Narrated by Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) from the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he (peace be upon him) would make his mount sit crosswise and would pray facing it. (Ubaidullah, the narrator, asked Nafi', the narrator) that when the mounts would go away to graze (then what would the Prophet, peace be upon him, do?) He replied that the Prophet (peace be upon him) would take the saddle, then would pray towards its rear part or (he said) towards its last part, and Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) would do the same.

Umm al-Mu'mineen Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her) said: "Have you people considered us equal to dogs and donkeys? Indeed, I have seen myself lying on the bed and the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) would come and stand in the middle of the bed (to pray), and I disliked being in front of him (during prayer), so I would slip away towards the legs of the bed until I would be outside my blanket."

Sayyiduna Abu Sa‘id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) was praying on Friday facing something that concealed him from the people. Then a young man from (the tribe of) Banu Abi Mu‘ayt wanted to pass in front of him, so Sayyiduna Abu Sa‘id (may Allah be pleased with him) pushed him in the chest. The young man did not find any way to pass except in front of him, so again he tried to pass, and Abu Sa‘id (may Allah be pleased with him) pushed him even harder than before. At this, the young man insulted Abu Sa‘id (may Allah be pleased with him). After that, he went to Marwan and complained to him about what had happened with Abu Sa‘id (may Allah be pleased with him), and after him, Abu Sa‘id (may Allah be pleased with him) also went to Marwan. So Marwan said,“O Abu Sa‘id! What is the matter between you and your brother’s son?”Abu Sa‘id (may Allah be pleased with him) said,“I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) say: ‘When any one of you prays towards something that screens him from the people, and someone wants to pass in front of him, he should push him away, and if he refuses, then he should fight him, for he is only a devil.’”

Narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Juhaim (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "If the one passing in front of a person who is praying knew how much sin he incurs, then surely it would be better for him to stand still for forty ... than to pass in front of him." (Abu Nadr) the narrator of the hadith says: I do not know whether he said forty days, or forty months, or forty years.

Umm al-Mu'mineen Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates that: Indeed, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would be performing prayer and I would be lying on my side on the bed in front of him. Then, when he intended to perform Witr, he would wake me up, so I would also perform Witr.

Narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Qatadah Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) used to pray, and while in that state, he would carry Umamah bint Zaynab bint Rasulullah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), the daughter of Abu al-As bin Rabi’ah bin Abd Shams. Then, when he would go into prostration, he would put her down, and when he stood up, he would pick her up. (Sayyidah Zaynab (may Allah be pleased with her) was the daughter of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), Umamah was his granddaughter, and Abu al-As was his son-in-law.)

The hadith of Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud, regarding the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) supplicating against the Quraysh, which he did on the day they placed the entrails upon him, has already been mentioned (see the Book: Description of Ablution... Chapter: If impurity or carrion is placed on the back of one who is praying, his prayer is not invalidated). And in this narration, it is further stated that after that, they were dragged and thrown into the well of Badr. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: "Curse be upon the people of this well."