Sahih Muslim Hadith 6361

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[6361] ( … ) It was narrated that 'Abdullâh bin As-Sâmit said: Abü Dharr said: "0 son of my brother, I prayed for two years before the Prophet was sent." I said: "Which direction did you face?" He said: "I faced where my Lord directed me to." And he narrated a HadIth like that of Sulaimân bin A1-MughIrah (no. 6360), and he said in the IjadIth: "They went to a man who was a soothsayer to judge between them (about the wager)" – he said – "and my brother Unais kept praising him until he declared him the winner." He said: "And we took his camels and added them to our camels." He also said in his IjadIth: "The Prophet Jç came and circumambulated the House and prayed two Rak'ah behind the Maqâm." He said: "I came to him, and I was the first one to greet him with the greeting of Islam. I said: As-Salâmu 'alaika yâ Rasi2lullâh (peace be upon you, O Messenger of Allah).' He said: 'Wa 'alaikas-salâm (and peace be upon you, too), who are you?" In his JjadIth it also says: "Then he said: 'How long have you been here?' I said: 'For fifteen days." And it says: "Abü Bakr said: 'Let him be my guest tonight."