Hadith #26

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Arabic Text

Chain of Narration (Isnad)

حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ بَيْنَ

Body (Matn)

مَا النَّاسُ بِقُبَاءَ فِي صَلَاةِ الصُّبْحِ إِذْ أَتَاهُمْ آتٍ فَقَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أُنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِ قُرْآنٌ اللَّيْلَةَ وَقَدْ أُمِرَ أَنْ يَسْتَقْبِلَ الْكَعْبَةَ فَاسْتَقْبِلُوهَا وَكَانَتْ وُجُوهُهُمْ إِلَى الشَّامِ فَاسْتَدَارُوا إِلَى الْكَعْبَةِ

Isnad Chain

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إسحاقnarrator

إسحاق

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مالكnarrator

مالك

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عبد الله بن دينارnarrator

عبد الله بن دينار

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ابن عمرcompanion

ابن عمر

English Translation

It was narrated from Ibn 'Umar (رضي الله عنهما) — via Ishaq, from Malik, from 'Abdullah ibn Dinar — that he said: 'While the people were at Quba' during the Fajr prayer, someone came and said: "the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had Quran revealed to him last night, and he has been commanded to face the Ka'ba — so face it." Their faces had been toward Syria, so they turned to face the Ka'ba.'

Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 15, Hadith 26

Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 5664

Islam.wiki ID: IWH-42054