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Sunan Ibn MajahThe Book of Purification and its Sunnah

Sunan Ibn Majah 309

Chapter: Urinating while sitting

Differing grades 4 scholars’ grades Sunan Ibn Majah 309

Narrator:Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh

حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ الْفَضْلِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَامِرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَدِيُّ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ، عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ

نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ أَنْ يَبُولَ قَائِمًا ‏.‏

It was narrated that Jabir bin 'Abdullah said:

"The Messenger of Allah forbade us to urinate while standing." (Da'if) I heard Muhammed bin Yazid, Abu 'Abdullah, say: "I heard Ahmad bin 'Abdur-Rahman Al-Makhzumi say: 'Sufyan Ath-Thawri said concerning the Hadith of 'Aisha- 'I (always) saw him urinating whilst sitting down' - a man knows more about that (about such matters) than she.' Ahmad bin 'Abdur-Rahman said: 'It was the custom of the Arabs to urinate standing up. Do you not see that in the Hadith of 'Abdur-Rahman bin Hasanah it was said: 'He sits down to urinate as a woman does.'"

Reported by Ibn Majah (No. 309).

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Classical commentary

Al-Sindi — Hashiyat al-Sindi on Sunan Ibn Majah

قَوْله ( حَدَّثَنَا عَدِيّ بْن الْفَضْل ) فِي الزَّوَائِد اِتَّفَقُوا عَلَى ضَعْفه قَوْله ( قَعَدَ يَبُول كَمَا تَبُول الْمَرْأَة ) أَيْ فَشَبَّهُوا الْبَوْل قَاعِدًا بِبَوْلِ الْمَرْأَة فَعُلِمَ مِنْهُ أَنَّ عَادَة الرِّجَال كَانَتْ تَبُول قِيَامًا.…

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Scholars’ grades

The 4 scholars cited do not give the same grade: each one is shown below.

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH Very weakVery Daif The hadith No. 309
Shu'ayb al-Arna'utd. 1438 AH Very weakVery Daif The hadith No. 309
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 309
Muhammad Fu'ad Abd al-Baqid. 1388 AH Very weakVery Daif The hadith No. 309
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