al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 948
✧ The obligation of facing the qibla
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أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ يُوسُفَ الْأَزْرَقَ عَنْ زَكَرِيَّا بْنِ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ قَالَ
قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَصَلَّى نَحْوَ بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ سِتَّةَ عَشَرَ شَهْرًا ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ وُجِّهَ إِلَى الْكَعْبَةِ فَمَرَّ رَجُلٌ قَدْ كَانَ صَلَّى مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ عَلَى قَوْمٍ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ فَقَالَ «أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَدْ وُجِّهَ إِلَى الْكَعْبَةِ فَانْحَرَفُوا إِلَى الْكَعْبَةِ»
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Chain of narrators
- Muḥammad b. Ismāʿīl b. Ibrāhīm
- Isḥāq / Ibn Yūsuf al-Azraq
- Zakariyyā b. Abū Zāʾidah
- Abū Isḥāq
- al-Barāʾ b. ʿĀzib
"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to Al-Madinah and prayed toward Bait Al-Maqdis for sixteen months, then he was commanded to face towards the Ka'bah. A man who had prayed with the Prophet ﷺ passed by some of the Ansar and said: 'I bear witness that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ has been commanded to face towards the Ka'bah' so they turned to face the Ka'bah." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 489)
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