[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered the Kaaba with Bilal, Usama, and Uthman bin Talha. Ibn Umar asked Bilal, "What did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ do?" Bilal replied, "He placed a pillar on his left side, a pillar on his right side, and three pillars behind him, then he prayed." Bilal added, "At that time, the Kaaba had six pillars."  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ دَخَلَ الْكَعْبَةَ وَمَعَهُ بِلَالٌ وَأُسَامَةُ وَعُثْمَانُ بْنُ طَلْحَةَ قَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ فَسَأَلْتُ بِلَالًا مَا صَنَعَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ جَعَلَ عَمُودًا عَنْ يَسَارِهِ وَعَمُودًا عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَثَلَاثَةَ أَعْمِدَةٍ وَرَاءَهُ ثُمَّ صَلَّى قَالَ وَكَانَ الْبَيْتُ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَى سِتَّةِ أَعْمِدَةٍ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered the Kaaba with Usamah bin Zaid, Uthman bin Talhah al-Hajabi, and Bilal bin Rabah. He closed the door behind him and stayed inside. Abdullah bin Umar asked Bilal what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ did when he came out. Bilal said that he placed a pillar to his left and two pillars to his right, and three pillars behind him. At that time, the Kaaba had six pillars. Then he prayed. The narrator, al-Qa'nabi, mentioned this in two other narrations. Abdur Rahman bin Mahdi narrated it from Malik and said that he left two pillars to his right, one pillar to his left, and three pillars behind him. Then he prayed. Abu Amr al-Adib informed us, Abu Bakr al-Isma'ili narrated, al-Qasim bin Zakariyya narrated, Ahmad bin Sinan narrated, and Abdur Rahman bin Mahdi narrated from Malik, and he mentioned it.  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ دَخَلَ الْكَعْبَةَ هُوَ وَأُسَامَةُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ وَعُثْمَانُ بْنُ طَلْحَةَ الْحَجَبِيُّ وَبِلَالُ بْنُ رَبَاحٍ فَأَغْلَقَهَا عَلَيْهِ وَمَكَثَ فِيهَا قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ فَسَأَلْتُ بِلَالًا حِينَ خَرَجَ مَاذَا صَنَعَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ؟ فَقَالَ جَعَلَ عَمُودًا عَنْ يَسَارِهِ وَعَمُودَيْنِ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَثَلَاثَةَ أَعْمِدَةٍ وَرَاءَهُ وَكَانَ الْبَيْتُ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَى سِتَّةِ أَعْمِدَةٍ ثُمَّ صَلَّى وَكَذَلِكَ قَالَهُ الْقَعْنَبِيُّ فِي إِحْدَى الرِّوَايَتَيْنِ عَنْهُ 3782 وَرَوَاهُ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ عَنْ مَالِكٍ وَقَالَ تَرَكَ عَمُودَيْنِ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَعَمُودًا عَنْ يَسَارِهِ وَثَلَاثَةَ أَعْمِدَةٍ خَلْفَهُ ثُمَّ صَلَّى وَبَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْقِبْلَةِ ثَلَاثَةُ أَذْرُعٍ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَمْرٍو الْأَدِيبُ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْإِسْمَاعِيلِيُّ أنبأ الْقَاسِمُ بْنُ زَكَرِيَّا ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ عَنْ مَالِكٍ فَذَكَرَهُ  

The Prophet ﷺ arrived (at Mecca) in the year of the Conquest (of Mecca) while Usama was riding behind him on (his she-camel)'. Al-Qaswa.' Bilal and ʿUthman bin Talha were accompanying him. When he made his she-camel kneel down near the Kaʿba, he said to ʿUthman, "Get us the key (of the Kaʿba). He brought the key to him and opened the gate (of the Kaʿba), for him. The Prophet, Usama, Bilal and ʿUthman (bin Talha) entered the Kaʿba and then closed the gate behind them (from inside). The Prophet ﷺ stayed there for a long period and then came out. The people rushed to get in, but I went in before them and found Bilal standing behind the gate, and I said to him, "Where did the Prophet ﷺ pray?" He said, "He prayed between those two front pillars." The Kaʿba was built on six pillars, arranged in two rows, and he prayed between the two pillars of the front row leaving the gate of the Kaʿba at his back and facing (in prayer) the wall which faces one when one enters the Kaʿba. Between him and that wall (was the distance of about three cubits). But I forgot to ask Bilal about the number of rakʿat the Prophet ﷺ had prayed. There was a red piece of marble at the place where he (i.e. the Prophet) had offered the prayer. (Using translation from Bukhārī 4400)   

أَقْبَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَامَ الْفَتْحِ وَهُوَ مُرْدِفٌ أُسَامَةَ عَلَى الْقَصْوَاءِ وَمَعَهُ بِلَالٌ وَعُثْمَانُ بْنُ طَلْحَةَ الْحَجَبِيُّ حَتَّى أَنَاخَ عِنْدَ الْبَيْتِ ثُمَّ قَالَ لِعُثْمَانَ ايتِنَا بِمِفْتَاحٍ فَجَاءَهُ بِالْمِفْتَاحِ فَفَتَحَ لَهُ الْبَابَ فَدَخَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَأُسَامَةُ وَبِلَالٌ وَعُثْمَانُ ثُمَّ أَغْلَقُوا عَلَيْهِمُ الْبَابَ فَمَكَثَ نَهَارًا طَوِيلًا ثُمَّ خَرَجَ وَابْتَدَرَ النَّاسُ الدُّخُولَ فَسَبَقْتُهُمْ فَوَجَدْتُ بِلَالًا قَائِمًا وَرَاءَ الْبَابِ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ أَيْنَ صَلَّى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ؟ قَالَ صَلَّى بَيْنَ الْعَمُودَيْنِ الْمُقَدَّمَيْنِ وَكَانَ الْبَيْتُ عَلَى سِتَّةِ أَعْمِدَةٍ شَطْرَيْنِ صَلَّى بَيْنَ الْعَمُودَيْنِ مِنَ الشَّطْرِ الْمُقَدَّمِ وَجَعَلَ بَابَ الْبَيْتِ خَلْفَ ظَهْرِهِ فَاسْتَقْبَلَ بِوَجْهِهِ الَّذِي يَسْتَقْبِلُكَ حِينَ تَلِجُ وَالْبَيْتُ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْجِدَارِ قَالَ وَنَسِيتُ أَنْ أَسْأَلَهُ كَمْ صَلَّى وَعِنْدَ الْمَكَانِ الَّذِي صَلَّى فِيهِ مَرْمَرَةٌ حَمْرَاءُ وَرَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ سُرَيْجٍ  

[Machine] That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed in it and there is no harm for anyone to pray from any direction of the house he wishes.  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ صَلَّى فِيهِ وَلَيْسَ عَلَى أَحَدٍ بَأْسٌ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ مِنْ أَيِّ نَوَاحِي الْبَيْتِ شَاءَ  

"Messenger of Allah ﷺ, Usama bin Zaid, Bilal, and ʿUthman bin abu Talha entered the Kaʿba and then closed its door. When they opened the door I was the first person to enter (the Kaʿba). I met Bilal and asked him, "Did Messenger of Allah ﷺ offer a prayer inside (the Kaʿba)?" Bilal replied in the affirmative and said, "(The Prophet ﷺ offered the prayer) in between the two right pillars." (Using translation from Bukhārī 1598)   

دَخَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْبَيْتَ هُوَ وَأُسَامَةُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ وَبِلَالٌ وَعُثْمَانُ بْنُ طَلْحَةَ فَأَغْلَقُوا عَلَيْهِمْ فَلَمَّا فَتَحُوا كُنْتُ أَوَّلَ مَنْ وَلَجَ فَلَقِيتُ بِلَالًا فَسَأَلْتُهُ هَلْ صَلَّى فِيهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ صَلَّى بَيْنَ الْعَمُودَيْنِ الْيَمَانِيَيْنِ  

[Machine] I heard Mujahid saying, "Ibn Umar was in his house, so it was said to him, 'This is the Messenger of Allah ﷺ who has entered the Kaaba.' So I went forward and found the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had come out and I found Bilal standing at the door. So I said to him, 'O Bilal, did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ pray in the Kaaba?' He replied, 'Yes.' Then I asked, 'Where?' He said, 'Between the two columns, he prayed two rak'ahs, then he came out and prayed two rak'ahs facing the Kaaba.'"  

سَمِعْتُ مُجَاهِدًا يَقُولُ أُتِيَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ فِي مَنْزِلِهِ فَقِيلَ لَهُ هَذَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَدْ دَخَلَ الْكَعْبَةَ قَالَ فَأَقْبَلْتُ فَأَجِدُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَدْ خَرَجَ وَأَجِدُ بِلَالًا عَلَى الْبَابِ قَائِمًا فَقُلْتُ يَا بِلَالُ هَلْ صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي الْكَعْبَةِ؟ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ فَقُلْتُ أَيْنَ؟ قَالَ بَيْنَ الْأُسْطُوَانَتَيْنِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ فِي وَجْهِ الْكَعْبَةِ  

‘Abd Al Rahman bin Safwan said “I asked ‘Umar bin Al Khattab How did the Apostle of Allaah ﷺ do when he entered the Ka’bah? He said “He offered two rak’ahs of prayer.” (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2026)   

قُلْتُ لِعُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ كَيْفَ صَنَعَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حِينَ دَخَلَ الْكَعْبَةَ؟ قَالَ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ  

[Machine] I heard Ibn Umar say, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed in the Kaaba, and there will come someone who forbids you from doing so. Do not obey him," meaning Ibn Abbas.  

سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ يَقُولُ صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي الْكَعْبَةِ وَسَيَأْتِي مَنْ يَنْهَاكَ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَلَا تُطِعْهُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ  

[Machine] When the Prophet ﷺ entered the house, he made supplications in all of its corners and did not pray in it until he left. When he left, he performed two units of prayer facing the direction of the Kaaba and said, "This is the Qibla." I asked, "What about its corners?" He said, "In every direction of the house."  

