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The Prohibition Of Facing The Qiblah When Defecating Or Urinating

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Darussalam · Volume 1

(1) The Chapters OfPurification And ItsSunnah

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الحديث: 318 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 115

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318. It was narrated that Abu Ayyub Ansâri said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ forbade the person who went to the Ghā'if[1] to face the Qiblah. He said: 'Face towards the east or the west.'[2] (Sahih)

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318 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الطَّاهِرِ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ السَّرْحِ قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا أَيُّوبَ الْأَنْصَارِيَّ، يَقُولُ: «نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ يَسْتَقْبِلَ الَّذِي يَذْهَبُ إِلَى الْغَائِطِ الْقِبْلَةَ» وَقَالَ: «شَرِّقُوا أَوْ غَرِّبُوا»

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317 & 318: As will be evident from the Ahādīth of the next chapter, the interdiction only applies to open places. In cases where the toilets are constructed facing that direction, it is allowed to sit in them. However, it is preferable not to make them facing towards the Qiblah initially.