صحیح ابن حبان
Ibn Hibban
كتاب الصلاةBook of Prayer
باب شروط الصلاة - ذكر القدر الذي صلى فيه المسلمون إلى بيت المقدس قبل الأمر باستقبال الكعبة
Chapter on Conditions of Prayer - The period Muslims prayed toward Jerusalem before facing the Kaaba.
Hadith 1716
أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفِيانَ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ ، عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ ، عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ ، قَالَ : " لَمْا قَدِمَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْمَدِينَةَ ، صَلَّى نَحْوَ بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ سِتَّةَ عَشَرَ شَهْرًا ، أَوْ سَبْعَةَ عَشَرَ شَهْرًا ، وَكَانَ يُحِبُّ أَنْ يُوَجَّهَ إِلَى الْكَعْبَةِ ، فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ جَلَّ وَعَلا : قَدْ نَرَى تَقَلُّبَ وَجْهِكَ فِي السَّمَاءِ ، فَلَنُوَلِّيَنَّكَ قِبْلَةً تَرْضَاهَا ، فَوَلِّ وَجْهَكَ شَطْرَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ سورة البقرة آية 144 ، فَمَرَّ رَجُلٌ عَلَى قَوْمٍ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ وَهُمْ رُكُوعٌ ، فَقَالَ : هُوَ يَشْهَدُ أَنَّهُ قَدْ صَلَّى مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، وَأَنَّهُ وَجَّهَ إِلَى الْكَعْبَةِ " . قَالَ أَبُو حَاتِمٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ : صَلَّى الْمُسْلِمُونَ إِلَى بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ بَعْدَ قَدُومِ الْمُصْطَفَى صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْمَدِينَةَ سَبْعَةَ عَشْرًا شَهْرًا وَثَلاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ سَوَاءً ، وَذَلِكَ أَنَّ قُدُومَهُ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْمَدِينَةَ كَانَ يَوْمَ الاثْنَيْنِ ، لاثْنَتَيْ عَشْرَةَ لَيْلَةً خَلَتْ مِنْ رَبِيعٍ الأَوَّلِ ، وَأَمَرَهُ اللَّهُ جَلَّ وَعَلا بِاسْتِقْبَالِ الْكَعْبَةِ يَوْمَ الثُّلاثَاءِ ، لِلْنِصْفِ مِنْ شَعْبَانَ ، فَذَلِكَ مَا وَصَفْتُ عَلَى صِحَّةِ مَا ذَكَرْتُ .
Sayyiduna Bara’ (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: When the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) arrived in Madinah Munawwarah, he prayed facing Bayt al-Maqdis for sixteen months, or perhaps seventeen months. He wished that his direction be changed towards the Ka‘bah, so Allah Almighty revealed this verse: “We have certainly seen the turning of your face towards the heaven, so We will surely turn you to a qiblah with which you will be pleased. So turn your face towards al-Masjid al-Haram.” Then a man passed by some of the Ansar who were in the state of bowing, and this man testified and said that he had prayed with the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), and the Prophet’s direction had been turned towards the Ka‘bah. Imam Ibn Hibban (may Allah have mercy on him) says: After the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) arrived in Madinah Munawwarah, the Muslims prayed facing Bayt al-Maqdis for seventeen months and three days, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) arrived in Madinah Munawwarah on Monday, the 12th of Rabi‘ al-Awwal, and Allah Almighty commanded the change of direction towards the Ka‘bah on Tuesday, the 15th of Sha‘ban al-Mu‘azzam. Thus, what we have mentioned is considered correct.
