Is it authentic (that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), when he prayed facing a sutrah, did not face it directly, but rather leaned to its right or left)?

The Shaykh : And this reminds me of something else: there is in *Sunan Abu Dawud*, with a weak chain that does not establish a proof:

That the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), when he prayed facing a sutrah, did not face it directly, but rather leaned to its right or left

أن النبي صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم كان إذا صلى إلى سترة لا يصمَد إليها صمدًا، وإنما يميل عنها يمينًا أو يسارًا

This is not authentic. And the apparent meaning of the hadiths we mentioned earlier:

So let him pray facing a sutrah

فليصل إلى سترة

meaning: he should face it. So the claim that he must lean to the right or left has no basis in the Sunnah.

Source alathar.net

The Arabic text is copied verbatim from the original source, without any edits.

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