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Sahih Muslim 264

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: Whenever you go to the desert, neither turn your face nor turn your back towards the Qibla while answering the call of nature, but face…

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وَحَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، وَابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، ح قَالَ: وَحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى، (وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ)

قَالَ قُلْتُ لِسُفْيَانَ بْنِ عُيَيْنَةَ سَمِعْتَ الزُّهْرِيَّ، يَذْكُرُ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ اللَّيْثِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «إِذَا أَتَيْتُمُ الْغَائِطَ فَلَا تَسْتَقْبِلُوا الْقِبْلَةَ وَلَا تَسْتَدْبِرُوهَا بِبَوْلٍ وَلَا غَائِطٍ وَلَكِنْ شَرِّقُوا أَوْ غَرِّبُوا».

قَالَ أَبُو أَيُّوبَ فَقَدِمْنَا الشَّامَ فَوَجَدْنَا مَرَاحِيضَ قَدْ بُنِيَتْ قِبَلَ الْقِبْلَةِ فَنَنْحَرِفُ عَنْهَا وَنَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ قَالَ: نَعَمْ

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: Whenever you go to the desert, neither turn your face nor turn your back towards the Qibla while answering the call of nature, but face towards the east or the west. Abu Ayyub said: When we came to Syria we found that the latrines already built there were facing towards the Qibla. We turned our faces away from them and begged forgiveness of the Lord. He said: Yes.

আবূ বকর ইবনু আবূ শইবাহ, মুহাম্মদ ইবনু আল মুসান্না ও ইবনু বাশশার এবং মুহাম্মদ ইবনু হাতিম (রহঃ) ..... সাঈদ ইবনু ইবরাহীম (রাযিঃ) এর সূত্রে এ সনদে অনুরূপ হাদীস বর্ণনা করেছেন।

شعبہ اور سفیان نے بھی سعد بن ابراہیم سے اسی سند کے ساتھ اسی طرح حدیث بیان کی ہے

Bize Ebu Bekr b. Ebi Şeybe, Muhammed b. el-Müsenna ve İbn Beşşar hep birlikte Muhammed b. Cafer'den tahdis etti, o Şube'den (H) Bana Muhammed b. Hatim de tahdis etti. Bize Yahya b. Said tahdis etti, bize Süfyan tahdis etti. Her ikisi (Şube ve Süfyan) Sa'd b. İbrahim'den bu isnatla hadisi aynen nakletti. 255 – 260 HADİSLER İÇİN

Sahih Muslim 264, Book 2, The Book of Purification, Hadith 76. 1 min read

What it means

The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the one who wants to relieve himself by urinating or defecating from facing the Qiblah and the direction of the Ka‘bah and from turning his back to it by making it behind his back. Rather, he should turn away from that direction towards the east or the west in case his Qiblah is like that of the people of Madīnah.

Then, Abu Ayyūb (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that when they went to the Levant, they found the lavatories, which were set up for answering the call of nature, built facing the direction of the Ka‘bah. So, they used to divert their bodies from the Qiblah and seek forgiveness from Allah despite that.

What it teaches

  • The rationale behind this is to show veneration and respect for the honorable Ka‘bah.
  • Seeking Allah's forgiveness after coming out of the place of answering the call of nature.
  • The good teaching of the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) because when he mentioned what is forbidden, he guided to what is permissible.

From the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, hadeethenc.com.

The chain

Who passed it on, from Imam Muslim back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam MuslimCompiler, died 261 AH
  2. 2Zuhayr ibn HarbTold us, Fourth generation, died 234 AH
  3. 3Abdullah ibn NumayrWith, Third generation, died 199 AH
  4. 4Sufyan ibn UyaynahTold us, Third generation, died 197 AH

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