The Prohibition Of Facing The Qiblah When Defecating Or Urinating
Darussalam · Volume 1
(1) The Chapters OfPurification And ItsSunnahSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 320 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 116
Source no. 321 · Volume 1 · Page 392
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320. It was narrated from Jābir bin 'Abdullāh: "Abu Sa'eed Al-Khudri narrated to me, that he bears witness that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ forbade facing the Qiblah when defecating or urinating." (Sahih) [1] Ghā'if 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. [3] i.e., Jerusalem and Makkah.
320 - حَدَّثَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مَرْوَانُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيُّ، أَنَّهُ شَهِدَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: أَنَّهُ «نَهَى أَنْ نَسْتَقْبِلَ الْقِبْلَةَ بِغَائِطٍ أَوْ بِبَوْلٍ»
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The expression 'He bears witness' means that he bears the testimony that the Prophet ﷺ did forbid facing the Qiblah while urinating or defecating. The tone of the speech used by the narrator has been adopted to make the narration more forceful. It is also meant to convey the idea that the narrator has heard it firsthand from the Prophet ﷺ, without the intervention of any other Companion.