Sahih al-Bukhari Hadith 17 – Volume 6, Book 60

English

Volume 6, Book 60, Number 17:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
While some people were offering morning prayer at Quba' a man came to them and said, "A Qur –
anic Order has been revealed to Allah's Apostle tonight that he should face the Ka'ba at Mecca (in
prayer), so you too should turn your faces towards it." At that moment their faces were towards Sham
(i.e. Jerusalem) (and on hearing that) they turned towards the Ka'ba (at Mecca).