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328. Abu Sa'eed Al-Himyari narrated that Mu'adh bin Jabal used to narrate something that the Companions of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ had not heard, and he used to keep quiet about what they had heard. News of this report reached 'Abdullāh bin 'Amr, and he said: "By Allāh, I never heard the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ say this, and Mu'adh will put you into difficulty with regard to relieving yourself." News of that reached Mu'adh, so he met with him ('Abdullāh). Mu'adh said: "O 'Abdullāh! Denying a Hadith from the Messenger of Allāh is hypocrisy, and its sin is upon the one who said it (if it is not true). I did indeed hear the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ say: 'Beware of the three things which provoke curses: Relieving oneself in watering places, in places of shade and in the middle of the street.'" (Da'if)
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Commentary
The term 'watering places' means banks of ponds or rivers etc., frequented by the people for their needs of water or other purposes.
The Prophet's command to avoid relieving oneself in 'the middle of the street' is meant to spare the passers by possible inconvenience.
