Islam > Hadiths > Jurisprudence and juristic principles > When anyone of you prays, let him do so behind a barrier, even if an arrow
Authentic hadithUpdated on 24 September 2026 at 12:34 AM
📖 1 min readعن سَبْرة بن معبد الجهني رضي الله عنه عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: «إذا صلى أحدكم، فليسْتَتِر لصلاته، ولو بسهم».
The Hadīth points out that it is recommended for a person to put something before him as a barrier when he offers prayer. That barrier can be anything he sets up in front of him, even if it were short or thin like an arrow. Indeed, this is one of the manifestations of the ease and leniency of the Islamic Shariah.
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