Sahih al-Bukhari

Hadith 394

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The Qiblah for the people of Al-Madīna, Shām and the East.

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Darussalam · Volume 1

8 - THE BOOK OF AṢ-ṢALĀT(The Prayer)

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الحديث: 394 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 88

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394. Narrated Abū Ayyūb Al-Anṣārī رضي الله عنه : The Prophet ﷺ said, "While defecating, neither face nor turn your back to the Qiblah (Ka'bah at Makkah) but face either east or west." Abū Ayyūb added. "When we arrived in Shām we came across some lavatories facing the Qiblah; therefore we turned ourselves while using them and asked for Allāh's forgiveness."

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394 - حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الزُّهْرِيُّ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ اللَّيْثِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ الأَنْصَارِيِّ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «إِذَا أَتَيْتُمُ الغَائِطَ فَلاَ تَسْتَقْبِلُوا القِبْلَةَ، وَلاَ تَسْتَدْبِرُوهَا وَلَكِنْ شَرِّقُوا أَوْ غَرِّبُوا» قَالَ أَبُو أَيُّوبَ: «فَقَدِمْنَا الشَّأْمَ فَوَجَدْنَا مَرَاحِيضَ بُنِيَتْ قِبَلَ القِبْلَةِ فَنَنْحَرِفُ، وَنَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى»، وَعَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا أَيُّوبَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِثْلَهُ

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