Arabic (Original)
وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَمْرٍو أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْإِسْمَاعِيلِيُّ ثنا ابْنُ أَبِي حَسَّانَ ثنا دُحَيْمٌ ثنا شُعَيْبُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا خَرَجَ إِلَى الْمُصَلَّى فِي الْأَضْحَى وَالْفِطْرِ جِيءَ بِالْعَنَزَةِ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى تُرْكَزَ فِي الْمُصَلَّى فَيُصَلِّي إِلَيْهَا وَذَلِكَ أَنَّ الْمُصَلَّى كَانَ فَضَاءً لَيْسَ شَيْئًا مَبْنِيًّا يُسْتَرُ بِهِ فَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَأْمُرُنَا بِالْعَنَزَةِ فَتُرْكَزُ بَيْنَ يَدَي��هِ فَيُصَلِّي إِلَيْهَا
English Translation
Abu Amr informed us... from Nafi', from Ibn Umar who said: When the Prophet (peace be upon him) went out to the prayer ground on al-Adha and al-Fitr, the short spear was brought before him until it was planted in the prayer ground, and he would pray facing it. That was because the prayer ground was an open space with nothing built to serve as a barrier, so the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) would order the spear to be planted before him and pray facing it.