Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates from the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he (peace be upon him) would plant a spear (as a sutrah) and pray. And Ashajj states that he (peace be upon him) would plant a spear (or lance) in front of him. He would not mention anything more than this.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that a spear would be fixed for the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), and he (peace be upon him) would use it as a sutrah and perform prayer on the day of Eid.

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You should only pray facing a sutrah, and do not let anyone pass in front of you. If he does not comply (and tries to pass), then fight him, for there is a companion (Satan) with him."

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) praying towards his mount (camel), making it a sutrah. Hazrat Nafi’ (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that I have seen Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) praying towards his mount.

Ashaj and Harun bin Ishaq did not mention seeing in their narration; both say that (the Prophet, peace be upon him) used to pray facing his mount, and Abu Saeed says that the Prophet, peace be upon him, used to pray making his camel a sutrah (barrier), and Sayyiduna Ibn Umar, may Allah be pleased with them both, used to do the same.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Sahl bin Abi Hathmah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "When any one of you offers prayer, he should pray facing a sutrah and stand close to the sutrah so that Satan does not cut off his prayer."

Sayyiduna Sahl bin Sa’d (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the distance between the place of prayer of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) and the wall used to be equal to the space through which a goat could pass.

Hazrat Talhah bin Musa (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates from his esteemed father, he says that we used to pray in such a state that cattle would pass in front of us, so we asked the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) about this issue, and he (peace be upon him) said: "(When) any one of you has a sutrah in front of him equal to the back part of a camel's saddle, then whatever passes in front of it will not harm him."

Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When any one of you stands for prayer, if there is something in front of him equal to the back part of a camel's saddle, then that will serve as a sutrah (barrier) for him." Then the rest of the hadith was narrated. Bishr bin Mufaddal says that Yunus narrated to us a report exactly like the aforementioned hadith.

Ibn Jurayj (may Allah have mercy on him) says: I asked ‘Ata’ (may Allah have mercy on him),“The back wooden part of the camel-litter that has reached you, how much of it would suffice for it to be considered a sutrah?”He replied:“Equal to one handspan.”