Where did we take this from? If you see, my brother, what is in my hand, and there is no harm in showing it to him.

The questioner : May Allah reward you. I missed the point: where did we take this from? If you see what is in my hand, and there is no harm in showing it to him, where did we take this from?

The Shaykh : From his saying: , because the Companions, why did they do it? And then there is also the story of the Islam of Salman al-Farisi (may Allah be pleased with him), if its chain is authentic, that he had masters, and one of them would die and then will the next, until they mentioned to him that between his shoulders was the seal of prophethood. So he went out one day to al-Baqi' and saw the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sitting, so he turned his back, meaning he went behind him and kept looking. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) knew that he wanted to see the seal of prophethood, so he lowered his cloak until he saw it. Yes.

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh : His moving backward means to the rear. He must move backward, because if he turned around facing forward, the qiblah would be behind his back.