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Hadith 489

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Prescribing The Qiblah

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Darussalam · Volume 1

5. The Book Of Ṣalâh

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الحديث: 488 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 242

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489. It was narrated that Al-Barā' said: "We prayed toward Bait Al-Maqdis (Jerusalem) with the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ for sixteen or seventeen months - Ṣafwān was not sure - then it was changed to the Qiblah." (Ṣaḥīḥ)

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488 - أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ، عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ قَالَ: «صَلَّيْنَا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَحْوَ بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ سِتَّةَ عَشَرَ شَهْرًا، أَوْ سَبْعَةَ عَشَرَ شَهْرًا - شَكَّ سُفْيَانُ - وَصُرِفَ إِلَى الْقِبْلَةِ»

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Barā' bin Āzib is a Helper Companion. It is apparent that he used to perform prayer with the Prophet ﷺ after the emigration only. Hence, this Hadīth signifies that for sixteen to seventeen months after the emigration, Bait Al-Maqdis remained the Qiblah of Muslims. Then, in the month of Sha'ban of the year 2 H, the Ka'bah was made the Qiblah.