2. Ṣalāh (Ritual Prayer)

٢۔ كتاب الصلاة

2.77 The Imam Should Turn Around After The Taslim

٢۔٧٧ باب الإِمَامِ يَنْحَرِفُ بَعْدَ التَّسْلِيمِ

abudawud:614Musaddad > Yaḥyá > Sufyān > Yaʿlá b. ʿAṭāʾ > Jābir b. Yazīd b. al-Aswad from his father

Jabir ibn Yazid ibn al-Aswad reported on the authority of his father: I prayed behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. When he finished the prayer, he would turn (his face from the direction of the Ka'bah).  

أبو داود:٦١٤حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ سُفْيَانَ حَدَّثَنِي يَعْلَى بْنُ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ بْنِ الأَسْوَدِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

صَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَكَانَ إِذَا انْصَرَفَ انْحَرَفَ  

abudawud:615Muḥammad b. Rāfiʿ > Abū Aḥmad al-Zubayrī > Misʿar > Thābit b. ʿUbayd > ʿUbayd b. al-Barāʾ > al-Barāʾ b. ʿĀzib

When we would pray behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, we liked to be on his right side. He (the Prophet) would sit turning his face towards us (and back towards the Ka'bah) ﷺ.  

أبو داود:٦١٥حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ الزُّبَيْرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا مِسْعَرٌ عَنْ ثَابِتِ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ الْبَرَاءِ عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ قَالَ

كُنَّا إِذَا صَلَّيْنَا خَلْفَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَحْبَبْنَا أَنْ نَكُونَ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ فَيُقْبِلُ عَلَيْنَا بِوَجْهِهِ ﷺ