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Sunan Ibn Majah 309 — Prohibition of Standing Urination
Urinating while sitting
Prohibition of Urinating While Standing
Sunan Ibn Majah : 309
Sunan Ibn MajahHadith Number 309
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ الْفَضْلِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَامِرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَدِيُّ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ، عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ أَنْ يَبُولَ قَائِمًا . سَمِعْتُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ يَزِيدَ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ أَحْمَدَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْمَخْزُومِيَّ يَقُولُ قَالَ سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ - فِي حَدِيثِ عَائِشَةَ أَنَا رَأَيْتُهُ يَبُولُ قَاعِدًا - قَالَ الرَّجُلُ أَعْلَمُ بِهَذَا مِنْهَا . قَالَ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ كَانَ مِنْ شَأْنِ الْعَرَبِ الْبَوْلُ قَائِمًا أَلاَ تَرَاهُ فِي حَدِيثِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ ابْنِ حَسَنَةَ يَقُولُ قَعَدَ يَبُولُ كَمَا تَبُولُ الْمَرْأَةُ .
Jabir bin `Abdullah Narrated from:
The Messenger of Allah forbade us to urinate while standing. (Da'if) I heard Muhammed bin Yazid, Abu 'Abdullah, say: "I heard Ahmad bin 'Abdur-Rahman Al-Makhzumi say: 'Sufyan Ath-Thawri said concerning the Hadith of 'Aisha- 'I (always) saw him urinating whilst sitting down' - a man knows more about that (about such matters) than she.' Ahmad bin 'Abdur-Rahman said: 'It was the custom of the Arabs to urinate standing up. Do you not see that in the Hadith of 'Abdur-Rahman bin Hasanah it was said: 'He sits down to urinate as a woman does.'"
[1] That is, Ibn Mâjah. [2] See no. 346.Reference : Sunan Ibn Majah 309In-book reference : Book 1, Hadith 43English translation : Vol. 1, Book 1, Hadith 309
Summary of Sunan Ibn Majah Hadith 309
This Hadith says that Jabir bin Abdullah narrated that the Messenger of Allah forbade urinating while standing. The provided text marks the narration as Da'if. It also records later comments about the narration of Aishah and the custom of Arabs, including a mention of another report about sitting to urinate. The main point in the direct wording is the prohibition reported by Jabir. Since the text itself includes grading and comments, a careful explanation should mention them without adding outside rulings. For searches like prohibition of urinating while standing hadith, this narration is directly connected to that phrase.
What we learn from this hadith
- The reported wording forbids urinating while standing.
- The provided text marks this narration as Da'if.
- The narration includes comments about how people understood the issue.
- The topic should be handled carefully because nearby reports mention different details.
