Mishkat al-Masabih 701

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) used to like to pray in al-hitan*. One of its transmitters says that it means gardens. * I have given the Arabic word because it is explained in the text. Why it should need to be explained is not clear. Tirmidhi transmitted it and said, “This is a gharib tradition which we know only among the traditions of al-Hasan ibn Abu Jafar whom Yahya ibn Said and others have declared to be weak.”