Sahih Muslim Hadith 3237 – It Is

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[3237] 395 – (1330) Ibn Juraij said: "I said to 'Atâ': 'Did you hear Ibn 'Abbâs say: "You have only been commanded to circumambulate it, you have not been commanded to enter it?" He said: "He did not forbid (people) to enter it, rather I heard him say: 'Usâmah bin Zaid told me that when the Frophet ç entered the House, he () supplicated on all its sides, but he did not pray therein, until he came out. When he came out, he prayed two Ra 'kah in front of the House and said: 'This is the Qiblah." I (Ibn Juraij) said to him ('Atâ'): "What are 'its sides?' Was that in its corners?' He said: "No, in every direction of the House."