Abū Muʿāwiyah narrated to us; al-Aʿmash narrated to us, from Muslim, from Masrūq, from ʿĀʾishah—and this report has already been quoted earlier through al-Bukhārī among the marfūʿ traditions.
Saʿīd also related, saying: Sufyān narrated to us, from Ibn Abī Najīḥ, from Ismāʿīl ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Dhūʾayb, who said:
“I entered a mosque at al-Juhfah with Ibn ʿUmar. He noticed some raised projections (sharafāt), so he stepped outside to another spot and prayed there. Then he said to the caretaker of the mosque, ‘I saw in this mosque of yours—meaning those projections—something I likened to the stone altars of the Age of Ignorance. Instruct that they be demolished.’ ”
Saʿīd likewise transmitted from Ibn Masʿūd that he disliked performing the prayer in
(1) Muslim ibn Subayh al-Hamdani, Abu al-Duha, a perfumer from Kufa; a reliable and upright narrator who died in 100 AH. All six canonical compilers include his hadith. See: Taqrib al-Tahdhib 2:245, no. 1087.
(2) Reported by ʿAbd al-Razzaq in the Musannaf, Book of Prayer, chapter “Placing one’s hand on the waist during prayer,” hadith no. 3338 (2:273-74), with a sound chain from Maʿmar, al-Thawri and al-Aʿmash through the isnad indicated by the author; its wording is, “as the Jews do.” Ibn Abi Shayba also narrates it from Wakiʿ, through al-Aʿmash, with the wording cited by the author: “Do not imitate the Jews.” It was noted earlier under al-Bukhari (p. 224 of this work).
(3) ʿAbd Allah ibn Abi Nujayh—his father’s name was Yasar—al-Makki, al-Thaqafi, their freedman, Abu Yasar; a trustworthy transmitter who occasionally practiced tadlis and was accused of holding the doctrine of qadar. He died in 131 AH. See: Tahdhib al-Tahdhib 6:54, no. 101.
(4) Ismaʿil ibn ʿAbd al-Rahman ibn Dhuʾayb al-Asadi; deemed reliable by Abu Zurʿa, Ibn Saʿd and al-Darqutni, and listed by Ibn Hibban among the trustworthy. See: Tahdhib al-Tahdhib 1:321, 313, no. 570 A.
(5) al-Sharafat (sing. shurfah): the ornamental crenellations or parapets placed along the top of a building, whether triangular, square, and so forth.
(6) The printed edition reads: tamurru biha (“you pass by it”).
(7) See: Musannaf Ibn Abi Shayba 1:309, which conveys this meaning, though not in the exact wording.