الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
أبواب المساجدChapters on Mosques
بَابُ وُجُوبِ اسْتِقْبَالِ الْقِبْلَةِ فِي الْفَرِيضَةِ
Chapter on the Obligation of Facing the Qiblah in Obligatory Prayers
Hadith 1455
عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ: ((أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أُقَاتِلَ النَّاسَ حَتَّى يَشْهَدُوا أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ فَإِذَا شَهِدُوا وَاسْتَقْبَلُوا قِبْلَتَنَا وَأَكَلُوا ذَبِيحَتَنَا وَصَلَّوْا صَلَاتَنَا فَقَدْ حَرُمَتْ عَلَيْنَا دِمَاؤُهُمْ وَأَمْوَالُهُمْ إِلَّا بِحَقِّهَا، لَهُمْ مَا لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ وَعَلَيْهِمْ مَا عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِينَ))
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I have been commanded to fight the people until they bear witness that Allah Almighty alone is the true deity and that Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) is the Messenger of Allah. When they bear witness, face our Qiblah, eat our slaughtered animals, and perform our prayers, then their blood and wealth will be forbidden to us, except by right, and for them will be what is for other common Muslims, and upon them will be what is upon other Muslims.
Hadith 1456
عَنْ رِفَاعَةَ بْنِ رَافِعٍ الزُّرَقِيِّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ لِلْمُسِيءِ فِي صَلَاتِهِ: ((إِذَا أَرَدْتَّ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ فَتَوَضَّأْ فَأَحْسِنْ وَضُوءَكَ ثُمَّ اسْتَقْبِلِ الْقِبْلَةَ ثُمَّ كَبِّرْ)) (الحديث)
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Rifa’ah bin Rafi’ al-Zuraqi, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said to the one who performed prayer incorrectly: When you intend to pray, perform ablution and perform ablution well, then face the Qiblah, then say Allahu Akbar. Al-Hadith.
Hadith 1457
عَنْ عَامِرِ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُسَبِّحُ وَهُوَ عَلَى الرَّاحِلَةِ وَيُوْمِئُ بِرَأْسِهِ قِبَلَ أَيِّ وَجْهٍ تَوَجَّهَ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَصْنَعُ ذَلِكَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ الْمَكْتُوبَةِ
Sayyiduna Amir bin Rabi’ah (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) performing voluntary prayers on his mount; he would gesture with his head (and did not mind) whichever direction he faced. However, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not do so in obligatory prayers.
