Muwatta Malik #413
Shortening the Prayer
Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said from Muhammad
ibn Yahya ibn Habban that his paternal uncle Wasi ibn Habban said, "I
was praying, and Abdullah ibn Umar was resting his back on the wall of
the qibla. When I had finished the prayer I turned towards him on my
left hand side. Abdullah ibn Umar said, 'What stopped you from turning
away to your right?' I replied, 'I saw you and turned towards you.'
Abdullah said, 'You have spoken correctly. People say that you should
turn away to your right, but when you pray, you can turn whichever way
you wish. If you like, to your right, and if you like, to your left.'
"
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This hadith is #413 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Shortening the Prayer. Muwatta Malik contains 1,985 hadiths across 61 books.