Sunan Abi Dawud, Hadith 627 ⓘ

Abu Hurairah reported the Messenger of Allah as saying: if anyone prays in a single piece of cloth, he should cross the two ends.

حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، - الْمَعْنَى - عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ "‏ إِذَا صَلَّى أَحَدُكُمْ فِي ثَوْبٍ فَلْيُخَالِفْ بِطَرَفَيْهِ عَلَى عَاتِقَيْهِ ‏" ‏ ‏.‏

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Key Source: Geonocide against the Qurayza Jews

The immediate background of this mass extermination and enslavement is the Battle of the Trench (or Ditch), which Muslims traditionally date between February and April, AD 627. This battle—though it ended up being a siege—pitted a coalition of Quraysh (a large tribe in and around Mecca) against Muslims and some...

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also referenced under: Hadith 627 (DarusSalam) & Book 2, Hadith 627 (USC-MSA)