of the scholars who declare it forbidden, and—God willing—we shall revisit those positions in the forthcoming chapter, “Rulings on Mosques,” later in this book.

Third: the watering places and resting sites of camels. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
“If the time for prayer comes and you can find nothing except sheepfolds and camel corrals, then perform the prayer in the sheepfolds and do not pray in the camel corrals.”
He gave the reason in another narration, saying:
“For they (camels) were created from devils—do you not see their eyes and the dust they kick up when they are startled?”

The first hadith is narrated by Abū Hurayrah. It was recorded by al-Dārimī (whose wording is cited here), Ibn Mājah, al-Ṭaḥāwī, al-Bayhaqī, Aḥmad, and Ibn Ḥazm through various chains from Hāshim ibn Ḥassān, from Muḥammad ibn Sīrīn, from him. This chain is authentic according to the criteria of the two Shaykhs.

Al-Tirmidhī also transmitted it through Abū Bakr ibn ʿAyyāsh, from Hishām, in abridged form: “Pray in the sheepfolds and do not pray in the camel corrals”; this is likewise Aḥmad’s wording.

Tirmidhī then reported it again through the same Abū Bakr ibn ʿAyyāsh, from Abū Ḥuṣayn, from Abū Ṣāliḥ, from the Prophet ﷺ with the same or a similar wording, and he said: