موطا امام مالك رواية يحييٰ
Muwatta Imam Malik (Riwayat Yahya)
كتاب القبلةBook: On the Explanation of the Qiblah
بَابُ مَا جَاءَ فِي الْقِبْلَةِWhat is reported about the Qiblah
Hadith 459
حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى ، عَنْ مَالِك ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ : بَيْنَمَا النَّاسُ بِقُبَاءٍ فِي صَلَاةِ الصُّبْحِ إِذْ جَاءَهُمْ آتٍ ، فَقَالَ : " إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَدْ أُنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِ اللَّيْلَةَ قُرْآنٌ ، وَقَدْ أُمِرَ أَنْ يَسْتَقْبِلَ الْكَعْبَةَ فَاسْتَقْبَلُوهَا " وَكَانَتْ وُجُوهُهُمْ إِلَى الشَّامِ فَاسْتَدَارُوا إِلَى الْكَعْبَةِ
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that people were performing the morning prayer in the mosque of Quba, when a person came and said that during the night, Qur'an was revealed to the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) and he was commanded to face the Ka'bah. Then those people turned towards the Ka'bah while still in prayer, and previously their faces were towards Syria.
