Cooling The Pebbles In Order To Prostrate On Them
Darussalam · Volume 2
12. [The Book of The At-Taḥbîq (Clasping One's Hands Together)]Sunan an-Nasai Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 1081 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 204
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حسن، المشكاة (١٠١١) ، صحيح أبي داود (٤٢٧)
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Hasan
(حسن) - المشكاة ١٠١١، صحيح أبي داود ٤٢٧.
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1082. It was narrated that Jābir bin 'Abdullāh said: "We used to pray Zuhr with the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ and I would take a handful of pebbles in my hand to cool them down, then I would pass them from one hand to the other, and when I prostrated I would put them down to lay my forehead on them." (Ḥasan)
1081 - أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبَّادٌ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ: «كُنَّا نُصَلِّي مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الظُّهْرَ فَآخُذُ قَبْضَةً مِنْ حَصًى فِي كَفِّي أُبَرِّدُهُ، ثُمَّ أُحَوِّلُهُ فِي كَفِّي الْآخَرِ، فَإِذَا سَجَدْتُ وَضَعْتُهُ لِجَبْهَتِي»
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The earth used to be burning hot. Placing the head directly upon the extremely hot ground was immensely hard. Therefore, to a fairly large degree, he would spread cooled pebbles and place his forehead upon them.