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 341. Ibn ´Umar narrated that the Prophet sallahu alayhi wa sallam used to make his she-camel sit across, and he would perform Salat (prayer) facing it (as a Sutrah).

 340. Ibn Umar narrated: Whenever Allah Messenger sallahu alayhi wa sallam came out on ´Eid day, he used to order that  short spear be placed up right in front of him [as a Sutrah for his Salat (prayer)] and then he used to perform Salat facing it with the people behind him, and he used to do the same while on a journey. After the Prophet sallahu alayhi wa sallam, this practice was adopted by the Muslim rules (who followed his Sunnah).

 388. Ani Salih as-Samman said: One day I was with Abu Sa´id Al-Khudri, and he was praying on Friday, behind a Surah (partition) from people. When a young man from Banu Mu´ait came there and he tried to pass in front of him between him and the Sutrah, he pushed him back by striking his chest. He looked about but finding no other way to pass except in front of Abu Sa´id, he made a second attempt. He (Abu Sa´id) turned him away by striking his heast more vigorously than the first. He stood up and said unpleasant words to Abu Sa´id. Then he made his way out through the crows, and went to Marwan and reported to him what happened. Abu Sa´id too came to Marwan. Marwan said to him: ´´What happened to you and the son of your brother that he came to complain against you?´´ Abu Sa´id said: I heard from the Messenger of Allah sallahu alayhi wa sallam saying: ´´When any one of you prays behind something as a sutrah and a person tries to pass in front of him, he should repulse him by giving him...

 337. Busr bin Sa´id said that Zaid bin Khalid Al-Juhani sent him to Abu Juhaim to ask him what he had heard from the Messenger of Allah sallahu alayhi wa sallam about a person passing in front of a praying person. Abu Juhaim replied: The Messenger of Allah sallahu alayhi wa sallam said, ´´Were the person who passes in front of praying person to know the magnitude of his sin, he would have preferred to wait for 40 rather than to pass in front of him.´´ Abu An-Nadr said, ´´I do not remember exactly whether he said 40 days, months or years.´´ 

 336. Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah sallahu alayhi wa sallam said: ´´people should avoid lifting their eyes towards the sky while supplicating in Salat, lest their eyesight be snatched away.´´

 335. Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah sallahu alayhi wa sallam said: ´´The saying ´Subhan Allah´ is for men, and clapping is for women.´´ In another narration: ´´During Salat.´´