Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2959
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا الْحَجَّاجُ بْنُ مِنْهَالٍ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، أَنَّ عُمَرَ، قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَوْ صَلَّيْنَا خَلْفَ الْمَقَامِ فَنَزَلَتْ : (وَاتَّخِذُوا مِنْ مَقَامِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ مُصَلًّى ) . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Anas reported that ‘Umar said, ‘Messenger of Allah, I wish we could pray behind the Station of Ibrahim.’ Then the verse was revealed: ‘Take the Station of Ibrahim as a place of prayer’ (Qur’an 2:125). Abu ‘Isa graded this hadith hasan sahih.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
Maqam Ibrahim is the Station of Ibrahim in the Sacred Mosque in Makkah; ‘Umar’s wish concerned praying behind it.