Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أَخْبَرَنَا هَمَّامٌ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ قَالَ تَلَقَّيْنَا أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ حِينَ قَدِمَ مِنْ الشَّامِ فَلَقِينَاهُ بِعَيْنِ التَّمْرِ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي عَلَى دَابَّتِهِ لِغَيْرِ الْقِبْلَةِ فَقُلْنَا لَهُ إِنَّكَ تُصَلِّي إِلَى غَيْرِ الْقِبْلَةِ فَقَالَ لَوْلَا أَنِّي رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ مَا فَعَلْتُ.
English Translation
Yazid ibn Harun told us: Hammam informed us, from Anas ibn Sirin, who said, "We went out to meet Anas ibn Malik when he arrived from Syria, and we met him at 'Ayn al-Tamr, and he was praying on his mount facing a direction other than the qiblah. We said to him, 'You are praying facing a direction other than the qiblah!' He said, 'Were it not that I saw the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, do that, I would not have done it.'"