It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) faced both parts of that long mountain (which is in front of the Ka'bah), kept the mosque built there—which is on one side of the mound—on his right hand, and the place where the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed was just below it on the black mound. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stood leaving about ten yards or so from the mound, and he would pray facing those two parts which were between the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and the Ka'bah in that long mountain.