Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 1112
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَكَمِ، عَنْ شُعَيْبٍ، عَنِ اللَّيْثِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي هِلاَلٍ، عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، أَنَّ تَمِيمَ بْنَ مَحْمُودٍ، أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ شِبْلٍ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم نَهَى عَنْ ثَلاَثٍ عَنْ نَقْرَةِ الْغُرَابِ وَافْتِرَاشِ السَّبُعِ وَأَنْ يُوَطِّنَ الرَّجُلُ الْمُقَامَ لِلصَّلاَةِ كَمَا يُوَطِّنُ الْبَعِيرُ .
Muhammad ibn ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Abd al-Hakam reported to us, from Shu‘ayb, from al-Layth, who said: Khalid narrated to us, from Ibn Abi Hilal, from Ja‘far ibn ‘Abdullah, that Tamim ibn Mahmud informed him that ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Shibl informed him that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade three things: pecking like a crow, spreading one’s forearms on the ground like a beast, and a man making a fixed place for prayer as a camel makes a habitual resting place for itself.
Translation notes
The third prohibition concerns making a particular spot one’s regular place for prayer, compared with a camel habitually settling in one place. The Arabic says السَّبُعِ (“beast/predator”), rendered “beast.”