Arabic (Original)
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ الْمُقْرِئُ أنبأ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ ثنا يُوسُفُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ الْقَاضِي ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ثنا مُعْتَمِرٌ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يُعَرِّضُ رَاحِلَتَهُ فَيُصَلِّي إِلَيْهَا قُلْتُ أَفَرَأَيْتَ إِذَا ذَهَبَتِ الرِّكَابُ؟ قَالَ كَانَ يَأْخُذُ الرَّحْلَ فَيُعَدِّلُهُ فَيُصَلِّي إِلَى آخِرَتِهِ أَوْ قَالَ مُؤَخَّرَتِهِ
English Translation
Abu al-Hasan al-Muqri informed us, al-Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn Ishaq informed us, Yusuf ibn Ya'qub al-Qadi narrated to us, Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr narrated to us, Mu'tamir narrated to us from Ubaydullah from Nafi' from Ibn Umar that the Prophet (peace be upon him) would place his camel crosswise and pray facing it. I said: What if the riding camels go away? He said: He would take the saddle and set it upright, then pray facing its back — or he said its rear part.