Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar:
While the people were at Quba offering the morning prayer, suddenly a person came to them saying, "Tonight Divine Inspiration has been revealed to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and he has been ordered to face the Ka`ba (in prayers): therefore you people should face it." There faces were towards Sham, so they turned their faces towards the Ka`ba (at Mecca).
Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 7251 |
In-book reference | : Book 95, Hadith 6 |
USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 9, Book 91, Hadith 357 |
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