Anas bin Sirin says: When Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) returned from Syria, we met him at the place of Ain al-Tamr. We saw that he was praying on his mount facing other than the Qiblah. So we said to him: "Do you pray facing other than the Qiblah?" He replied: "If I had not seen the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) doing so, I would not have done it either."