Sahih al-Bukhari
Book 4 / Hadith 10 Dar-us-Salam #144

Sahih al-Bukhari 144

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كتاب الوضوء

Chapter: While urinating or defecating, never face the Qiblah except when you are screened by a building or a wall or something like that

Abu Aiyub Al-Ansari

Narrated Abu Aiyub Al-Ansari:Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "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."

Reference

Sahih al-Bukhari 144

In-book reference

Book 4, Hadith 10

USC-MSA web (English)

Vol. 1, Book 4, Hadith 146

Translation by Dr. M. Muhsin Khan · Language: EN Sahih

Arabic Text

حَدَّثَنَا آدَمُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الزُّهْرِيُّ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ اللَّيْثِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ الأَنْصَارِيِّ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ "‏ إِذَا أَتَى أَحَدُكُمُ الْغَائِطَ فَلاَ يَسْتَقْبِلِ الْقِبْلَةَ وَلاَ يُوَلِّهَا ظَهْرَهُ، شَرِّقُوا أَوْ غَرِّبُوا ‏"‏‏.‏