حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ رَجَائٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ الْبَرَائِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا قَالَ کَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ صَلَّی نَحْوَ بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ سِتَّةَ عَشَرَ أَوْ سَبْعَةَ عَشَرَ شَهْرًا وَکَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُحِبُّ أَنْ يُوَجَّهَ إِلَی الْکَعْبَةِ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ قَدْ نَرَی تَقَلُّبَ وَجْهِکَ فِي السَّمَائِ فَتَوَجَّهَ نَحْوَ الْکَعْبَةِ وَقَالَ السُّفَهَائُ مِنْ النَّاسِ وَهُمْ الْيَهُودُ مَا وَلَّاهُمْ عَنْ قِبْلَتِهِمْ الَّتِي کَانُوا عَلَيْهَا قُلْ لِلَّهِ الْمَشْرِقُ وَالْمَغْرِبُ يَهْدِي مَنْ يَشَائُ إِلَی صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ فَصَلَّی مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَجُلٌ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ بَعْدَ مَا صَلَّی فَمَرَّ عَلَی قَوْمٍ مِنْ الْأَنْصَارِ فِي صَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ نَحْوَ بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ فَقَالَ هُوَ يَشْهَدُ أَنَّهُ صَلَّی مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأَنَّهُ تَوَجَّهَ نَحْوَ الْکَعْبَةِ فَتَحَرَّفَ الْقَوْمُ حَتَّی تَوَجَّهُوا نَحْوَ الْکَعْبَةِ
صحیح بخاری · Hadith 399
Narrated Bara' bin `Azib: Allah's Apostle prayed facing Baitul-Maqdis for sixteen or seventeen months but he loved to face the Ka`ba (at Mecca) so Allah revealed: "Verily, We have seen the turning of your face to the heaven!" (2:144) So the Prophet faced the Ka`ba and the fools amongst the people namely "the Jews" said, "What has turned them from their Qibla (Baitul-Maqdis) which they formerly observed"" (Allah revealed): "Say: 'To Allah belongs the East and the West. He guides whom he will to a straight path'." (2:142) A man prayed with the Prophet (facing the Ka`ba) and went out. He saw some of the Ansar praying the `Asr prayer with their faces towards Baitul-Maqdis, he said, "I bear witness that I prayed with Allah's Apostle facing the Ka`ba." So all the people turned their faces towards the Ka`ba.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020