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ahmad:5557Yazīd b. Hārūn > Sufyān b. Saʿīd > ʿAmr b. Yaḥyá > Saʿīd b. Yasār > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ praying on a donkey, and his face was towards the east, voluntarily.  

أحمد:٥٥٥٧حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي عَلَى حِمَارٍوَوَجْهُهُ قِبَلَ الْمَشْرِقِ تَطَوُّعًا  


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bukhari:4140Ādam > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > ʿUthmān b. ʿAbdullāh b. Surāqah > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh al-Anṣārī

I saw the Prophet ﷺ offering his Nawafil prayer on his Mount facing the East during the Ghazwa of Anmar.  

البخاري:٤١٤٠حَدَّثَنَا آدَمُ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سُرَاقَةَ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الأَنْصَارِيِّ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فِي غَزْوَةِ أَنْمَارٍ يُصَلِّي عَلَى رَاحِلَتِهِ مُتَوَجِّهًا قِبَلَ الْمَشْرِقِ مُتَطَوِّعًا