Sahih al-Bukhari · The Book of As-Salat (The Prayer)

98- بَابُ الصَّلاَةِ إِلَى الرَّاحِلَةِ وَالْبَعِيرِ وَالشَّجَرِ وَالرَّحْلِ:

(98) Chapter. To offer As-Salat (prayers) facing a Rahila (mount) a camel, a tree or a camel-saddle (etc. as a Sutra).

1 hadith · references 507–507

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Bukhari · 507أَنَّهُ كَانَ يُعَرِّضُ رَاحِلَتَهُ فَيُصَلِّي إِلَيْهَا ، قُلْتُ : أَفَرَأَيْتَ إِذَا هَبَّتِ الرِّكَابُ ، قَالَ : كَانَ يَأْخُذُ هَذَا الرَّحْلَ فَيُعَدِّلُهُ فَيُصَلِّي إِلَى آخِرَتِهِ أَوْ قَالَ مُؤَخَّرِهِ"The Prophet (ﷺ) used to make his she-camel sit across and he would pray facing it (as a Sutra)." I asked, "What would the Prophet (ﷺ) do if the she-camel was provoked and moved?" He said, "He would take its camel-saddle5 narrators