Hadith 10919

Chapter 12

باب 12

(12) باب الصَّلاَةِ إِلَى ثَوْبٍ فِيهِ تَصَاوِيرُ

(12) Chapter: The prayer toward a cloth containing images
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أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى 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 صلى الله عليه وسلم يُصَلِّي إِلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ " يَا عَائِشَةُ أَخِّرِيهِ عَنِّي " . فَنَزَعْتُهُ فَجَعَلْتُهُ وَسَائِدَ .

It was narrated that Aisha said:
"In my house there was a cloth on which there were images, which I covered a closet which is in the house, and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to pray toward it. Then he said: '0 Aisha, take it away from me.' So I removed it and made pillows out of it."

Reference: Sunan an-Nasa'i 761

In-book reference: Book 9, Hadith 20

English translation: Vol. 1, Book 9, Hadith 762