• Ishaq was asked about a man who wanted to pray and had a staff with him; how should he place it? He said: "He should plant it upright." It was said: "What if he cannot?" He said: "He should place it horizontally."

1158 - Abu Umayyah Muhammad ibn Ibrahim narrated to us, saying: 'Ali ibn 'Ayyash narrated to us, saying: Abu 'Ubaydah al-Walid ibn Kamil al-Bajali narrated to us, saying: Al-Muhallab ibn Hajar al-Bahrani narrated to me, from Duba'ah bint al-Miqdad ibn al-Aswad, from her father, who said: "I never saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) pray facing a pillar, a staff, or a tree, but that he placed it to his right eyebrow or his left eyebrow, and he would not face it directly."

Chapter: What is between the East and the West is the Qiblah

• I heard Abu 'Abd Allah Ahmad ibn Hanbal say: "What is between the East and the West is the Qiblah for the people of the East." He said—regarding that—: "If a man were confused about the Qiblah and prayed anywhere between the East and the West, provided he strove to locate the Ka'bah, then it is valid."

o His school of thought is: From the furthest summer sunrise to the furthest summer sunset; he prays in winter and summer alike; he does not look to the sun, and that is for the people of the East.

• I asked Ishaq: His statement "What is between the East and the West is the Qiblah"; it is for the people of the East. And he said: [It is also] for the people of Yemen (1).