أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لِحَاجَةٍ ثُمَّ أَدْرَکْتُهُ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَأَشَارَ إِلَيَّ فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ دَعَانِي فَقَالَ إِنَّکَ سَلَّمْتَ عَلَيَّ آنِفًا وَأَنَا أُصَلِّي وَإِنَّمَا هُوَ مُوَجَّهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ إِلَی الْمَشْرِقِ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 1194
It was narrated that Jabir said: “The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم sent me on an errand then I came back to him while he was praying. I greeted him with the Salam and he gestured to me. When he finished he called me and said: ‘You greeted me with Salam just now and I was praying.’ And he was facing toward the east that day.”(Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020