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* There are hadiths according to which before Hijra, the Ka'ba was the qibla of Muslims.<ref>Zamakhsharī, ''Al-Kashshāf'', vol. 1, p. 200; Qurṭubī, ''Tafsīr al-Qurtubī'', vol. 2, p. 150.</ref> This implies two redirections of the qibla, once from the Ka'ba to Bayt al-Maqdis and once again from Bayt al-Maqdis to the Ka'ba. | * There are hadiths according to which before Hijra, the Ka'ba was the qibla of Muslims.<ref>Zamakhsharī, ''Al-Kashshāf'', vol. 1, p. 200; Qurṭubī, ''Tafsīr al-Qurtubī'', vol. 2, p. 150.</ref> This implies two redirections of the qibla, once from the Ka'ba to Bayt al-Maqdis and once again from Bayt al-Maqdis to the Ka'ba. | ||
* By an appeal to the verse 115 of Qur'an 2, "To Allah belong the east and the west: so whichever way you turn, there is the face of Allah!", some exegetical sources maintain that the Prophet (s) and other Muslims were free to turn toward either of the two qiblas.<ref>Abu l-Futūḥ Rāzī, ''Rawḍ al-jinān'', vol. 2, p. 202.</ref> To support this view, they appeal to the Prophet (s) not objecting to [[Bara' b. Ma'rur]] when he performed his prayer in the direction of the Ka'ba in a trip to Mecca before [[Hijra]].<ref>Ibn Hishām, ''Al-Sīra al-nabawīyya'', vol. 1, p. 439-440.</ref> On the contrary, some people take the above Qur'anic verse to be concerned with [[ | * By an appeal to the verse 115 of Qur'an 2, "To Allah belong the east and the west: so whichever way you turn, there is the face of Allah!", some exegetical sources maintain that the Prophet (s) and other Muslims were free to turn toward either of the two qiblas.<ref>Abu l-Futūḥ Rāzī, ''Rawḍ al-jinān'', vol. 2, p. 202.</ref> To support this view, they appeal to the Prophet (s) not objecting to [[Bara' b. Ma'rur]] when he performed his prayer in the direction of the Ka'ba in a trip to Mecca before [[Hijra]].<ref>Ibn Hishām, ''Al-Sīra al-nabawīyya'', vol. 1, p. 439-440.</ref> On the contrary, some people take the above Qur'anic verse to be concerned with [[Daily Nawafil]] when one is on a travel,<ref>Ṭabrisī, ''Majmaʿ al-bayān'', vol. 1, p. 421.</ref> but according to some historical accounts, Bara' b. Ma'rur continued to say his prayers in the direction of the Ka'ba after Hijra, while the Prophet (s) still said his prayers in the direction of Bayt al-Maqdis. When the Prophet (s) heard about this, he prohibited Bara' from doing so, and he complied with the Prophet's (s) words. | ||
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