Abu Sa'id al-Khudri reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying:
When one of you prays, he should pray facing the sutrah (screen or covering) and he should keep himself close to it. He then narrated the tradition to the same effect.
Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 698 In-book : Book 2, Hadith 308 English translation : Book 2, Hadith 698
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