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The people of the Scripture (Jews) used to recite the Torah in Hebrew and they used to explain it in
Arabic to the Muslims. On that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Do not believe the people of the Scripture or
disbelieve them, but say:-- "We believe in Allah and what is revealed to us." (2.136)
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 65, Hadith 12
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(The wife of the Prophet) Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Don't you see that when your people built the Ka`ba,
they did not build it on all Abraham's foundations?" I said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Why don't you rebuild
it on Abraham's foundations?" He said, "Were your people not so close to (the period of Heathenism,
i.e. the Period between their being Muslims and being infidels), I would do so." The sub-narrator,
`Abdullah bin `Umar said, "Aisha had surely heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying that, for I do not think that
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) left touching the two corners of the Ka`ba facing Al-Hijr except because the Ka`ba
was not built on all Abraham's foundations."
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The Prophet (ﷺ) 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 from among
those who had prayed with him, went out and passed by some people offering prayer in another
mosque, and they were in the state of bowing. He said, "I, (swearing by Allah,) testify that I have
prayed with the Prophet (ﷺ) facing Mecca." Hearing that, they turned their faces to the Ka`ba while they
were still bowing. Some men had died before the Qibla was changed towards the Ka`ba. They had
been killed and we did not know what to say about them (i.e. whether their prayers towards Jerusalem
were accepted or not). So Allah revealed:-- "And Allah would never make your faith (i.e. prayer) to be
lost (i.e. your prayers offered (towards Jerusalem). Truly Allah is Full of Pity, Most Merciful towards
mankind." (2.143)