Sunan At-Tirmidhi

Narrated Ibn 'Umar:""The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would perform voluntary Salat upon his mount facing whichever direction he was headed, while he was coming from Makkah to Al-Madinah."" Then Ibn 'Umar recited: To Allah belong both the east and the west. (2:115)"" And Ibn 'Umar said: ""It was about this that the Ayah was revealed."" [Abu Eisa said:] This Hadith is Hasan Sahih. It has been reported from Qatadah that he said about this Ayah: To Allah belong both the east and the west, so wherever you turn, there is the Face of Allah. [Qatadah said:] ""It is abrogated, it was abrogated by [His saying]: So turn your face in the direction of Al-Masjid Al-Haram. Meaning: facing it."" And it has been reported that Mujãhid said about this Ayah: ""So wherever you turn, there is the Face of Allah"": ""So there is the direction of Allah