It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) concerning the saying of Allah Almighty: "And He made the moon therein a light" [Nuh: 16] , that he said: Its (the moon's) face is toward the Throne of Allah and its back is toward the earth. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.