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The Prophet [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII.] recounts five things uniquely granted him in a fairly well-known tradition found in many collections of Hadith and transmitted variously by Jabir bin 'Abdullah [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII.] and Hudhayfa [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII.]. The second of these is that the earth was made for him a masjid and a means of purification ("made for us a masjid", the variant in Sahih Muslim says, "and its dust purification when we cannot find water")--so, wherever a Muslim happens to be at the time of prayer, there she or he can pray. Salah, that is, does not require a sanctuary constructed specifically for the purpose of worship, as ...