Sunan Abi Dawud · Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Detailed Rules of Law about the Prayer during Journey

باب التَّطَوُّعِ عَلَى الرَّاحِلَةِ وَالْوِتْرِ

Chapter: Praying Voluntary Prayers And Witr While Riding A Mount.

4 hadith · references 1224–1227

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Abu Dawud · 1224كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُسَبِّحُ عَلَى الرَّاحِلَةِ أَيَّ وَجْهٍ تَوَجَّهَ وَيُوتِرُ عَلَيْهَا غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ لَا يُصَلِّي الْمَكْتُوبَةَ عَلَيْهَاNarrated Ibn Umar: While travelling the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would pray voluntary prayer on his riding beast in whatever direction it turned; and he would observe witr prayer, but he did not offer the obligatory prayers 6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1225كَانَ إِذَا سَافَرَ فَأَرَادَ أَنْ يَتَطَوَّعَ اسْتَقْبَلَ بِنَاقَتِهِ الْقِبْلَةَ فَكَبَّرَ ، ثُمَّ صَلَّى حَيْثُ وَجَّهَهُ رِكَابُهُNarrated Anas ibn Malik: When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was on a journey and wished to say voluntary prayer, he made his she-camel face the qiblah and uttered the takbir (Allah is most great), then prayed in whatever dire5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1226يُصَلِّي عَلَى حِمَارٍ وَهُوَ مُتَوَجِّهٌ إِلَى خَيْبَرَNarrated Abdullah bin Umar: I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ praying on a donkey while he was facing Khaibar.5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1227يُصَلِّي عَلَى رَاحِلَتِهِ نَحْوَ الْمَشْرِقِ ، وَالسُّجُودُ أَخْفَضُ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِNarrated Jabir ibn Abdullah: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent me on some business, and when I came to him he was praying on (the back of) his riding beast (moving) towards the east and making the prostration lower than the 5 narrators