"For every nation there is a direction to which they face (in their prayers)..." (V.2:148)
Darussalam · Volume 6
65 - THE BOOK OF COMMENTARY:(Interpretation of the Qur'an)Sahih al-Bukhari Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 4492 ¦ الجزء: 6 ¦ الصفحة: 22
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4492. Narrated Al-Bara': رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ: We offered Ṣalāt (prayer) along with the Prophet ﷺ facing Bait-ul-Maqdis (Jerusalem) for sixteen or seventeen months. Then Allāh ordered him to turn his face towards the Qiblah (at Makkah).
4492 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ المُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ البَرَاءَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، قَالَ: «صَلَّيْنَا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَحْوَ بَيْتِ المَقْدِسِ سِتَّةَ عَشَرَ، أَوْ سَبْعَةَ عَشَرَ شَهْرًا، ثُمَّ صَرَفَهُ نَحْوَ القِبْلَةِ»
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