The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to lead us in prayer and would turn away on either side, both to his right and to his left.
حدثنا قتيبة حدثنا أبو الأحوص عن سماك بن حرب
كان رسول الله ﷺ يؤمنا فينصرف على جانبيه جميعا على يمينه وعلى شماله
Its isnad is hasan. Ibn Majah also narrated it in the chapter "Establishing the Prayers, Section on Leaving the Prayer," hadith 929, from the hadith of Abu Ahwas through the same route, and Ibn Abdul-Barr graded it sahih in al-Istiab, 3/615, printed with al-Isabah. On this topic there are also narrations from Abdullah bin Masud [Bukhari, hadith 852, and Muslim, hadith 59/707], Anas [Muslim, hadith 708], Abdullah bin Amr [Ibn Majah, hadith 931], and Abu Hurairah [Bayhaqi, 2/190].The hadith of Ali .