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(4). 2958. Ibn 'Umar said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ would perform voluntary Salāt upon his mount facing whichever direction he was headed, while he was coming from Makkah to Al-Madinah." Then Ibn 'Umar recited: To Allāh belong both the east and the west."[2]
And Ibn 'Umar said: "It was about this that the Āyah was revealed." (Sahih)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Hasan Sahih.
It has been reported from Qatādah that he said about this Āyah: To Allāh belong both the east and the west, so wherever you turn, there is the Face of Allāh. [Qatādah said:] "It is abrogated, it was abrogated by [His saying]: So
turn your face in the direction of Al-Masjid Al-Ḥarām.[1] Meaning: facing it.”
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Footnotes
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[1] Al-Baqarah 2:115. This preceded under no. 345.
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[2] Al-Baqarah 2:115.
Commentary
The aim of the first verse is that no direction or side from among the directions is specified with Allāh Almighty, the real purpose is to obey and follow Allāh's command. The second Verse abrogates the rule of directing the face to the House in Jerusalem in prayer, instead it commands to turn the face in prayer to the Sacred Mosque in Makkah.
(5). (A chain for that) from Qatādah. (Da'īf)
And it has been reported that Mujāhid said about this Āyah: “So wherever you turn, there is the Face of Allāh”[2]: “So there is the direction of Allāh.” (Ḥasan)
(A chain for the above narration).
