Sunan Abu Dawood 948

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ السَّلَامِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْوَابِصِيُّ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ شَيْبَانَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ حُصَيْنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ هِلَالِ بْنِ يَسَافٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ قَدِمْتُ الرَّقَّةَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالَ لِي بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِي:‏‏‏‏ هَلْ لَكَ فِي رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ؟ قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ قُلْتُ:‏‏‏‏ غَنِيمَةٌ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَدَفَعْنَا إِلَى وَابِصَةَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قُلْتُ لِصَاحِبِي:‏‏‏‏ نَبْدَأُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَنَنْظُرُ إِلَى دَلِّهِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَإِذَا عَلَيْهِ قَلَنْسُوَةٌ لَاطِئَةٌ ذَاتُ أُذُنَيْنِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَبُرْنُسُ خَزٍّ أَغْبَرُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَإِذَا هُوَ مُعْتَمِدٌ عَلَى عَصًا فِي صَلَاتِهِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقُلْنَا:‏‏‏‏ بَعْدَ أَنْ سَلَّمْنَا ؟:‏‏‏‏ فَقَالَ:‏‏‏‏ حَدَّثَتْنِي أُمُّ قَيْسٍ بِنْتُ مِحْصَنٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَمَّا أَسَنَّ وَحَمَلَ اللَّحْمَ اتَّخَذَ عَمُودًا فِي مُصَلَّاهُ يَعْتَمِدُ عَلَيْهِ .

Narrated Umm Qays bint Mihsan: Hilal ibn Yasaf said: I came to ar-Raqqah (a place in Syria). One of my companions said to me: Do you want to see any of the Companions of the Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم? I said: A good opportunity. So we went to Wabisah. I said to my friend: Let us first see his mode of living. He had a cap with two ears stuck (to his head), and wearing a brown silken robe. He was resting on a staff during prayer. We asked him (about resting on the staff) after salutation; He said: Umm Qays daughter of Mihsan said to me that when the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم became aged and the flesh grew increasingly on him, he took a prop at his place of prayer and rested on it.