرْقِ نَفْسِهِ، وَكَانَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ يَرُوحُ مِنَ الرَّوْحَاءِ، فَلاَ يُصَلِّي الظُّهْرَ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَ ذَلِكَ الْمَكَانَ فَيُصَلِّي فِيهِ الظُّهْرَ، وَإِذَا أَقْبَلَ مِنْ مَكَّةَ فَإِنْ مَرَّ بِهِ قَبْلَ الصُّبْحِ بِسَاعَةٍ أَوْ مِنْ آخِرِ السَّحَرِ عَرَّسَ حَتَّى يُصَلِّيَ بِهَا الصُّبْحَ.
English Translation
That Ibn 'Umar used to pray facing the ridge (*'irq*) near the turning point of al-Rawha'. That ridge ends at the edge of the road, before the mosque that lies between it and the turning point as one heads toward Makkah. A mosque had been built there, but 'Abdullah would not pray in that mosque; rather, he would leave it to his left and behind him, and pray in front of it facing the ridge itself. And 'Abdullah used to depart from al-Rawha' and would not pray Dhuhr until he reached that place, whereupon he would pray Dhuhr there. And when he was returning from Makkah, if he passed by it an hour before Fajr or in the last part of the pre-dawn, he would halt (*'arrasa*) there until he prayed Fajr in that spot.
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Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari, Prayers (Salat), Hadith 133
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