حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ حَدَّثَنِي مُسْلِمُ بْنُ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْمُعَاوِيِّ قَالَ صَلَّيْتُ إِلَى جَنْبِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ فَقَلَّبْتُ الْحَصَى فَقَالَ لَا تُقَلِّبْ الْحَصَى فَإِنَّهُ مِنْ الشَّيْطَانِ وَلَكِنْ كَمَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَفْعَلُ كَانَ يُحَرِّكُهُ هَكَذَا قَالَ أَبُو عَبْد اللَّهِ يَعْنِي مَسْحَةً
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 4575
It was narrated that ‘Ali Ibn ‘ Abd ar-Rahmaan al-Mu'aawi said: I prayed beside Ibn 'Umar and I turned over the pebbles. He Said: Do not turn over the pebbles, for that is from the Shaytaan; rather (do) as I saw the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) do: he used to move them like this. Abu abdullah said: meaning, he wiped over them.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020
