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 262. Al-Bara bin Azib narrated: I performed salat with the Prophet salla alayhi wa sallam facing  bait-ul-Maqdis for sixteen months until this Verse of Surat Al-Baqarah was revealed: ´´And wherever you are, turn your face (in prayer) in that direction.´´ (2:144) This Verse was revealed when the Prophet salla alayhi wa sallam had performed the prayer. A man passed by the people of Ansar as they were engaged in Salat (prayer), and he told them (this Command of Allah), and they turned their faces towards the Ka´bah.

 261. Abu Hurairah narrated: ´´A man entered the mosque and performed the prayer, while the Messenger of Allah salla alayhi wa sallam was sitting at a sdide.´´ In the same Hadith it is narrated: ´´When you stand for Salat (Prayer) perform the Wudu well, and then face the Qiblah and say Takbir (Allahu Akbar - Allah is the MOst Great).´´

 260. Aishah narrated: (And it was mentioned before her that the prayer would be nullified by a passing dog, a donkey or a woman) she said: ´´You made us equal to the dogs and asses. By Allah, I saw the Messenger of Allah salla alayhi wa sallam performing the prayer while I was lying across the bedstead between him and the Qiblah. When I felt the need, I did not like to sit (in front of him) and perturb the Messenger of Allah salla alayhi wa sallam, so I quietly moved out from the side of his legs.´´

 259. Sahl bin Sa´d As-Sa´idi narrated that the Prophet salla alayhi wa sallam used to leave a space enough for a lamb to pass through between him and his Sutrah.

 258. Abu Dhar narrated that the Messenger of Allah salla alayhi wa sallam said: ´´When one of you stands for prayer, there should be a thing before him like the back of the saddle, and in case there is nothing in front of him (a thing) like the back of the saddle, his prayer would be nullified by (passing of an) ass, a women, or a black dog.´´ I (the narrator) said: ´´O Abu Dhar, what is the difference between a black dog and a white dog or the yellow dog?´´ He said: ´´O son of my brother, I asked the Messenger of Allah salla alayhi wa sallam as you have asked me, and he said: ´´The black dog is a Satan (devil).´´

 257. Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah salla alayhi wa sallam said: ´´I have been given superiority over the other Prophets in six respects: I have been given Jawame´ Al-Kalim (i.e., shortest words which are comprehensive in meaning); I have been helped by terror (cast in the hearts of enemies), spoils have been made lawful for me; the earth has been made for me clean and a place of worship; I have been sent to all manking; and the line of the Prophets is closed with me.´´