English translation
305. It was narrated from Hudhaifah that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ came to the garbage dump of some people and he urinated on it standing up. (Sahih)
Hadith 305
Urinating While Standing(المعجم ١٣) - بَابُ مَا جَاءَ فِي الْبَوْلِ
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Darussalam · Volume 1
(1) The Chapters OfPurification And ItsSunnahSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
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الحديث: 305 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 111
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Source no. 305 · Volume 1 · Page 377
Sahih
صحيح، الإرواء (٥٧) ، صحيح أبي داود (١٨) ، الروض النضير (٢٨١ و ٢٨٤) ، الصحيحة (٢٠١)
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Arabic text
305 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكٌ، وَهُشَيْمٌ، وَوَكِيعٌ، عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ، عَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «أَتَى سُبَاطَةَ قَوْمٍ، فَبَالَ عَلَيْهَا قَائِمًا»
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The best way to urinate is to do it in a sitting position. It was a part of the Prophet's normal practice to urinate while sitting. On this occasion the Prophet ﷺ is reported to have urinated in the standing position. Maybe, his intention was to show to the Ummah that this was also permissible, so that a hard pressed man, obliged to do so, does not suffer from guilt-consciousness. There is also the possibility that the Prophet ﷺ himself was faced with a situation where he feared to defile his clothes if he did it in a sitting position, or maybe he found it too difficult to sit down at that hour. However, Allāh knows best of all. It is nevertheless essential that all of us take due precaution lest a splash of urine should defile our clothing.