Hadith 401

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

English source

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: 401 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 89

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English translation

401. Narrated 'Abdullāh رضي الله عنه: The Prophet ﷺ offered Salāt (prayer) (and the subnarrator Ibrāhīm said, "I do not know whether he prayed more or less than usual"), and when he had finished Salāt he was asked, "O Allāh's Messenger ﷺ! Has there been any change in the As-Salāt (the prayers)?" He said, "What is it?" The people said, "You have prayed so much and so much." So the Prophet ﷺ bent his legs, faced the Qiblah (Ka'bah at Makkah) and performed two prostrations (of Sahw) and finished his prayers with Taslīm (by turning his face to right and left saying: 'As-Salāmu 'Alaikum-wa Raḥmat-ullāh'). When he turned his face to us he said, "If there had been anything changed in Salāt, surely I would have informed you; but I am a human being like you and liable to forget like you. So if I forget remind me and if anyone of you is doubtful about his Salāt, he should follow what he thinks to be correct and complete his Salāt accordingly and finish it and perform two prostrations (of Sahw)."

Arabic text

401 - حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ، قَالَ: قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - قَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ: لاَ أَدْرِي زَادَ أَوْ نَقَصَ - فَلَمَّا سَلَّمَ قِيلَ لَهُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، أَحَدَثَ فِي الصَّلاَةِ شَيْءٌ؟ قَالَ: «وَمَا ذَاكَ»، قَالُوا: صَلَّيْتَ كَذَا وَكَذَا، فَثَنَى رِجْلَيْهِ، وَاسْتَقْبَلَ القِبْلَةَ، وَسَجَدَ سَجْدَتَيْنِ، ثُمَّ سَلَّمَ، فَلَمَّا أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْنَا بِوَجْهِهِ، قَالَ: «إِنَّهُ لَوْ حَدَثَ فِي الصَّلاَةِ شَيْءٌ لَنَبَّأْتُكُمْ بِهِ، وَلَكِنْ إِنَّمَا أَنَا بَشَرٌ مِثْلُكُمْ، أَنْسَى كَمَا تَنْسَوْنَ، فَإِذَا نَسِيتُ فَذَكِّرُونِي، وَإِذَا شَكَّ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي صَلاَتِهِ، فَلْيَتَحَرَّ الصَّوَابَ فَلْيُتِمَّ عَلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ لِيُسَلِّمْ، ثُمَّ يَسْجُدُ سَجْدَتَيْنِ»

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