it between his feet would have been better." It was narrated by al-Nasa'i (44), and his wording is: "He said: He erred against the Sunnah, and if he had alternated between them, it would have been more pleasing to me." Al-Athram said: I saw Abu Abd Allah spread his feet apart, and I saw him alternate between them. This was also narrated (45) from Amr (46) ibn Maymun and al-Hasan. [And it is not recommended to do this frequently, because of what was narrated from] (47) Ata', who said: I like that the movement in it be minimal, and that one stands balanced on his feet, unless one is an elderly person who cannot manage that. As for voluntary prayer, it becomes long for a person, so it is inevitable to lean on this one once and on that one once (48).
Section: [It is disliked to omit any of the Sunan of the prayer] (49), and it is disliked to turn about in prayer without a need, because of what Aishah, may Allah be pleased with her, narrated, saying: I asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) about a man turning about in prayer? He said: "It is a snatching that Satan snatches from the servant's prayer." From the authentic reports, (50) [it was narrated by Sa'id ibn Mansur. And in the "Musnad",] (51) from Abu Dharr, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "Allah continues to be turned towards the servant while he is in his prayer, as long as he does not turn away; if he turns away, He turns away from him." Both were narrated by Abu Dawud (52).
(44) In: The Chapter of Lining Up the Feet in Prayer, from the Book of Opening the Prayer. Al-Mujtaba 2/99. (45) In (M) there is an addition: "like". (46) Omitted from (M). He is Abu Abd Allah Amr ibn Maymun ibn Mihran al-Jazari al-Raqqi, a truthful and reliable shaykh who died in the year 145 AH. Tahdhib al-Tahdhib 8/108-109. (47) In (M): "It is possible that this is during a long standing as he said". (48) In the original, after this, there is an addition: "And al-Najjad narrated..." etc., and it will appear in (M) at the end of the following chapter. (49) Omitted from the original. (50) Extracted by al-Bukhari, in: The Chapter of Turning in Prayer, from the Book of Adhan, and the Chapter of the Description of Iblis and His Soldiers, from the Book of the Beginning of Creation. Sahih al-Bukhari 1/191, 4/152. And Abu Dawud, in: The Chapter of Turning in Prayer, from the Book of Prayer. Sunan Abi Dawud 1/209. And al-Tirmidhi, in: The Chapter of What Was Mentioned Regarding Turning in Prayer, from the Chapters of Jumu'ah. Aridat al-Ahwadhi 3/72. And al-Nasa'i, in: The Chapter of Severity Regarding Turning in Prayer, from the Book of Sahw. Al-Mujtaba 3/8. And Imam Ahmad, in: Al-Musnad 6/70, 106. (51) In (M): "And from". (52) The first was mentioned previously. The second was narrated by Abu Dawud in the same chapter, and by Imam Ahmad, in: Al-Musnad 5/172. It was also extracted by al-Nasa'i in the same chapter, and by al-Darimi, in: The Chapter of Severity Regarding Turning in Prayer, from the Book of Prayer. Sunan al-Darimi 1/331.
