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[Machine] "Turn your face towards the sacred Mosque, and wherever you may be, turn your faces towards it." [Surah Al-Baqarah 144]

He said, "Whichever direction you face, it is towards Him."  

الحاكم:٣٠٦٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ أَنْبَأَ أَبُو الْمُثَنَّى ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عُمَيْرِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ الْكِنْدِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ

{فَوَلِّ وَجْهَكَ شَطْرَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ} [البقرة 144] قَالَ شَطْرُهُ قِبَلُهُ  

«هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ» صحيح

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suyuti:4-1212b – ʿAlī
Translation not available.

  

السيوطي:٤-١٢١٢b – عَنْ علِىٍّ

"فِى قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: {شَطْرَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ} قالَ: شَطرُهُ قِبَلَهُ".  

عبد بن حميد، وابن جرير، وابن المنذر، وابن أبى حاتم، والدينورى في المجالسة، [ك] الحاكم في المستدرك [ق] البيهقى في السنن