Category: Ibn Majah

It was
narrated that Bara’ said: “We prayed with the Messenger of
Allah
(ﷺ) facing towards Baitul-Maqdis (Jerusalem) for eighteen
months,
then the Qiblah was changed to the Ka’bah two months after the
Prophet (ﷺ) entered Al-Madinah. When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)
prayed towards Baitul-Maqdis, he would often lift his face towards
the
heavens, and Allah knew what was in the heart of His Prophet and
how
he longed to face the Ka’bah (during prayer). Jibril appeared
(in the
sky), and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) started watching him
as he was
descending between the heavens and the earth, waiting to
see what he
would bring. Then Allah revealed the words: ‘Verily, We
have seen the
turning of your face towards the heaven. Surely, We
shall turn you to
a Qiblah that shall please you, so turn your face
in the direction of
Al-Masjid Al-Haram (at Makkah). And wherever you
people are, turn your
faces (during prayer) in that direction.’
[2:144] Then someone came to
us and said: ‘The Qiblah has been
changed to the Ka’bah.’ We had
performed two Rak’ah facing
towards Jerusalem. And we were bowing. So
we turned around, and we
continued our prayer. The Messenger of Allah
(ﷺ) said: ‘O Jibril!
What about our prayer facing towards Baitul-
Maqdis?’ Then Allah
revealed the words: “And Allah would never make
your faith to be
lost.” [2:143]

It was
narrated that Mu’aiqib said: “The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)
said,
concerning smoothing the pebbles during prayer: ‘If you must do
that, then do it only once.’”

It was
narrated that Abu Hurairah said: “The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)
said: ‘What is between the east and the west is the Qiblah (prayer
direction).’”* *This refers to the Qiblah for the the inhabitants of Al-Madinah. (Makkah is to the exact south of Al-Madinah.)

It was
narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)
said: “When anyone of you enters the mosque, let him not sit down
until
he performs two Rak’ah.”

It was
narrated from Abu Qatadah that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: “When
one of
you enters the mosque, let him perform two Rak’ah before he
sits
down.”

It was
narrated from Ma’dan bin Abu Talhah Al-Ya’muri that ‘Umar bin
Khattab stood up one Friday to deliver a sermon, or, he delivered a
sermon one Friday. He praised Allah, then he said: “O people, you
eat
two plants that I find are nothing but obnoxious; this garlic and
this
onion. At the time of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), if a foul
odour
was detected from a man, I would see him seized by the arm and
taken
out to Al-Baqi’. Whoever must eat them, let him cook them to
death.”

It was
narrated that Abu Hurairah said: “The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)
said: ‘Whoever eats from this plant; garlic, let him not annoy us
with
it in this mosque of ours.’”

It was
narrated that Ibn ‘Umar said: “The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)
said:
‘Whoever eats anything from this plant, let him not come to the
mosque.’”

It was
narrated that ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar said: “The Messenger of
Allah
(ﷺ) came to the mosque at Quba’ and performed prayer there.
Some
men of the Ansar came and greeted him. I asked Suhaib, who was
with
him: ‘How did the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) respond to them?’ He
said: ‘He gestured with his hand.’”

It was
narrated from Mu’awiyah bin Qurrah that his father said: “We
were
forbidden to form a row between two pillars at the time of the
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and we would be repelled from them
forcefully.”