Discussion on facing the qiblah while urinating or defecating.

The Shaykh : The most important thing I wish to clarify is This hadith is general and includes open spaces and buildings, but the Sunnah indicates that it is permissible to turn one’s back to the qiblah in buildings, though not to face it. Ibn ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with him and his father) said: On this occasion, I would like to say to our brothers who have built their toilets facing the qiblah: change them, change them, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade it; he forbade facing the qiblah while defecating or urinating. Are you content to remain relieving yourself and enjoying one of Allah’s blessings upon you while you are disobeying Him?
Changing these toilets is easy and does not cost more than a trivial amount. Someone might say: I sit on it and place the qiblah to my right or left. We say: if we assume this is possible for you, it will not be possible for those who come after you. The toilet is entered by you in your lifetime and by others after you. Do you want their sins to be upon you? No. Therefore, I say to my brothers that orienting toilets toward the qiblah is forbidden, and turning one’s back to it? What? It is permissible. The evidence for its permissibility is the hadith of Ibn ‘Umar: .
We return to the verse.