صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
كتاب المساجد ومواضع الصلاة
The Book of Mosques and Places of Prayer
باب تَحْوِيلِ الْقِبْلَةِ مِنَ الْقُدْسِ إِلَى الْكَعْبَةِ:
Chapter: Changing the qiblah from Al-Quds (Jerusalem) to the Ka`bah
Hadith 525
This hadith is listed as number 1176 in Maktaba Shamila
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الأَحْوَصِ ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاق ، عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ ، قَالَ : " صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِلَى بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ سِتَّةَ عَشَرَ شَهْرًا ، حَتَّى نَزَلَتِ الآيَةُ الَّتِي فِي الْبَقَرَةِ وَحَيْثُ مَا كُنْتُمْ فَوَلُّوا وُجُوهَكُمْ شَطْرَهُ سورة البقرة آية 144 ، فَنَزَلَتْ بَعْدَمَا صَلَّى النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ " ، فَانْطَلَقَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ ، فَمَرَّ بِنَاسٍ مِنَ الأَنْصَار وَهُمْ يُصَلُّونَ ، فَحَدَّثَهُمْ ، فَوَلَّوْا وُجُوهَهُمْ قِبَلَ الْبَيْتِ .
Al-Bara' bin 'Azib (RA) reported: I said prayer with the Apostle (ﷺ) turning towards Bait-ul-Maqdis for sixteen months till this verse of Surah Baqarah was revealed:" And wherever you are turn your faces towards it" (ii. 144). This verse was revealed when the Apostle (ﷺ) had said prayer. A person amongst his people passed by the people of Ansar as they were engaged in prayer. He narrated to them (this command of Allah) and they turned their faces towards the Ka’bah.
