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ذِكْرُ وَصْفِ الْقَدْرِ الَّذِي بَيْنَ الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ وَبَيْنَ الْجِدَارِ حَيْثُ كَانَ يُصَلِّي فِي الْكَعْبَةِ

ibnhibban:3206Rawḥ b. ʿAbd al-Majīd Bibalad al-Mawṣil > Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Adhramī ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī > Mālik b. Anas > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to pray, and between him and the Qibla (direction of prayer) was a distance of about three arms' lengths.  

ابن حبّان:٣٢٠٦أَخْبَرَنَا رَوْحُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَجِيدِ بِبَلَدِ الْمَوْصِلِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْأَذْرَمِيُّ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «يُصَلِّي وَبَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْقِبْلَةِ مِقْدَارُ ثَلَاثَةِ أَذْرُعٍ»