Finding Out That One Was Wrong After Doing His Utmost (To Determine The Direction)
Darussalam · Volume 1
5. The Book Of ṢalâhSunan an-Nasai Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 493 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 244
Source no. 479 · Volume 1 · Page 107
Sahih
(صحيح) - صفة الصلاة: ق.
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494. It was narrated that Ibn 'Umar said: "While the people were in Qubâ', praying the Ṣubh prayer, someone came to them and said that revelation had come to the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ the night before, and he had been commanded to face the Ka'bah. So they turned around, and they had been facing toward Ash-Shâm, but now they turned to face toward the Ka'bah." (Ṣaḥīh)
493 - أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ: " بَيْنَمَا النَّاسُ بِقُبَاءَ فِي صَلَاةِ الصُّبْحِ جَاءَهُمْ آتٍ فَقَالَ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَدْ أُنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِ اللَّيْلَةَ، وَقَدْ أُمِرَ أَنْ يَسْتَقْبِلَ الْكَعْبَةَ فَاسْتَقْبِلُوهَا، وَكَانَتْ وُجُوهُهُمْ إِلَى الشَّامِ فَاسْتَدَارُوا إِلَى الْكَعْبَةِ "
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The honorable Imâm draws the following inference: the people of Quba prayed three prayers in a direction other than Qiblah after the command to change the Qiblah. They realized this only after they had already performed those three prayers; and yet there was no need to repeat them. Now also, if one realizes after having offered the prayer, that he offered the prayer in the wrong direction, it is not necessary for him to repeat that prayer, provided effort was made to locate the Qiblah before the commencement of that prayer.