[Machine] We used to go to the market during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , and we would pass by the mosque and pray in it. One day, we passed by and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was sitting on the pulpit. I said, "Something must have happened." So, I sat down and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ recited the verse, "{Indeed, We see the turning of your face toward the heaven}" [Quran 2:144], until he finished the verse. Then, I said to my companion, "Come, let's pray two units of prayer before the Messenger of Allah ﷺ descends and we will be the first to pray." So, we hid and prayed, then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ descended and prayed the Dhuhr prayer for the people on that day.
كُنَّا نَغْدُوا لِلْسُوقِ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَنَمُرُّ عَلَى الْمَسْجِدِ فَنُصَلِّي فِيهِ فَمَرَرْنَا يَوْمًا وَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَاعِدٌ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ فَقُلْتُ لَقَدْ حَدَثَ أَمْرٌ فَجَلَسْتُ فَقَرَأَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ {قَدْ نَرَى تَقَلُّبَ وَجْهِكَ فِي السَّمَاءِ} [البقرة 144] حَتَّى فَرَغَ مِنَ الْآيَةِ قُلْتُ لِصَاحِبِي تَعَالَ نَرْكَعُ رَكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَنْزِلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَنَكُونَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ صَلَّى فَتَوَارَينَا فَصَلَّيْنَا ثُمَّ نَزَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَصَلَّى لِلنَّاسِ الظُّهْرَ يَوْمَئِذٍ