It was narrated from Rafi' bin Ishaq that he heard Abu Ayyub Al-Ansari say - when he was in Egypt:
"By Allah, I do not know what I should do with these Karais (toilets). The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'When any one of you goes to defecate or urinate, let him not face toward the Qiblah, nor turn his back towards it."
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، وَالْحَارِثُ بْنُ مِسْكِينٍ، قِرَاءَةً عَلَيْهِ وَأَنَا أَسْمَعُ، وَاللَّفْظُ، لَهُ عَنِ ابْنِ الْقَاسِمِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ، عَنْ رَافِعِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا أَيُّوبَ الأَنْصَارِيَّ، وَهُوَ بِمِصْرَ يَقُولُ وَاللَّهِ مَا أَدْرِي كَيْفَ أَصْنَعُ بِهَذِهِ الْكَرَايِيسِ وَقَدْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم
إِذَا ذَهَبَ أَحَدُكُمْ إِلَى الْغَائِطِ أَوِ الْبَوْلِ فَلاَ يَسْتَقْبِلِ الْقِبْلَةَ وَلاَ يَسْتَدْبِرْهَا
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Isnad
7 transmitters- 1Muhammad bin Salmahd. 191 AH
- 2al-Harith bin Mskyn bin MuhammadEgypt · d. 250 AH
- 3'Abdur Rahman bin al-QasimEgypt · d. 191 AH
- 4Imam MaalikMedina · d. 179 AH/795 CE
- 5Ishaq bin 'Abdullah bin Abi TalhaMedina · d. 132 AH or after
- 6Rafa'i bin IshaqMedina
- 7Abu Ayyub al-AnsariMedinah/Iraq/Egypt · d. 49 AH or 52 AH/670 CE
References2 variants
- In-Book Reference
- Book 1, Hadith 20
- English Reference
- Vol. 1, Book 1, Hadith 20