أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَی بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو إِسْحَقَ عَنْ الْبَرَائِ قَالَ صَلَّيْنَا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَحْوَ بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ سِتَّةَ عَشَرَ شَهْرًا أَوْ سَبْعَةَ عَشَرَ شَهْرًا شَکَّ سُفْيَانُ وَصُرِفَ إِلَی الْقِبْلَةِ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 491
It was narrated that Al-Bara’ said: “We prayed toward Bait Al Maqdis (Jerusalem) with the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم for sixteen or seventeen months — Safwan was not sure — then it was changed to the Qiblah.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020