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Narrated Nafi`:"The Prophet (ﷺ) used to make his she-camel sit across and he would pray facing it (as a Sutra)." I asked, "What would the Prophet (ﷺ) do if the she-camel was provoked and moved?" He said, "He would take its camel-saddle and put it in front of him and pray facing its back part (as a Sutra). And Ibn `Umar used to do the same." (This indicates that one should not pray except behind a Sutra)

حدثنا محمد بن ابي بكر المقدمي، حدثنا معتمر، عن عبيد الله، عن نافع، عن ابن عمر، عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم انه كان يعرض راحلته فيصلي اليها. قلت افرايت اذا هبت الركاب. قال كان ياخذ هذا الرحل فيعدله فيصلي الى اخرته او قال موخره وكان ابن عمر رضى الله عنه يفعله