Hadith 399

[During the obligatory Salāt (prayers)] one should face the Qiblah (Ka'bah at Makkah) wherever one may be.

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Darussalam · Volume 1

8 - THE BOOK OF AṢ-ṢALĀT(The Prayer)

Sahih al-Bukhari Darussalam English translation

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Shamela Arabic edition

الحديث: 399 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 88

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English translation

399. Narrated Barā' bin 'Azīb رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ: Allāh's Messenger ﷺ offered Salāt (prayer) facing Bait-ul-Maqdis (Jerusalem) for sixteen or seventeen months but he loved to face the Ka'bah (at Makkah) so Allāh جل جلاله revealed: "Verily! We have seen the turning of your (Muḥammad's) face towards the heaven..." (V.2:144) So the Prophet ﷺ faced the Ka'bah and the fools amongst the people namely, the Jews said, "What has turned them from their Qiblah [prayer direction (towards Jerusalem) — Bait-ul-Maqdis]] to which they used to face in prayer?" (Allāh revealed): "...Say (O Muḥammad ﷺ): 'To Allāh belong both, east and the west. He guides whom He wills to the straight path'." (V.2:142) A man offered Salāt with the Prophet ﷺ (facing the Ka'bah) and went out. He saw some of the Anṣār offering the Aṣr prayer with their faces towards Bait-ul-Maqdis, he said, "I bear witness that I offered Salāt with Allāh's Messenger ﷺ facing the Ka'bah." So all the people turned their faces towards the Ka'bah (at Makkah)..

Arabic text

399 - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ رَجَاءٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنِ البَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا، قَالَ: " كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ صَلَّى نَحْوَ بَيْتِ المَقْدِسِ، سِتَّةَ عَشَرَ أَوْ سَبْعَةَ عَشَرَ شَهْرًا، وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُحِبُّ أَنْ يُوَجَّهَ إِلَى الكَعْبَةِ، فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ: {قَدْ نَرَى تَقَلُّبَ وَجْهِكَ فِي السَّمَاءِ} [البقرة: 144]، فَتَوَجَّهَ نَحْوَ الكَعْبَةِ "، وَقَالَ السُّفَهَاءُ مِنَ النَّاسِ، وَهُمُ اليَهُودُ: {مَا وَلَّاهُمْ} [البقرة: 142] عَنْ قِبْلَتِهِمُ الَّتِي كَانُوا عَلَيْهَا، قُلْ لِلَّهِ المَشْرِقُ وَالمَغْرِبُ يَهْدِي مَنْ يَشَاءُ إِلَى صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ فَصَلَّى مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَجُلٌ، ثُمَّ خَرَجَ بَعْدَ مَا صَلَّى، فَمَرَّ عَلَى قَوْمٍ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ فِي صَلاَةِ العَصْرِ نَحْوَ بَيْتِ المَقْدِسِ، فَقَالَ: هُوَ يَشْهَدُ: أَنَّهُ صَلَّى مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَأَنَّهُ تَوَجَّهَ نَحْوَ الكَعْبَةِ، فَتَحَرَّفَ القَوْمُ، حَتَّى تَوَجَّهُوا نَحْوَ الكَعْبَةِ

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