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(9). 2962. Al-Barā' bin 'Āzib said: "When the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ arrived in Al-Madīnah, he performed Ṣalāt facing the direction of Bait Al-Maqdis (Jerusalem) for sixteen or seventeen months. The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ longed to face toward the Ka'bah, so Allāh, Mighty and Sublime is He revealed: Verily, We have seen the turning of your face towards the heaven. Surely, We shall turn you to a Qiblah that shall please you, so turn your face in the direction of Al-Masjid Al-Ḥarām.[2] So he faced the direction of the Ka'bah and he had longed for that. (One day) a
man performed Ṣalāt Al-'Aṣr along with him." He said: "Then he passed by some people from the Anṣār performing Ṣalāt Al-'Aṣr, while they were bowing toward Bait Al-Maqdis. He told them that he testifies that he performed Ṣalāt with the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, and he had faced the direction of the Ka'bah." He said: "So they turned while they were bowing."[1]
(Sahīh)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Hasan Sahīh. Sufyān Ath-Thawrī has reported it from Abū Ishāq.
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Footnotes
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[1] Al-Baqarah 2:143.
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[2] Al-Baqarah 2:144.
Commentary
The Prophet ﷺ was sent to follow the Monotheism of Prophet Ibrāhīm ﷺ, the Qiblah of Ibrāhīm was that of his. Ibrāhīm prayed for the advent of the Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ, so he remained waiting for the direction of the Qiblah to be changed; when someone's arrival is awaited, the gaze follows his path of arrival again and again; so the Prophet ﷺ would look up towards the heaven again and again, eventually the direction changed on 15th Rajab 2 AH.
