Arabic (Original)
Ḥadīth | Ṭabarānī (الطبراني) tabarani:11066 حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عبدوسِ بْنِ كَامِلٍ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَمَّادٍ ثنا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ «كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُصَلِّي وَهُوَ بِمَكَّةَ نَحْوَ بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ وَالْكَعْبَةُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَبَعْدَمَا هَاجَرَ سِتَّةَ عَشَرَ شَهْرًا ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ إِلَى الْكَعْبَةِ»
English Translation
Ibn Abbas narrated: 'The Prophet (peace be upon him) used to pray while in Makkah facing the direction of Bayt al-Maqdis (Jerusalem), with the Ka'bah between him and it. And after he migrated, he prayed toward it for sixteen months. Then he was directed toward the Ka'bah.'