Mishkat al-Masabih #731
Prayer
Sahl b. Abu Hathma reported God’s Messenger as saying, “When one of you prays facing a sutra* he should keep close to it and not let the devil interrupt his prayer.”
* Sutra (covering, screen) is used of an object a worshipper places in front of him in the direction of the qibla when engaging in prayer.
Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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This hadith is #731 from Mishkat al-Masabih, in the Book of Prayer. Mishkat al-Masabih contains 4,428 hadiths across 25 books.