English translation
656. (V.36:12) 'Their traces' means 'their steps'. And Anas said that the people of Banī Salima wanted to shift to a place near the Prophet ﷺ but Allāh's Messenger ﷺ disliked that Al-Madīna (city) should become naked [i.e., with empty outskirts – without inhabitants. i.e., the leaving of their houses (empty)] and said, “(O Banī Salīma!) Don’t you think that you will get the reward for your traces (every step) of yours (that you take towards the Prophet’s mosque) there is a reward while coming for the five compulsory Ṣalāt.” Mujāhid said, “Their traces mean their foot-steps and their going on foot.”