حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ خَالِدٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا زُهَيْرٌ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ الْبَرَائِ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ کَانَ أَوَّلَ مَا قَدِمَ الْمَدِينَةَ نَزَلَ عَلَی أَجْدَادِهِ أَوْ قَالَ أَخْوَالِهِ مِنْ الْأَنْصَارِ وَأَنَّهُ صَلَّی قِبَلَ بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ سِتَّةَ عَشَرَ شَهْرًا أَوْ سَبْعَةَ عَشَرَ شَهْرًا وَکَانَ يُعْجِبُهُ أَنْ تَکُونَ قِبْلَتُهُ قِبَلَ الْبَيْتِ وَأَنَّهُ صَلَّی أَوَّلَ صَلَاةٍ صَلَّاهَا صَلَاةَ الْعَصْرِ وَصَلَّی مَعَهُ قَوْمٌ فَخَرَجَ رَجُلٌ مِمَّنْ صَلَّی مَعَهُ فَمَرَّ عَلَی أَهْلِ مَسْجِدٍ وَهُمْ رَاکِعُونَ فَقَالَ أَشْهَدُ بِاللَّهِ لَقَدْ صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قِبَلَ مَکَّةَ فَدَارُوا کَمَا هُمْ قِبَلَ الْبَيْتِ وَکَانَتْ الْيَهُودُ قَدْ أَعْجَبَهُمْ إِذْ کَانَ يُصَلِّي قِبَلَ بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ وَأَهْلُ الْکِتَابِ فَلَمَّا وَلَّی وَجْهَهُ قِبَلَ الْبَيْتِ أَنْکَرُوا ذَلِکَ قَالَ زُهَيْرٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ الْبَرَائِ فِي حَدِيثِهِ هَذَا أَنَّهُ مَاتَ عَلَی الْقِبْلَةِ قَبْلَ أَنْ تُحَوَّلَ رِجَالٌ وَقُتِلُوا فَلَمْ نَدْرِ مَا نَقُولُ فِيهِمْ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَی وَمَا کَانَ اللَّهُ لِيُضِيعَ إِيمَانَکُمْ
صحیح بخاری · Hadith 40
Narrated Al-Bara' (bin 'Azib): When the Prophet came to Medina, he stayed first with his grandfathers or maternal uncles from Ansar. He offered his prayers facing Baitul-Maqdis (Jerusalem) for sixteen or seventeen months, but he wished that he could pray facing the Ka'ba (at Mecca). The first prayer which he offered facing the Ka'ba was the 'Asr prayer in the company of some people. Then one of those who had offered that prayer with him came out and passed by some people in a mosque who were bowing during their prayers (facing Jerusalem). He said addressing them, "By Allah, I testify that I have prayed with Allah's Apostle facing Mecca (Ka'ba).' Hearing that, those people changed their direction towards the Ka'ba immediately. Jews and the people of the scriptures used to be pleased to see the Prophet facing Jerusalem in prayers but when he changed his direction towards the Ka'ba, during the prayers, they disapproved of it. Al-Bara' added, "Before we changed our direction towards the Ka'ba (Mecca) in prayers, some Muslims had died or had been killed and we did not know what to say about them (regarding their prayers.) Allah then revealed: And Allah would never make your faith (prayers) to be lost (i.e. the prayers of those Muslims were valid).' " (2:143).
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020