In "The Description of Prayer," there is a hadith: "Between his prostration and the wall was the passage of a sheep."
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The questioner : You mentioned in "The Description of Prayer" the hadith: "Between his prostration and the wall was the passage of a sheep," and you said: "Agreed upon by al-Bukhari and Muslim." However, it does not exist with this wording; rather, it exists as: "Between the prayer place of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and the wall." And you said about this hadith: "It is anomalous," as in "Al-Bukhari's Summary"?
The Shaykh : It is difficult to answer this statement, because often there is an error from the narrator. Because when the text in al-Bukhari was read back to me, what is the text?
The questioner : It says: "Between his prostration" — you mentioned this in "The Description" — "Between his prostration and the wall was the passage of a sheep."
The Shaykh: All right.
The questioner : And you said: It is agreed upon by al-Bukhari and Muslim.
The Shaykh: Good.
The questioner : It says: It does not exist with this wording, but rather: "Between the prayer place of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and the wall." And you said about this hadith: "It is anomalous."
The Shaykh : "Between the prayer place and the wall"; what does that mean? One of two things: either between the Prophet's standing place and the wall, which is impossible, or between the place of his prostration and the wall, which is what the scholars interpreted. If we narrate the hadith in a way that necessarily must be understood this way, it is said that this hadith is not in al-Bukhari, but rather in al-Bukhari is "Between the prayer place and the wall." The disagreement here remains a verbal disagreement, and the scholars agreed that it is permissible to narrate a hadith by meaning, especially in such a concise summary book as you know. As for your saying that we said this is anomalous; this actually requires recalling the place where we said it was anomalous. As for the first transmission; this is an error fromThe questioner .
The Shaykh : It is difficult to answer this statement, because often there is an error from the narrator. Because when the text in al-Bukhari was read back to me, what is the text?
The questioner : It says: "Between his prostration" — you mentioned this in "The Description" — "Between his prostration and the wall was the passage of a sheep."
The Shaykh: All right.
The questioner : And you said: It is agreed upon by al-Bukhari and Muslim.
The Shaykh: Good.
The questioner : It says: It does not exist with this wording, but rather: "Between the prayer place of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and the wall." And you said about this hadith: "It is anomalous."
The Shaykh : "Between the prayer place and the wall"; what does that mean? One of two things: either between the Prophet's standing place and the wall, which is impossible, or between the place of his prostration and the wall, which is what the scholars interpreted. If we narrate the hadith in a way that necessarily must be understood this way, it is said that this hadith is not in al-Bukhari, but rather in al-Bukhari is "Between the prayer place and the wall." The disagreement here remains a verbal disagreement, and the scholars agreed that it is permissible to narrate a hadith by meaning, especially in such a concise summary book as you know. As for your saying that we said this is anomalous; this actually requires recalling the place where we said it was anomalous. As for the first transmission; this is an error fromThe questioner .
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