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السيوطي:٤٢٠-٢٠ب –

"صَلَّى رَسُولُ الله ﷺ وَأَصْحَابُهُ إِلَى بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ سِتَّة عَشَرَ شَهْرًا، ثُمَّ حُوِّلتْ الْقِبْلَةُ بَعْدُ".

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bukhari:4492 – Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Yaḥyá > Sufyān > Abū Isḥāq > al-Barāʾ

We prayed along with the Prophet ﷺ facing Jerusalem for sixteen or seventeen months. Then Allah ordered him to turn his face towards the Qibla (in Mecca):-- "And from whence-so-ever you start forth (for prayers) turn your face in the direction of (the Sacred Mosque of Mecca) Al-Masjid-ul Haram.." (2.149)

البخاري:٤٤٩٢ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ سُفْيَانَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الْبَرَاءَ ؓ قَالَ

صَلَّيْنَا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ نَحْوَ بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ سِتَّةَ عَشَرَ أَوْ سَبْعَةَ عَشَرَ شَهْرًا ثُمَّ صَرَفَهُ نَحْوَ الْقِبْلَةِ

ahmad:2252 – Ḥusayn b. ʿAlī > Zāʾidah > Simāk b. Ḥarb > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

[AI] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ and his companions prayed towards the House of Al-Masjid al-Aqsa for sixteen months, then the direction of prayer was changed.

أحمد:٢٢٥٢ – حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ زَائِدَةَ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَصْحَابُهُ إِلَى بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ سِتَّةَ عَشَرَ شَهْرًا ثُمَّ صُرِفَتِ الْقِبْلَةُ بَعْدُ

ahmad:3270 – Ḥusayn b. ʿAlī > Zāʾidah > Simāk > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

[AI] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ and his companions prayed towards Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa for sixteen months, then the Qibla (direction of prayer) was changed.

أحمد:٣٢٧٠ – حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ زَائِدَةَ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَصْحَابُهُ إِلَى بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ سِتَّةَ عَشَرَ شَهْرًا ثُمَّ صُرِفَتِ الْقِبْلَةُ بَعْدُ

malik:14-8 – Mālik > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyab

Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said that Said ibn al-Musayyab said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed towards the Baytal-Maqdis for sixteen months after arriving in Madina. Then the qibla was moved, two months before the battle of Badr. "

مالك:١٤-٨ – وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بَعْدَ أَنْ قَدِمَ الْمَدِينَةَ سِتَّةَ عَشَرَ شَهْرًا نَحْوَ بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ ثُمَّ حُوِّلَتِ الْقِبْلَةُ قَبْلَ بَدْرٍ بِشَهْرَيْنِ

tabarani:11751 – Muḥammad b. al-Naḍr al-Azdī > Muʿāwiyah b. ʿAmr > Zāʾidah > Simāk b. Ḥarb > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

[AI] The Prophet ﷺ and those with him prayed towards the direction of Jerusalem for about sixteen months, then the qibla (direction of prayer) was changed.

الطبراني:١١٧٥١ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ النَّضْرِ الْأَزْدِيُّ ثنا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو ثنا زَائِدَةُ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ قَالَ

«صَلَّى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَمَنْ مَعَهُ نَحْوَ بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ سِتَّةَ عَشَرَ شَهْرًا ثُمَّ حُوِّلَتِ الْقِبْلَةُ بَعْدُ»

bayhaqi:2194 – Abū al-Ḥasan Muḥammad b. al-Ḥusayn al-Qaṭṭān> Abū Sahl b. Ziyād al-Qaṭṭān > Aḥmad b. ʿAbd al-Jabbār > Muḥammad b. al-Fuḍayl > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib > Saʿd

[AI] I heard Saad say that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed after he arrived in Medina for about sixteen months towards the direction of Beit Al-Maqdis (Jerusalem). Then after that, the direction was changed towards the Sacred Mosque (in Mecca) two months before the Battle of Badr, like this.

البيهقي:٢١٩٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ الْقَطَّانُ بِبَغْدَادَ ثنا أَبُو سَهْلِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ الْقَطَّانُ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْفُضَيْلِ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ سَعْدًا يَقُولُ صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بَعْدَ مَا قَدِمَ الْمَدِينَةَ سِتَّةَ عَشَرَ شَهْرًا نَحْوَ بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ ثُمَّ حُوِّلَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ قِبَلَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ قَبْلَ بَدْرٍ بِشَهْرَيْنِ هَكَذَا

رَوَاهُ الْعُطَارِدِيُّ عَنِ ابْنِ فُضَيْلٍ وَرَوَاهُ مَالِكٌ وَالثَّوْرِيُّ وَحَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ مُرْسَلًا دُونَ ذِكْرِ سَعْدٍ