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Sahih al-Bukhari 4493

Book 65: Prophetic Commentary on the Qur'an (Tafseer of the Prophet (pbuh)) · Hadith 20

حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ دِينَارٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ يَقُولُ بَيْنَا النَّاسُ فِي الصُّبْحِ بِقُبَاءٍ إِذْ جَاءَهُمْ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ أُنْزِلَ اللَّيْلَةَ قُرْآنٌ، فَأُمِرَ أَنْ يَسْتَقْبِلَ الْكَعْبَةَ، فَاسْتَقْبِلُوهَا‏.‏ وَاسْتَدَارُوا كَهَيْئَتِهِمْ، فَتَوَجَّهُوا إِلَى الْكَعْبَةِ وَكَانَ وَجْهُ النَّاسِ إِلَى الشَّأْمِ‏.‏

Narrated Ibn `Umar:While some people were at Quba (offering) morning prayer, a man came to them and said, "Last night Qur'anic Verses have been revealed whereby the Prophet (ﷺ) has been ordered to face the Ka`ba (at Mecca), so you too should face it." So they, keeping their postures, turned towards the Ka`ba. Formerly the people were facing Sham (Jerusalem) (Allah said):-- "And from whence-so-ever you start forth (for prayers), turn your face in the direction of the Sacred Mosque of Mecca (Al-Masjid-ul-Haram), and whence-so-ever you are, turn your face towards it (when you pray)

Ibn Umar bataate hain: Jab Quba mein kuch log subah ki namaz padh rahe the, ek shaks unke paas aaya aur kaha, 'Kal raat Quraani Aayaten naazil hui hain jinmein Nabi (SAW) ko Kaaba ki taraf rukh karne ka hukm diya gaya hai, isliye tum bhi usi ki taraf rukh karo.' To wo apni usi haalat mein (jismein the) Kaaba ki taraf mud gaye. Pehle log Sham (Yerushalem) ki taraf rukh karte the. (Allah ne farmaya:) 'Jahaan se bhi tum (namaz ke liye) niklo, apna chehra Masjid-e-Haraam ki taraf mod lo, aur jahaan bhi ho, apna chehra usi ki taraf karo.'

Sahih al-Bukhari 4493 · Book 65, Hadith 20

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