(When any one of you needs to relieve himself, he should not face the qiblah or turn his back to it; face east or west.)
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The questioner : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Hadith: Sahih al-Bukhari 144 Agreed upon by al-Bukhari and Muslim.
"I climbed onto the roof of our house one day and saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) on its two corners, facing the House of Jerusalem to relieve himself." This is agreed upon by al-Bukhari and Muslim from the hadith of Ibn 'Umar, and the wording is al-Bukhari's. In another narration, it says: "on the roof of Hafsa's house," and in another: "on the roof of our house," and all of them are in "al-Sahih."
The Shaykh : ... .
The questioner : What was mentioned about this matter.
The Shaykh : I do not know.
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 يولِّها ظهره ، شرِّقوا أو غرِّبوا"I climbed onto the roof of our house one day and saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) on its two corners, facing the House of Jerusalem to relieve himself." This is agreed upon by al-Bukhari and Muslim from the hadith of Ibn 'Umar, and the wording is al-Bukhari's. In another narration, it says: "on the roof of Hafsa's house," and in another: "on the roof of our house," and all of them are in "al-Sahih."
The Shaykh : ... .
The questioner : What was mentioned about this matter.
The Shaykh : I do not know.
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