The Prophet said to his wife Umme Salma, "Please fetch the `Khamrah' (Sajdaghah) from the mosque." The word Khumrah means a small piece of chatai made from palmleaf on which only the head could be rested when prostrating. lbn-e-Aseer in his Jam'a-ul-Usool has written, "Khumrah is the Sijdagah on which the Shi'as of our time perform their prostration on.
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