The sayings and actions of the and the Followers { tabi‘un }...

The sayings and actions of the and the Followers { tabi‘un } of the Prophet (S) also affirm this Sunnah : Jabir ibn ‘Abd Allah al-Ansari says: "كنت أصلي الظهر مع رسول الله صلى الله عليه وأله وسلم فأخذ قبضة من الحصاء لتبرد في كفّي اضعها لجبهتي أسجد عليها لشدة الحرّ." I used to perform noon { zuhr } prayer with the Messenger of Allah (S).

Because it was very hot I used to take a handful of small gravel, keep it in my hand till it got cool, and place my forehead on it for prostration.[^8] Then, the narrator adds: “If prostration on the garment worn by someone were permissible, it would be easier than keeping a gravel (in one’s hand). Ibn Sa‘d (d.

209 AH), in his book, At-Tabaqat al-Kubra , thus writes: "كان مسروق إذا خرج يخرج بلبنة يسجد عليها في السفينة." “Whenever Masruq (ibn Ajda‘) traveled, he used to keep a mud-brick with him on which to prostrate while onboard the ship.”[^9] It is necessary to note that Masruq ibn Ajda‘ was one of the Followers and a companion of Ibn Mas‘ud, and the author of At-Tabaqat al-Kubra considers him among those in the first class of the Kufans after the Prophet (S) and among those who narrated from Abu Bakr, ‘Umar, Uthman, ‘Ali, and ‘Abd Allah ibn Mas‘ud.…