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ لَمَّا دَخَلَ الْبَيْتَ دَعَا فِي نَوَاحِيهِ كُلِّهَا وَلَمْ يُصَلِّ فِيهِ حَتَّى خَرَجَ فَلَمَّا خَرَجَ رَكَعَ فِي قِبَلِ الْبَيْتِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَقَالَ هَذِهِ الْقِبْلَةُ قُلْتُ مَا نَوَاحِيهَا فِي زَوَايَاهَا قَالَ فِي كُلِّ قِبْلَةٍ مِنَ الْبَيْتِ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed prayer in the Kaaba, with Hammad ibn Salama joining him, and there was an envoy between Urwah and Uthman.  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ صَلَّى فِي الْكَعْبَةِ تَفَرَّدَ بِهِ حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ وَفِيهِ إِرْسَالٌ بَيْنَ عُرْوَةَ وَعُثْمَانَ  

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ entered the house, then he came out and Bilal followed him. I asked Bilal, "Did he pray?" He said, "No." So, when the next day came, he entered and I asked Bilal, "Did he pray?" He said, "Yes, he prayed two Rak'ahs, facing the stump and placed the second Sariyah on his right."  

دَخَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الْبَيْتَ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ وَبِلَالٌ خَلْفَهُ فَقُلْتُ لِبِلَالٍ هَلْ صَلَّى؟ قَالَ لَا قَالَ فَلَمَّا كَانَ الْغَدُ دَخَلَ فَسَأَلْتُ بِلَالًا هَلْ صَلَّى؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ اسْتَقْبَلَ الْجَذَعَةَ وَجَعَلَ السَّارِيَةَ الثَّانِيَةَ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered the house and prayed two units of prayer between the saris (pillars) and then exited and prayed two units of prayer between the door and the stone. He then said, "Here is the qibla." He entered once more and stood inside, supplicating, then he exited without praying. These two narrations, if authentic, indicate that he ﷺ entered it twice, prayed once, and left once, except that there is a discrepancy in the authenticity of these two narrations. What has been proven from Bilal, which is confirmed, is more reliable than what has been proven from Usama, which is flawed and different from what Bilal narrated.  

دَخَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْبَيْتَ فَصَلَّى بَيْنَ السَّارِيَتَيْنِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ فَصَلَّى بَيْنَ الْبَابِ وَالْحَجَرِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ قَالَ هَذِهِ الْقِبْلَةُ ثُمَّ دَخَلَ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى فَقَامَ فِيهِ يَدْعُو ثُمَّ خَرَجَ وَلَمْ يُصَلِّ وَهَاتَانِ الرِّوَايَتَانِ إِنْ صَحَّتَا فَفِيهِمَا دَلَالَةٌ عَلَى أَنَّهُ ﷺ دَخَلَهُ مَرَّتَيْنِ فَصَلَّى مَرَّةً وَتَرَكَ مَرَّةً إِلَّا أَنَّ فِي ثُبُوتِ الْحَدِيثَيْنِ نَظَرًا وَمَا ثَبَتَ عَنْ بِلَالٍ وَهُوَ مُثْبَتٌ أَوْلَى مِمَّا ثَبَتَ عَنْ أُسَامَةَ وَهُوَ نَافٍ وَمَعَ بِلَالٍ غَيْرُهُ  

The Prophet ﷺ said: I have been conferred upon five (things) which were not granted to anyone before me (and these are): Every apostle wassent particularly to his own people, whereas I have been sent to all the red and the black the spoils of war have been made lawful for me, and these were never made lawful to anyone before me, and the earth has been made sacred and pure and mosque for me, so whenever the time of prayer comes for any one of you he should pray whenever he is, and I have been supported by awe (by which the enemy is overwhelmed) from the distance (which one takes) one month to cover and I have been granted intercession. (Using translation from Muslim 521a)   

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أُعْطِيتُ خَمْسًا لَمْ يُعْطَهُنَّ أَحَدٌ قَبْلِي كَانَ كُلُّ نَبِيٍّ يُبْعَثُ إِلَى قَوْمِهِ خَاصَّةً وَبُعِثْتُ إِلَى كُلِّ أَحْمَرَ وَأَسْوَدَ وَأُحِلَّتْ لِيَ الْغَنَائِمُ وَلَمْ تَحِلَّ لِأَحَدٍ قَبْلِي وَجُعِلَتْ لِيَ الْأَرْضُ طَيِّبَةً وَطَهُورًا وَمَسْجِدًا وَأَيُّمَا رَجُلٍ أَدْرَكَتْهُ الصَّلَاةُ صَلَّى حَيْثُ كَانَ وَنُصِرْتُ بِالرُّعْبِ بَيْنَ يَدِيَّ مَسِيرَةَ شَهْرٍ وَأُعْطِيتُ الشَّفَاعَةَ وَرَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ يَحْيَى وَغَيْرِهِ وَرَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ وَغَيْرِهِ عَنْ هُشَيْمٍ