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881. It was narrated from ('Ubaidullâh bin 'Abdullâh) bin Aqram Al-Khuzâ'i that his father said: "I was with my father on the plain in Namirah,[1] when some riders passed us and made their camels kneel down at the side of the road. My father said to me: 'Stay with your lambs until I go to those people and see what they want.' He said: Then he (my father) went out and I come, (i.e. I came near,) then there was the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ, and the time for prayer came so I prayed with them, and I was looking at the whiteness of the armpits of the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ every time he prostrated." (Sahih)
"The people say 'Abdullâh bin 'Ubaidullâh.'" Muhammad bin Bashshâr said: "Abdur-Rahmân bin Mahdi, Safwân bin 'Eisa and Abu Dâwud all said: 'Dâwud bin Qais narrated to us, from 'Ubaidullâh bin 'Abdullâh bin Aqram, from his father, from the Prophet ﷺ.'" With similar wording. (Sahih)
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[1] A location near 'Arafât.
Commentary
If a traveling party has to break its journey midway, it must avoid the main road and camp on one side of the road.
The Companions attached so much importance to the prayer that 'Abdullâh ﷺ left his lambs alone, and joined the prayer in congregation.
When the Messenger of ﷺ prostrated, he did not hold his forearms close to his sides. The Companion was, therefore, able to clearly see the armpits of the Prophet ﷺ.
