حَدَّثَنَا سَهْلُ بْنُ تَمَّامِ بْنِ بَزِيعٍ حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمٍ الْبَاهِلِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي الْوَلِيدِ سَأَلْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ عَنْ الْحَصَی الَّذِي فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَقَالَ مُطِرْنَا ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ فَأَصْبَحَتْ الْأَرْضُ مُبْتَلَّةً فَجَعَلَ الرَّجُلُ يَأْتِي بِالْحَصَی فِي ثَوْبِهِ فَيَبْسُطُهُ تَحْتَهُ فَلَمَّا قَضَی رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الصَّلَاةَ قَالَ مَا أَحْسَنَ هَذَا
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 458
Abu al-Walid said: I asked Ibn Umar about the gravel spread pin the mosque. He replied: One night the rain fell and the earth was moistened. A man was bringing the gravel (broken stones) in his cloth and spreading it beneath him. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ finished his prayer, he said: How fine it is!
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020