Darussalam · Volume 1
(1) The Chapters OfPurification And ItsSunnahSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 322 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 116
Source no. 322 · Volume 1 · Page 394
Sahih
صحيح، صحيح أبي داود (٩)
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322. 'Abdullāh bin 'Umar said: "People say: 'When you sit to relieve yourself, do not face the Qiblah.' But one day I climbed up onto the roof of our house, and I saw the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ sitting on two bricks (to relieve himself), facing the direction of Baitul-Maqdis (Jerusalem)." This is a Hadith narrated by Yazid bin Hārūn. (Sahih)
322 - حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْحَمِيدِ بْنُ حَبِيبٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ، ح، وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ خَلَّادٍ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، أَنَّ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ يَحْيَى بْنِ حَبَّانَ، أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ عَمَّهُ وَاسِعَ بْنَ حَبَّانَ، أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ، قَالَ: يَقُولُ أُنَاسٌ: إِذَا قَعَدْتَ لِلْغَائِطِ فَلَا تَسْتَقْبِلِ الْقِبْلَةَ، وَلَقَدْ ظَهَرْتُ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ مِنَ الْأَيَّامِ عَلَى ظَهْرِ بَيْتِنَا، فَرَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «قَاعِدًا عَلَى لَبِنَتَيْنِ، مُسْتَقْبِلَ بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ» هَذَا حَدِيثُ يَزِيدَ بْنِ هَارُونَ
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This was the apartment of the Mother of the Believers Hafsah ﷺ the sister of the narrator of the Hadith 'Abdullāh bin 'Umar ﷺ. (see Bukhārī: 148) The narrator described the house as his own because it was his sister's house. The words 'I saw the Messenger of Allāh' does not mean that Ibn 'Umar saw the Prophet ﷺ without a screen covering him. The fact of the matter is that the toilet wall being not very high he was able to see the Prophet's head, which indicated that the Prophet ﷺ was sitting with his back towards the House of Allāh and face towards the Baitul-Maqdis (Jerusalem). As for the mud bricks, Ibn 'Umar already knew that they were there. (See Fathul-Bārī (Eng.) p. 28/1).