Anas b. Malik reported that his grandmother, Mulaika, invited the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) to a dinner which she had prepared. He (the Holy Prophet) ate out of that and then said:
Stand up so that I should observe prayer (in order to bless) you Anas b. Malik said: I stood up on a mat (belonging to us) which had turned dark on account of its long use. I sprinkled water over it (in order to soften it), and the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) stood upon it, and I and an orphan formed a row behind him (the Holy Prophet) and the old woman was behind us, and the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) led us in two rak'ahs of prayer and then went back.