صحيح البخاري
Sahih Bukhari
كتاب تفسير القرآن
The Book of Commentary
بَابُ: {وَلِكُلٍّ وِجْهَةٌ هُوَ مُوَلِّيهَا فَاسْتَبِقُوا الْخَيْرَاتِ أَيْنَمَا تَكُونُوا يَأْتِ بِكُمُ اللَّهُ جَمِيعًا إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ} :
(18) Chapter. “For every nation there is a direction to which they face (in their prayers)...” (V.2:148)
Hadith 4492
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى , حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى , عَنْ سُفْيَانَ , حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ الْبَرَاءَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ , قَالَ : " صَلَّيْنَا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَحْوَ بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ سِتَّةَ عَشَرَ أَوْ سَبْعَةَ عَشَرَ شَهْرًا ، ثُمَّ صَرَفَهُ نَحْوَ الْقِبْلَةِ " .
Narrated Al-Bara: We prayed along with the Prophet facing Jerusalem for sixteen or seventeen months. Then Allah ordered him to turn his face towards the Qibla (in Mecca):-- "And from whence-so-ever you start forth (for prayers) turn your face in the direction of (the Sacred Mosque of Mecca) Al-Masjid-ul Haram.." (2.149)
