English translation
1025. It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said: The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: “Whoever smoothes the pebbles, then he has engaged in Laghw.”[2] (Sahih)
Hadith 1025
Smoothing The Pebbles During Prayer
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الحديث: 1025 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 327
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Source no. 1025 · Volume 3 · Page 25
Sahih
صحيح وهو آخر الحديث الآتي برقم (١٠٩٠)
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Arabic text
1025 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَنْ مَسَّ الْحَصَى فَقَدْ لَغَا»
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The Arabic phrase man massal-hasa, literally: ‘Whoever touches the pebbles’ could either mean: ‘Whoever stirs the pebbles in order to make the surface smooth’ or ‘Whoever tinkers playfully with the pebbles’. In any case, it is an action not in accord with the spirit of prayer. Similarly, actions like playing with the straws of the prayer-mat or with any other thing under it, means doing unseemly things that could be the cause of distraction from prayer.