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Bayhaqi 2191 — s on facing the qiblah -- Chapter: The change

أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ، أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَلْمَانَ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ الْفَقِيهُ، ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى، ثنا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ، ثنا زُهَيْرٌ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ " صَلَّى قِبَلَ بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ سِتَّةَ عَشَرَ شَهْرًا، أَوْ سَبْعَةَ عَشَرَ شَهْرًا، وَكَانَ يُعْجِبُهُ أَنْ تَكُونَ قِبْلَتُهُ قِبَلَ الْبَيْتِ، وَأَنَّهُ صَلَّى صَلَاةَ الْعَصْرِ، وَصَلَّى مَعَهُ قَوْمٌ، فَخَرَجَ رَجُلٌ مِمَّنْ كَانَ صَلَّى مَعَهُ، فَمَرَّ عَلَى أَهْلِ مَسْجِدٍ وَهُمْ رَاكِعُونَ " فَقَالَ: " أَشْهَدُ بِاللهِ لَقَدْ صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قِبَلَ مَكَّةَ، فَدَارُوا كَمَا هُمْ قِبَلَ الْبَيْتِ ".
It is narrated from al-Bara' bin Azib (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed facing Bayt al-Maqdis for sixteen or seventeen months. His heartfelt wish was that his qiblah would become the House of Allah. He led the 'Asr prayer (facing the Ka'bah). A man from among those who had prayed with him went out. He passed by a mosque where people were praying in congregation and were in the state of bowing, and he said: By Allah! I bear witness that I have prayed with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) facing Makkah (the House of Allah). Hearing this, those people immediately turned round towards the House of Allah.
Hadith Reference السنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصلاة / 2191
Hadith Grading محدثین: صحيح
Hadith Takhrij «صحيح۔ اخرجه البخاري 41»