The Prayer direction Sunan Ibn Majah 1009
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ، حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ، عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ الطَّوِيلِ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ قَالَ عُمَرُ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَوِ اتَّخَذْتَ مِنْ مَقَامِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ مُصَلًّى فَنَزَلَتْ {وَاتَّخِذُوا مِنْ مَقَامِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ مُصَلًّى}.
Translation
It wasnarrated that Anas bin Malik told that ‘Umar said
“I said: ‘OMessenger of Allah (ﷺ), why do you not take the Maqam of Ibrahim asa place of prayer?’ Then the following was revealed: ‘And takeyou(people) the Maqam of Ibrahim as a place of prayer.’” [2:125]