Arabic (Original)
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْقَاضِي قَالَا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الصَّغَانِيُّ أنبأ عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ الْأَلْهَانِيُّ (ح) وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ دَاسَةَ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ ثنا أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ كَامِلٍ عَنِ الْمُهَلَّبِ بْنِ حُجْرٍ الْبَهْرَانِيُّ عَنْ ضُبَاعَةَ بِنْتِ الْمِقْدَادِ بْنِ الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ أَبِيهَا قَالَ مَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي إِلَى عُودٍ وَلَا عَمُودٍ وَلَا شَجَرَةٍ إِلَّا جَعَلَهُ عَلَى حَاجِبِهِ الْأَيْمَنِ أَوِ الْأَيْسَرِ وَلَا يَصْمُدُ لَهُ صَمَدًا لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ الدِّمَشْقِيِّ وَفِي رِوَايَةِ الصَّغَانِيِّ قَالَ الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ كَامِلٍ الْبَجَلِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي الْمُهَلَّبُ بْنُ حُجْرٍ الْبَهْرَانِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَتْنِي ضُبَاعَةُ وَلَمْ يَقُلِ ابْنِ الْأَسْوَدِ
English Translation
Abu Abdullah al-Hafiz and Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn al-Hasan al-Qadi informed us, they said: Abu al-Abbas Muhammad ibn Ya'qub narrated to us, Muhammad ibn Ishaq al-Saghani informed us, Ali ibn Ayyash al-Alhani informed us. And Abu Ali al-Rudhbari informed us, Abu Bakr ibn Dasah informed us, Abu Dawud narrated to us, Mahmud ibn Khalid al-Dimashqi narrated to us, Ali ibn Ayyash narrated to us, Abu Ubaydah al-Walid ibn Kamil narrated to us from al-Muhallab ibn Hujr al-Bahrani from Duba'ah bint al-Miqdad ibn al-Aswad from her father who said: I never saw the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) pray facing a post, pillar, or tree except that he placed it on his right or left eyebrow, never facing it directly. This is the wording of the Dimashqi's hadith. In the narration of al-Saghani, al-Walid ibn Kamil al-Bajali said: Al-Muhallab ibn Hujr al-Bahrani narrated to me, Duba'ah narrated to me — and he did not say ibn al-Aswad.