Usamah ibn Zayd reported: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) entered the Ka'bah, and he glorified Allah in its corners and declared His greatness, but he did not pray. Then he came out and prayed two rak'ahs behind the Maqam, then said: "This is the qiblah."(1)

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= "Abbas," and al-Mizzi did not mention Ibn Abbas in the chain of transmission between Ata and Usamah ibn Zayd in "Tuhfat al-Ashraf" (96) and (110), but it is established in the manuscript copies of "Al-Sunan al-Kubra" (3878) as its editors mentioned in their footnotes, and al-Mizzi said in the second place: Others added Ibn Abbas.

(1) Its narrators are trustworthy except Hajib ibn Sulayman and Ibn Abi Rawwad — who is Abd al-Majid ibn Abd al-Aziz — for they are slightly below the level of trustworthiness, and they have errors. It appears that his statement "behind the Maqam" is an error from one of them, for the correct version is that he prayed facing the Ka'bah, as preceded in the hadith before it. Ibn Jurayj: he is Abd al-Malik ibn Abd al-Aziz, and he is a mudallis (one who conceals), but he explicitly stated his direct hearing when narrated by others than the author. Ata: he is Ibn Abi Rabah.

The hadith is in "Al-Sunan al-Kubra" under number (3878) with the mention of Ibn Abbas between Ata and Usamah ibn Zayd, as previously mentioned in the commentary before it. It was also narrated with the mention of Ibn Abbas in its chain by Abd al-Razzaq, Rawh ibn Ubadah, Muhammad ibn Bakr al-Bursani, and al-Dahhak ibn Makhlad, from Ibn Jurayj, as will come in hadith (2917) and its commentary.

The hadith will also come from the narration of Abd al-Malik ibn Abi Sulayman al-Arzami, from Ata, from Usamah ibn Zayd under numbers: (2914), (2915), and (2916), and there is discussion regarding Ata's hearing from Usamah ibn Zayd.

It will also come via the path of Amr ibn Dinar, from Ibn Abbas, with similar wording, under number (2913).

In his statement: "he glorified Allah in its corners and declared His greatness, but he did not pray," there is a contradiction to what came before it from the hadith of Ibn Umar that he prayed inside it. Usamah's denial of the Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) prayer inside the Ka'bah also came in Muslim (1330). Al-Nawawi said in his "Commentary": The reason for this is that when they entered the Ka'bah, they closed the door and occupied themselves with supplication. Usamah saw the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) supplicating, then Usamah occupied himself with supplication in one corner of the House while the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was in another corner.... Al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar mentioned in "Al-Fath" 3/468 other reasons for Usamah's denial of his (peace and blessings be upon him) prayer inside the Ka'bah, and he quoted al-Muhibb al-Tabari as saying: It is possible that Usamah was absent from him after his entry for some need, so he did not witness his prayer. End quote. Al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar said: Supporting this is what Abu Dawud al-Tayalisi narrated... from Usamah, who said: I entered upon the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in the Ka'bah, and he saw images, so he called for a bucket of water, and I brought it to him, and he struck with it =