Darussalam · Volume 1
5. The Book Of ṢalâhSunan an-Nasai Darussalam English translation
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Source no. 475 · Volume 1 · Page 106
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(صحيح) - ق، انظر ما قبله.
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490. It was narrated that Al-Barā' bin Āzib said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ came to Al-Madinah and prayed toward Bait Al-Maḳdis for sixteen months, then he was commanded to face toward the Ka'bah. A man who had prayed with the Prophet ﷺ passed by some of the Anṣār and said: 'I bear witness that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ has been commanded to face toward the Ka'bah' so they turned to face the Ka'bah." (Ṣaḥīḥ)
489 - أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ الْأَزْرَقُ، عَنْ زَكَرِيَّا بْنِ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ قَالَ: «قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْمَدِينَةَ، فَصَلَّى نَحْوَ بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ سِتَّةَ عَشَرَ شَهْرًا، ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ وُجِّهَ إِلَى الْكَعْبَةِ» فَمَرَّ رَجُلٌ قَدْ كَانَ صَلَّى مَعَ النَّبيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى قَوْمٍ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ فَقَالَ: أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَدْ وُجِّهَ إِلَى الْكَعْبَةِ فَانْحَرِفُوا إِلَى الْكَعْبَةِ
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1. The name of this tribe of the Helpers (Al-Ansār) was Banu Salamah. On account of this very incident their mosque came to be known as the mosque of Qiblatayn (of two Qiblahs), which is until today frequented by multitudes of worshippers. 2. The Helpers' turning toward the Ka'bah - while praying must have surely caused some stir among all the worshippers, because the Ka'bah happens to be in quite the opposite direction of the Bait Al-Maḳdis. Obviously, the Imām must have been compelled to wade through the rows of the praying persons to get to the other side. The followers in the congregational prayer must have also changed the rows. Thus we get to know that a movement done in order to rectify the prayer does not spoil to prayer, regardless of whether that movement is slight or sizeable.