Sunan an-Nasa'i

Sunan an-Nasa'i 493

Arabic hadith text

أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ بَيْنَمَا النَّاسُ بِقُبَاءٍ فِي صَلاَةِ الصُّبْحِ جَاءَهُمْ آتٍ فَقَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَدْ أُنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِ اللَّيْلَةَ وَقَدْ أُمِرَ أَنْ يَسْتَقْبِلَ الْكَعْبَةَ فَاسْتَقْبِلُوهَا ‏.‏ وَكَانَتْ وُجُوهُهُمْ إِلَى الشَّامِ فَاسْتَدَارُوا إِلَى الْكَعْبَةِ ‏.‏

Translation

Qutaybah informed us, from Malik, from ‘Abdullah ibn Dinar, from Ibn ‘Umar, who said: While the people were at Quba’, praying Subh, someone came to them and said: “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ received revelation last night and has been commanded to face the Ka‘bah, so face it.” Their faces had been toward Syria, so they turned toward the Ka‘bah.

Translation notes
  • أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ،

    The English witness omits the chain.

    Confirm the isnad against the Arabic source.