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Sunan an-Nasa'i 493

“While the people were in Quba, praying the Subh prayer, someone came to them and said that revelation had come to the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) the night before, and he has…

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أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

قَالَ بَيْنَمَا النَّاسُ بِقُبَاءٍ فِي صَلَاةِ الصُّبْحِ جَاءَهُمْ آتٍ فَقَالَ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَدْ أُنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِ اللَّيْلَةَ وَقَدْ أُمِرَ أَنْ يَسْتَقْبِلَ الْكَعْبَةَ فَاسْتَقْبِلُوهَا. وَكَانَتْ وُجُوهُهُمْ إِلَى الشَّامِ فَاسْتَدَارُوا إِلَى الْكَعْبَةِ

“While the people were in Quba, praying the Subh prayer, someone came to them and said that revelation had come to the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) the night before, and he has been commanded to face the Kabah. So they turned around, and they has been facing toward Ash-Sham, but now they turned to face toward the Kabah.”

কুতায়বা (রহঃ) ... আবদুল্লাহ ইবনু উমর (রাঃ) থেকে বর্ণিত। তিনি বলেনঃ একবার কুবার মসজিদে লোকেরা ফজরের সালাত আদায় করছিলেন। এমন সময় সেখানে এক ব্যাক্তি উপস্থিত হয়ে বললেন যে, রাতে রাসূলুল্লাহ্‌ সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম-এর উপর (আল্লাহ্‌র কালাম) অবতীর্ণ হয়েছে এবং তাঁকে কাবার দিকে মুখ করে সালাত আদায় করার নির্দেশ দেওয়া হয়েছে।

তাই আপনারাও কাবার দিকে মুখ করে সালাত আদায় করুন। তাঁরা বায়তুল মুকাদ্দাস অভিমুখী ছিলেন, এ কথা শুনে তাঁরা (সালাত অবস্থাতেই) কাবার দিকে ঘুরে গেলেন।

عبداللہ بن عمر رضی اللہ عنہم کہتے ہیں کہ لوگ قباء میں صبح کی نماز پڑھ رہے تھے کہ اسی دوران ایک آنے والا آیا، اور کہنے لگا: رسول اللہ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم پر آج رات ( وحی ) نازل کی گئی ہے، اور آپ کو حکم ملا ہے کہ ( نماز میں ) کعبہ کی طرف رخ کریں، لہٰذا تم لوگ بھی اسی کی طرف رخ کر لو، ( اس وقت ) ان کے چہرے شام ( بیت المقدس ) کی طرف تھے، تو وہ لوگ کعبہ کی طرف گھوم گئے ۱؎۔

Telah mengabarkan kepada kami [Qutaibah] dari [Malik] dari [Abdullah bin Dinar] dari [Ibnu Umar] dia berkata; "Tatkala orang-orang berada di Quba saat shalat Subuh, datanglah seseorang, lalu berkata, " Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam pada malam ini mendapat wahyu, dan beliau diperintahkan menghadap ke Ka'bah', maka beralihlah kalian menghadap ke Ka'bah. Sebelumnya wajah-wajah mereka menghadap ke Syam (Baitul Maqdis), lalu mereka berputar (menghadap) ke Ka'bah

İbn Ömer (radıyallahü anh)’den rivâyete göre, şöyle demiştir: İnsanlar Kuba mescidinde sabah namazını kılarken birisi gelerek şöyle dedi: gece Rasûlüllah (sallallahü aleyhi ve sellem)’e bir ayet nazil oldu ve bundan sonra Kâbe’ye yönelerek namaz kılması emrolundu) dedi. (yani sizler de Kâbe’ye doğru namaz kılınız) O esnada Şam’a doğru yönelerek namaz kılıyorlardı bu haber üzerine Kâbe’ye döndüler. (Müslim, Mesacid: 2; Muvatta', Kıble:)

Sunan an-Nasa'i 493, Book 5, The Book of Salah, Hadith 46. 1 min read

What it means

One of the Companions went out to Qubā' Mosque in the outskirts of Madīnah, and he found that the people there had not received the news of the abrogation of the prayer direction, and were still praying toward the first Qiblah. So, he informed them that the prayer direction was changed toward the Ka‘bah, and that Qur'anic verses relating to that matter had been revealed to the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him), alluding to the verse where Allah, the Exalted, says: {We have certainly seen the turning of your face toward the heaven, and We will surely turn you to a Qiblah with which you will be pleased.

So turn your face toward the Sacred Mosque. And wherever you [believers] are, turn your faces toward it [in prayer]. Indeed, those who have been given the Scripture well know that it is the truth from their Lord. And Allah is not unaware of what they do} [Al-Baqarah: 144]. He also informed them that the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) was then facing the direction of the Ka‘bah.

Thanks to their quick and sound understanding, they turned from the direction of Bayt al-Maqdis in Jerusalem – their first Qiblah – to their second Qiblah, which was the honorable Ka‘bah.

From the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, hadeethenc.com.

The chain

Who passed it on, from Imam an-Nasa'i back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam an-Nasa'iCompiler, died 303 AH
  2. 2Qutaybah ibn SaidInformed us, Fourth generation, died 240 AH
  3. 3Malik ibn AnasFrom, Third generation, died 178 AH
  4. 4Abdullah ibn DinarFrom, Successor, died 127 AH
  5. 5Abdullah ibn UmarFrom, Companion, died 72 AH

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