[226] The Prophet (ﷺ) was anxiously awaiting the command to change the qiblah. For this he used to look up at the sky expectantly. (al-Ṭabarī, al-Saʿdī)
[227] al-Masjid al-Ḥarām of Makkah (cf. al-Ṭabarī, al-Qurṭubī, al-Saʿdī, Ibn ʿĀshūr).
[228] Jews and Christians have it in their Books that this is the correct direction of Prayer as it is written in their Books as a sign of Muhammad’s (ﷺ) Prophethood. (al-Ṭabarī, Ibn ʿAṭiyyah, al-Saʿdī, Ibn ʿĀshūr)