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 قُرْآنٌ وَقَدْ أُمِرَ أَنْ يَسْتَقْبِلَ الْقِبْلَةَ فَاسْتَقْبِلُوهَا وَکَانَتْ وُجُوهُهُمْ إِلَی الشَّامِ فَاسْتَدَارُوا إِلَی الْکَعْبَةِ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 749
It was narrated that Ibn ‘Umar said: “While the people were in Quba’, praying ub 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 face toward it. They had been facing toward Ash-Sham, so they turned to face toward the Ka’bah.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020