حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ ح و حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي مُعَاوِيَةُ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ غَزْوَانَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّهُ نَزَلَ بِتَبُوکَ وَهُوَ حَاجٌّ فَإِذَا هُوَ بِرَجُلٍ مُقْعَدٍ فَسَأَلَهُ عَنْ أَمْرِهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ سَأُحَدِّثُکَ حَدِيثًا فَلَا تُحَدِّثْ بِهِ مَا سَمِعْتَ أَنِّي حَيٌّ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَزَلَ بِتَبُوکَ إِلَی نَخْلَةٍ فَقَالَ هَذِهِ قِبْلَتُنَا ثُمَّ صَلَّی إِلَيْهَا فَأَقْبَلْتُ وَأَنَا غُلَامٌ أَسْعَی حَتَّی مَرَرْتُ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَهَا فَقَالَ قَطَعَ صَلَاتَنَا قَطَعَ اللَّهُ أَثَرَهُ فَمَا قُمْتُ عَلَيْهَا إِلَی يَوْمِي هَذَا
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 707
Saeed bin Ghazwan reported on the authority of his father that he made his stay at Tabuk (during his journey) for performing Hajj. All of a sudden he saw a crippled man and asked him about his condition. He said: I relate to you a tradition, but do not narrate it to anyone so long as I am alive: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ encamped at Tabuk near a date-palm and he said: This is our qiblah (direction for praying). He then offered prayer facing it. I came running, when I was a boy, until I passed the place between him and the tree. He said (cursing): He cut off our prayer, may Allah cut off his walking. I could not, therefore, stand upon them (feet) till today.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020