Sahih al-Bukhari 399

Hadith text

Narrated Bara' bin `Azib:Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) prayed facing Baitul-Maqdis for sixteen or seventeen months but he loved to face the Ka`ba (at Mecca) so Allah revealed: "Verily, We have seen the turning of your face to the heaven!" (2:144) So the Prophet (ﷺ) faced the Ka`ba and the fools amongst the people namely "the Jews" said, "What has turned them from their Qibla (Baitul-Maqdis) which they formerly observed"" (Allah revealed): "Say: 'To Allah belongs the East and the West. He guides whom He wills to a straight path'." (2:142) A man prayed with the Prophet (facing the Ka`ba) and went out. He saw some of the Ansar praying the `Asr prayer with their faces towards Baitul-Maqdis, he said, "I bear witness that I prayed with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) facing the Ka`ba." So all the people turned their faces towards the Ka`ba

Bara bin Azib (رضی اللہ عنہ) se riwayat hai ke Allah ke Rasool ne solah ya satrah maheene Baitul-Maqdis ki taraf mun karke namaz padhi, magar Ka'ba ki taraf mun karna pasand karte the. Tab Allah ne nazil farmaya: "Beshak Humne dekha tera chehra baar-baar aasman ki taraf uthna" (2:144). Nabi ne Ka'ba ki taraf mun kiya, aur bewaqoof log yani Yahudi kehne lage: "Inhe kis cheez ne unke Qibla (Baitul-Maqdis) se, jise woh pehle maante the, phera diya?" (Allah ne nazil farmaya): "Kaho: Mashriq aur Magrib Allah hi ke hain, woh jise chahe seedhe raaste ki hidayat de." (2:142). Ek shaks ne Nabi ke saath (Ka'ba ki taraf mun karke) namaz padhi aur bahar nikla. Usne kuch Ansaar ko Asr padhte dekha jinka mun Baitul-Maqdis ki taraf tha, usne kaha: "Main gawahi deta hoon ke maine Allah ke Rasool ke saath Ka'ba ki taraf mun karke namaz padhi hai." Yeh sunkar sab logon ne apna mun Ka'ba ki taraf kar liya.

Sahih al-Bukhari 399 · Book 8, Hadith 50