قِيلَ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) لِمَ صَارَ الرَّجُلُ يَنْحَرِفُ فِي الصَّلَاةِ إِلَى الْيَسَارِ فَقَالَ لِأَنَّ لِلْكَعْبَةِ سِتَّةَ حُدُودٍ أَرْبَعَةٌ مِنْهَا عَنْ يَسَارِكَ وَ اثْنَانِ مِنْهَا عَلَى يَمِينِكَ فَمِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ وَقَعَ التَّحْرِيفُ إِلَى الْيَسَارِ .
Translation
Ali Bin Muhammad, raising it, said, ‘It was said to Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup>, ‘Why did it become so that the man should be inclining towards the left during the <span class="iTxt">Salāt</span>?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Because for the Kabah there are six limits (boundaries) – four of these are on your left, and two of these are upon your right. Thus, it is due to that, the inclination occurs towards the left’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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