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816 – ʿAbd Allah narrated to us; my father narrated to me; ʿAbd al-Rahman narrated to us, from Sufyan, from Habib, from Nafiʿ ibn Jubayr: Salman—may Allah have mercy on him—once entered the house of a foreign, or idolatrous, woman in search of a spot where he could perform the prayer. She said, “First seek a pure heart, then pray wherever you wish.” Salman—may Allah have mercy on him—replied, “You have understood.”
٨١٦ - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ حَبِيبٍ، عَنْ نَافِعِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، أَنَّ سَلْمَانَ، (رحمه الله) أَتَى بَيْتَ عِلْجَةٍ أَوْ مُشْرِكَةٍ يَلْتَمِسُ مَكَانًا يُصَلِّي فِيهِ، فَقَالَت: ابْتَغِ قَلْبًا طَاهِرًا وَصَلِّ حَيْثُ شِئْتَ: فَقَالَ سَلْمَانُ (رحمه الله): فَقِهْتَ "