فَقَالَ ضَاهَيْتَ الْيَهُودِيَّةَ يَا أَبَا إِسْحَاقَ، خَيْرُ الْمَسَاجِدِ مُقَدَّمُهَا قَالَ فَبَنَاهَا فِي مُقَدَّمِ الْمَسْجِدِ
<'Umar said, O Abu Ishaq, you are imitating Jewish structures. The best part of a mosque is its front. He said that he had it (the qibla) located in the front part of the Mosque