حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَی حَدَّثَنَا وَکِيعٌ عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ الْبَرَائِ قَالَ لَمَّا قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْمَدِينَةَ صَلَّی نَحْوَ بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ سِتَّةَ عَشَرَ أَوْ سَبْعَةَ عَشَرَ شَهْرًا وَکَانَ يُحِبُّ أَنْ يُوَجَّهَ إِلَی الْکَعْبَةِ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَی قَدْ نَرَی تَقَلُّبَ وَجْهِکَ فِي السَّمَائِ فَلَنُوَلِّيَنَّکَ قِبْلَةً تَرْضَاهَا فَوُجِّهَ نَحْوَ الْکَعْبَةِ وَصَلَّی مَعَهُ رَجُلٌ الْعَصْرَ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ فَمَرَّ عَلَی قَوْمٍ مِنْ الْأَنْصَارِ فَقَالَ هُوَ يَشْهَدُ أَنَّهُ صَلَّی مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأَنَّهُ قَدْ وُجِّهَ إِلَی الْکَعْبَةِ فَانْحَرَفُوا وَهُمْ رُکُوعٌ فِي صَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ
صحیح بخاری · Hadith 7252
Narrated Al-Bara': When Allah's Apostle arrived at Medina, he prayed facing Jerusalem for sixteen or seventeen months but he wished that he would be ordered to face the Ka`ba. So Allah revealed: -- 'Verily! We have seen the turning of your face towards the heaven; surely we shall turn you to a prayer direction (Qibla) that shall please you.' (2.144) Thus he was directed towards the Ka`ba. A man prayed the `Asr prayer with the Prophet and then went out, and passing by some people from the Ansar, he said, "I testify. that I have prayed with the Prophet and he (the Prophet) has prayed facing the Ka`ba." Thereupon they, who were bowing in the `Asr prayer, turned towards the Ka`ba.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020