The Prayer Toward A Cloth Containing Images
Darussalam · Volume 1
9. The Book OfThe QiblahSunan an-Nasai Darussalam English translation
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762. It was narrated that 'Āishah said: "In my house there was a cloth on which there were images, which I covered a closet[1] which is in the house, and the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ used to pray toward it. Then he said: 'O 'Āishah, take it away from me.' So I removed it and made pillows out of it." (Ṣaḥīḥ)
761 - أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى الصَّنْعَانِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ الْقَاسِمَ يُحَدِّثُ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ: كَانَ فِي بَيْتِي ثَوْبٌ فِيهِ تَصَاوِيرُ فَجَعَلْتُهُ إِلَى سَهْوَةٍ فِي الْبَيْتِ، فَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُصَلِّي إِلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: «يَا عَائِشَةُ أَخِّرِيهِ عَنِّي». فَنَزَعْتُهُ فَجَعَلْتُهُ وَسَائِدَ
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[1] See Faḥḥ Al-Bār No. 5954.
1. Praying toward graves is forbidden because it creates confusion and gives an impression that one is worshipping them (the graves), and the curse has been mentioned upon those who took graves as Masjids. Besides the tombs or the graves, every object of worship (of unbelievers, polytheists) - for example, idol, fire, etc. - is forbidden to remain in front (of the one who offers prayer). 2. Do not sit on graves means that to rest or to recline against them is forbidden. It is desecration of the grave. Just as it is forbidden to show an exaggerated reverence to a grave, it is also not permissible to desecrate it.