أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ عَنْ مَالِکٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ بَيْنَمَا النَّاسُ بِقُبَائَ فِي صَلَاةِ الصُّبْحِ جَائَهُمْ آتٍ فَقَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَدْ أُنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِ اللَّيْلَةَ وَقَدْ أُمِرَ أَنْ يَسْتَقْبِلَ الْکَعْبَةَ فَاسْتَقْبِلُوهَا وَکَانَتْ وُجُوهُهُمْ إِلَی الشَّامِ فَاسْتَدَارُوا إِلَی الْکَعْبَةِ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 496
It was narrated that Ibn ‘Umar said: “While the people were in Quba’, praying the Subh prayer, someone came to them and said that revelation had come to the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم the night before, and he had been commanded to face the Ka’bah. So they turned around, and they had been facing toward Ash-Sham, but now they turned to face toward the Ka’bah.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020