سَأَلْتُهُ هَلْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) يُصَلِّي إِلَى بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ قَالَ نَعَمْ فَقُلْتُ أَ كَانَ يَجْعَلُ الْكَعْبَةَ خَلْفَ ظَهْرِهِ فَقَالَ أَمَّا إِذَا كَانَ بِمَكَّةَ فَلَا وَ أَمَّا إِذَا هَاجَرَ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ فَنَعَمْ حَتَّى حُوِّلَ إِلَى الْكَعْبَةِ .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hammad, from Al Halby, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup>, said, ‘I asked him<sup>asws</sup>, ‘Did Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup> used to pray <span class="iTxt">Salāt</span> (facing) towards Bayt Al-Maqdis?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Yes’. So I said, ‘Did he<sup>saww</sup> make the Kabah to be behind his<sup>saww</sup> back?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘As for when he<sup>saww</sup> was in Makkah, so no, and as for when he<sup>saww</sup> had emigrated to Al-Medina, so yes, until he<sup>saww</sup> turned towards the Kabah (permanently)’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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