Reading from the book al-Bidaya by al-Ghumari with commentary by the Shaykh.
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The reader: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The hadith: Sahih al-Bukhari 144 Agreed upon by al-Bukhari and Muslim.
Muwatta Malik 14:3 Agreed upon by al-Bukhari and Muslim, from the hadith of Ibn 'Umar, with the wording of al-Bukhari. In one narration: And in another: All of them are in the authentic collections.
The Shaykh : Very well.
The questioner : What is mentioned here about this matter.
If anyone of you goes to an open space for answering the call of nature he should neither face nor turn his back towards the Qibla; he should either face the east or the west.
إذا أتى أحدكم الغائط فلا يستقبل القبلة ولا يولها ظهره شرّقوا أو غربواI went upon top of a house of ours and saw the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, (squatting) on two unfired bricks facing the Bayt al-Maqdis, relieving himself.
لقد ارتقيت على ظهر بيت لنا فرأيت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم على لبنيتن مستقبلا بيت القدس لحاجتهOn the roof of Hafsa's house.
على بيت حفصةOn the roof of our house.
على ظهر بيتناThe Shaykh : Very well.
The questioner : What is mentioned here about this matter.