PEOPLE WITHOUT DIRECTION - The Qiblah confusion Sahih Bukhari: Vol. 4 Bk. 55 No. 587 “The Apostle said to Aisha: ‘Don’t you see that your folk did not built the Ka’aba on the foundations built by Abraham?’ I said, ‘O Apostle! Why don’t we rebuild it on them?’ He said, ‘But for the fact your folk have recently given up infidelity.’ Umar agreed. ‘Aisha must have heard this from Allah’s Apostle for he never touched the two corners facing Al-Hijr because the House had not been built on the right foundations.’” Sahih Bukhari: Vol.6 Bk.60 No.13 Narrated Al−Bara: The Prophet prayed facing Bait−ulMaqdis (i.e. Jerusalem) for sixteen or seventeen months but he wished that his Qibla would be the Ka`ba (at Mecca). (So Allah Revealed (2.144) and he offered `Asr prayers(in his Mosque facing Ka`ba at Mecca) and some people prayed with him. A man who had prayed with him went out and said, ‘I swear I have prayed with the Prophet facing Mecca.’ Hearing that, they turned their faces to the Ka’aba while they were still bowing. Some men had died before the Qiblah was changed and we did not know what to say about them (whether their prayers toward Jerusalem were accepted or not). Sahih Bukhari: Vol.6 Bk.60 No.17/21 “While some people were offering prayer a man came and said, ‘Qur’anic order has been revealed to Allah’s Apostle tonight. He is ordered to face the Ka’aba at Mecca, so you should turn your faces towards it.’ At that moment they were facing Jerusalem so they turned to the Ka’aba.” Tabari VII:24 “Allah changed the Muslim Qiblah from Jerusalem to the Ka’aba in the second year of residence in Medina. The people used to pray toward Jerusalem. He used to raise his head to see what he would be commanded. This was abrogated in favor of the Ka’aba,” Blind leaders of blind men and convenient revelations are the hallmarks of Islam
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