Arabic (Original)
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْغَضَائِرِيُّ بِبَغْدَادَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْبَخْتَرِيِّ الرَّزَّازُ أنبأ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ الدَّقِيقِيُّ ثنا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ وَاقِدِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ صَفْوَانَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَهْلٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَوْ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَهْلٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا صَلَّى أَحَدُكُمْ إِلَى شَيْءٍ فَلْيَدْنُ مِنْهُ لَا يَقْطَعِ الشَّيْطَانُ صَلَاتَهُ قَالَ الشَّيْخُ وَرَوَاهُ دَاوُدُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ عَنْ نَافِعِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ مُرْسَلًا
English Translation
Abu Abdullah al-Husayn ibn al-Hasan al-Ghada'iri informed us in Baghdad, Muhammad ibn Amr ibn al-Bakhtari al-Razzaz informed us, Muhammad ibn Abd al-Malik al-Daqiqi informed us, Yazid ibn Harun narrated to us, Shu'bah informed us from Waqid ibn Muhammad ibn Zayd that he heard Safwan narrating from Muhammad ibn Sahl from his father — or from Muhammad ibn Sahl — from the Prophet (peace be upon him) who said: 'When one of you prays facing something, let him draw close to it so that the Shaytan does not interrupt his prayer.' The Shaykh said: Dawud ibn Qays narrated it from Nafi' ibn Jubayr in mursal form.