سنن الدارقطني
Daraqutni
كتاب الصلاةDiscussion on Prayer
بَابُ الِاجْتِهَادِ فِي الْقِبْلَةِ وَجَوَازِ التَّحَرِّي فِي ذَلِكَChapter on striving to find the Qiblah and the permissibility of making an educated guess
Hadith 1062
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ ، ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ شَبِيبٍ ، ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ الْعَنْبَرِيُّ ، قَالَ : وَجَدْتُ فِي كِتَابِ أَبِي ، ثنا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ الْعَرْزَمِيُّ ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ أَبِي رَبَاحٍ ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، قَالَ : " بَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ سَرِيَّةً كُنْتُ فِيهَا ، فَأَصَابَتْنَا ظُلْمَةٌ فَلَمْ تُعْرَفِ الْقِبْلَةُ ، فَقَالَتْ طَائِفَةٌ مِنَّا : قَدْ عَرَفْنَا الْقِبْلَةَ هِيَ هَاهُنَا قِبَلَ الشِّمَالِ فَصَلُّوا وَخَطُّوا خَطًّا ، وَقَالَ بَعْضُنَا : الْقِبْلَةُ هَاهُنَا قِبَلَ الْجَنُوبِ وَخَطُّوا خَطًّا ، فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحُوا وَطَلَعَتِ الشَّمْسُ أَصْبَحَتْ تِلْكَ الْخُطُوطُ لِغَيْرِ الْقِبْلَةِ ، فَلَمَّا قَفَلْنَا مِنْ سَفَرِنَا سَأَلْنَا النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ ذَلِكَ ، فَسَكَتَ وَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ : وَلِلَّهِ الْمَشْرِقُ وَالْمَغْرِبُ فَأَيْنَمَا تُوَلُّوا فَثَمَّ وَجْهُ اللَّهِ سورة البقرة آية 115 ، أَيْ حَيْثُ كُنْتُمْ " .
Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) dispatched an expedition, and I was among them. On one occasion, in extreme darkness, we could not determine the direction of the qiblah. Some of us said: We have estimated the direction of the qiblah, it is this way. They pointed towards the north, faced that direction and performed the prayer, and marked a line as a reminder. Some said: The qiblah is in this direction. They pointed towards the south and marked a line in that direction. When morning came and the sun rose, neither of the two lines was in the direction of the qiblah. When we returned from the journey and asked the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about this, he remained silent. Then Allah revealed this verse: "To Allah belong the East and the West; so wherever you turn, there is the Face of Allah."
