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Yahya related to me from Malik from one of the Ansar that the
Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, forbade
defecating or urinating while facing the qibla.
Muwatta Malik Book 14, Hadith 2
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Yahya related to me from Malik from Ishaq ibn Abdullah ibn Abi
Talha that Rafiibn Ishaq, a mawla of the family of ash-Shifa who was
known as the mawla of Abu Talha, heard Abu Ayyub al-Ansari, one of the
companions of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant
him peace, say, while he was in Egypt, "By Allah! I don't know how to
deal with these lavatories." The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless
him and grant him peace, said, "When you go to defecate or urinate, do
not expose your genitals towards the qibla, and do not put your back
to it."
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Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said from Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Habban from his paternal uncle, Wasi ibn Habban, that Abdullah ibn Umar said, "People say, 'When you sit to relieve yourself, do not face the qibla or the Bayt al-Maqdis.' " Abdullah continued, "I 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." Ibn Umar added, "Perhaps you are one of those who pray folded on their haunches." Wasi replied, "I don't know, by Allah!"