Sunan Abi Dawud · Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)
باب الإِمَامِ يَنْحَرِفُ بَعْدَ التَّسْلِيمِ
Chapter: The Imam Should Turn Around After The Taslim.
2 hadith · references 614–615
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Abu Dawud · 614صَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَكَانَ إِذَا انْصَرَفَ انْحَرَفَNarrated Yazid ibn al-Aswad: Jabir ibn Yazid ibn al-Aswad reported on the authority of his father: I prayed behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. When he finished the prayer, he would turn (his face from the direction of the 6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 615كُنَّا إِذَا صَلَّيْنَا خَلْفَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَحْبَبْنَا أَنْ نَكُونَ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ ، فَيُقْبِلُ عَلَيْنَا بِوَجْهِهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَNarrated Al-Bara ibn Azib: When we would pray behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, we liked to be on his right side. He (the Prophet) would sit turning his face towards us (and back towards the Kabah) ﷺ.6 narrators