سنن دارمي
Sunan ad-Darimi
من كتاب الصللاةFrom the Book of Prayer
باب الصَّلاَةِ عَلَى الرَّاحِلَةِ:Chapter: Praying on a riding animal
Hadith 1552
أَخْبَرَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، أَنْبأَنَا هِشَامٌ الدَّسْتَوَائِيُّ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ ثَوْبَانَ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، أَنّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ "يُصَلِّي عَلَى رَاحِلَتِهِ نَحْوَ الْمَشْرِقِ، فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ الْمَكْتُوبَةَ، نَزَلَ فَاسْتَقْبَلَ الْقِبْلَةَ".
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to perform (optional) prayers on his camel facing towards the east, and when he performed obligatory prayers, he would dismount from the animal and then face the Qiblah to pray.
