Syedna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to pray facing towards Bayt al-Maqdis, then when this verse was revealed: {قَدْنَرٰیتَقَلُّبَوَجْہِکَفِیالسَّمَائِفَلَنُوَلِّیَنَّکَقِبْلَۃًتَرْضَاہَافَوَلِّوَجْہَکَشَطْرَالْمَسْجِدِالْحَرَامِ} … "Indeed, We see the turning of your face towards the heaven; surely We shall turn you to a Qiblah which you shall like. So turn your face towards al-Masjid al-Haram." Then a man passed by the people of Banu Salamah while they were in the state of bowing in the Fajr prayer and had completed one rak'ah, the passerby called out: "Beware! The Qiblah has been changed, beware! The Qiblah has been changed and now the Ka'bah is the Qiblah." So they turned towards the Qiblah in that very state.
Hadith Referenceالفتح الربانی / أبواب تفسير القرآن وفضائل السور والآيات حسب ترتيب النزول / 8493
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:صحیح
Hadith Takhrij«أخرجه مسلم: 527، (انظر مسند أحمد ترقيم الرسالة: 14034 ترقیم بيت الأفكار الدولية: 14079»
Sayyiduna Bara’ bin Azib (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed facing Bayt al-Maqdis for sixteen or seventeen months. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) was directed towards the Ka‘bah, and this was also the qiblah he preferred. So Allah Almighty revealed this verse: {قَدْنَرٰیتَقَلُّبَوَجْہِکَفِیالسَّمَائِفَلَنُوَلِّیَنَّکَقِبْلَۃًتَرْضَاہَافَوَلِّوَجْہَکَشَطْرَالْمَسْجِدِالْحَرَامِ} … “Indeed, We see the turning of your face towards the heaven; surely We shall turn you to a qiblah which you shall like. So turn your face towards al-Masjid al-Haram.” A man who had performed the ‘Asr prayer with the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by a group of the Ansar while they were in the state of bowing (ruku‘). He said: “I bear witness that I have prayed with the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and he has been commanded to face the Ka‘bah.” So they turned towards the Ka‘bah at that very moment while they were in the state of bowing.
Hadith Referenceالفتح الربانی / أبواب تفسير القرآن وفضائل السور والآيات حسب ترتيب النزول / 8494
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:صحیح
Hadith Takhrij«أخرجه البخاري: 4492، ومسلم: 525 ، (انظر مسند أحمد ترقيم الرسالة: 18707 ترقیم بيت الأفكار الدولية: 18914»