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379. Abū Dharr narrated that the Prophet ﷺ said: "When one of you stands for Ṣalāt then he should not smoothen the pebbles, for indeed it is mercy that he is facing." (Hasan)
[He said:] There are narrations on this topic from 'Alī bin Abī Ṭālib, Ḥudhaifah, Jābir bin 'Abdullāh, and Mu'āqib.
Abū 'Eisā said: The Ḥadīth of Abū
Dharr is a Hasan Hadīth. It has been reported that the Prophet ﷺ disliked smoothening out the pebbles during Ṣalāt, and he said: "If you must do so, then only once." It is as if the he ﷺ has allowed doing it one time. This is acted upon according to the people of knowledge.
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Commentary
As a person stands in prayer, the mercy and generosity of Allāh ﷻ turn to him; being attentive to anything else or being busy doing something is rudeness to the mercy of Allāh, which is against the etiquettes of prayer.
