صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
كتاب صلاة المسافرين وقصرها
The Book of Prayer - Travellers
باب جَوَازِ صَلاَةِ النَّافِلَةِ عَلَى الدَّابَّةِ فِي السَّفَرِ حَيْثُ تَوَجَّهَتْ:
Chapter: It is permissible to offer voluntary prayers atop one’s mount when travelling, no matter what direction it is facing
Hadith 702
This hadith is listed as number 1620 in Maktaba Shamila
وحَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَنَسُ بْنُ سِيرِينَ ، قَالَ : تَلَقَّيْنَا أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ ، حِينَ قَدِمَ الشَّامَ ، فَتَلَقَّيْنَاهُ بِعَيْنِ التَّمْرِ ، " فَرَأَيْتُهُ يُصَلِّي عَلَى حِمَارٍ وَوَجْهُهُ ذَلِكَ الْجَانِبَ " ، وَأَوْمَأَ هَمَّامٌ عَنْ يَسَارِ الْقِبْلَةِ ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ : رَأَيْتُكَ تُصَلِّي لِغَيْرِ الْقِبْلَةِ ، قَالَ : لَوْلَا أَنِّي رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، يَفْعَلُهُ ، لَمْ أَفْعَلْهُ .
Anas bin Sirin reported: We met Anas bin Malik (RA) as he came to Syria at a place known as 'Ain-al-Tamar and saw him observing prayer on the back of his donkey with his face turned in that direction. (Hammam one of the narrators) pointed towards the left of Qibla, so I said to him: I find you observing prayer towards the side other than that of Qibla. Upon this he said: Had I not seen the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) doing like this, I would not have done so at all.
