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Sunan Ibn Majah 318 — The Book of Purification and its Sunnah
The prohibition of facing the Qiblah when defecating or urinating
Sunan Ibn Majah : 318
Sunan Ibn MajahHadith Number 318
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الطَّاهِرِ، أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ السَّرْحِ أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا أَيُّوبَ الأَنْصَارِيَّ، يَقُولُ نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ أَنْ يَسْتَقْبِلَ الَّذِي يَذْهَبُ إِلَى الْغَائِطِ الْقِبْلَةَ وَقَالَ " شَرِّقُوا أَوْ غَرِّبُوا " .
Abu Ayyub Ansari Narrated from:
The Messenger of Allah forbade the person who went to the Gha'it to face the Qiblah. He said: 'face towards the east or the west.'
[1] Ghâ'it refers to defecation, and to the hole in which one defecates.[2] This applied specifically to the people of Al-Madinah because the Qiblah for them was towards the south.Reference : Sunan Ibn Majah 318In-book reference : Book 1, Hadith 52English translation : Vol. 1, Book 1, Hadith 318
