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The Prohibition Of Turning One's Back Towards The Qiblah When Relieving Oneself

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Darussalam · Volume 1

1. The Book OfPurification

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الحديث: 21 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 22

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21. It was narrated from Abû Ayyûb that the Prophet ﷺ said: "Do not face toward the Qiblah nor turn your backs toward it when defecating or urinating, rather face toward the east or the west." (Sahîh)

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21 - أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ، عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «لَا تَسْتَقْبِلُوا الْقِبْلَةَ، وَلَا تَسْتَدْبِرُوهَا لِغَائِطٍ أَوْ بَوْلٍ، وَلَكِنْ شَرِّقُوا أَوْ غَرِّبُوا»

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"Rather turn to the East or to the West": This phrase relates to people whose Qiblah [the direction of the Ka'bah in Makkah] is not in the direction of the East or the West; for instance, the Qiblah for the inhabitants of Al-Madinah is in the direction of the south. And the inhabitants of Pakistan and India turn their faces toward the East or the South.