Hadith / Musannaf Ibn Abi Shayba / 3:3870
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shayba 3:3870
Book of Prayers (Salah)
كتاب الصلوات ( ( ( الصلاة ) ) )
Hadith 3:3870
Mu'tamir (Mu'ammar) narrated to us, from 'Awf, who said: A man from the people of the desert informed me. He said: A tax collector (musaddiq) from Medina came to us during the nights of Mu'awiyah. While he was at a water source of ours one day, the time for prayer arrived. There were two mosques of the desert people at the water source. He asked, "Which of the two was built first?" It was said to him, "This one." So he headed toward it.
حدثنا معتمر ( ( ( معمر ) ) ) عن عوف قال أخبرني رجل من أهل البادية قال قدم علينا مصدق من المدينة ليالي معاوية فبينما هو على ماء لنا ذات يوم قال وحضرت الصلاة وعلى الماء مسجدان من مساجد أهل البادية قال أيهما بنى أولا فقيل هذا فقصد نحوه