The reciter: Ahmad ibn Yunus narrated to us, Zuhayr narrated to us, Abu al-Zubayr narrated to me from Jabir, who said:
The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent me while he was setting out for Banu al-Mustaliq. I came to him while he was praying on his camel. I spoke to him, and he gestured to me with his hand like this, and Zuhayr gestured with his hand. Then I spoke to him again, and he gestured to me like this, and Zuhayr also gestured with his hand toward the ground. I heard him reciting, and he was nodding his head. When he finished, he said, "What did you do with the matter for which I sent you? Nothing prevented me from speaking to you except that I was praying."
أرسلني رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم وهو منطلق إلى بني المصطلق فأتيته وهو يصلي على بعيره فكلمته فقال لي بيده هكذا وأومأ زهير بيده ثم كلمته فقال لي هكذا فأومأ زهير أيضا بيده نحو الأرض وأنا أسمعه يقرأ يومئ برأسه فلما فرغ قال ما فعلت في الذي أرسلتك له فإنه لم يمنعني أن أكلمك إلا أني كنت أصلي
Zuhayr said:
Abu Zuhair pointed towards Banu Mustaliq with his hand and the direction to which he pointed with his hand was not towards the Ka'ba.
وأبو الزبير جالس مستقبل الكعبة فقال بيده أبو الزبير إلى بني المصطلق فقال بيده إلى غير الكعبة .
