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Sunan Ibn Majah 325

Chapter: Permission concerning that in the toilet with walls and its permissiblity, not in deserts

Good (hasan) 4 scholars’ grades Sunan Ibn Majah 325

Narrator:Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي قَالَ، سَمِعْتُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ أَبَانَ بْنِ صَالِحٍ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، قَالَ

نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ أَنْ نَسْتَقْبِلَ الْقِبْلَةَ بِبَوْلٍ فَرَأَيْتُهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُقْبَضَ بِعَامٍ يَسْتَقْبِلُهَا

It was narrated that Jabir said:

"The Messenger of Allah forbade facing the Qiblah when urinating. But I saw him, one year before he died, facing the Qiblah (while urinating)."

Reported by Ibn Majah (No. 325), Abu Dawud (No. 13) and At-Tirmidhi (No. 9).

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Classical commentary

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

قَوْله ( فَرَأَيْته قَبْل أَنْ يُقْبَض ) هَذَا مَبْنِيّ عَلَى أَنَّ النَّهْي كَانَ مَخْصُوصًا لَا أَنَّ الثَّانِي جَاءَ نَاسِخًا لِعُمُومِ الْأَوَّل كَمَا هُوَ ظَاهِر الْحَدِيث لِعَدَمِ مُوَافَقَته لِلْأَحَادِيثِ الْمُتَقَدِّمَة وَحَدِيث جَابِر هَذَا قَدْ حَسَّنَهُ التِّرْمِذِيّ وَلَا يَخْفَى أَنَّ الْجَمْع بَيْن هَذِهِ الْأَحَادِيث يُبْطِل قَوْل الْمَانِعِينَ عَنْ الِاسْتِقْبَال مُطْلَقًا أَنَّ مَا جَاءَ مَنّ الِاسْتِقْبَال يُحْمَل عَلَى أَنَّهُ كَانَ قَبْل النَّهْي أَوْ بَعْده لَكِنَّهُ مَخْصُوص بِهِ وَالنَّهْي لِغَيْرِهِ أَوْ كَانَ لِلضَّرُورَةِ وَالنَّهْي عِنْد عَدَمهَا إِذْ الْفِعْل لَا عُمُوم لَهُ فَلْيُتَأَمَّلْ وَاللَّهُ تَعَالَى أَعْلَم.…

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Scholars’ grades

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH Good (hasan)Hasan The hadith No. 325
Shu'ayb al-Arna'utd. 1438 AH Good (hasan)Hasan The hadith No. 325
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH Good (hasan)Hasan The hadith No. 325
Muhammad Fu'ad Abd al-Baqid. 1388 AH Good (hasan)Hasan The hadith No. 325

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  • الاعتبار في الناسخ والمنسوخ من الآثار للحازمي (40)نَسْتَقْبِلَ الْقِبْلَةَ بِبَوْلٍ ، فَرَأَيْتُهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُقْبَضَ بِعَامٍ يَسْتَقْبِلُهَا
  • صحيح ابن خزيمة (61)نَسْتَقْبِلَ الْقِبْلَةَ بِبَوْلٍ ، فَرَأَيْتُهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُقْبَضَ بِعَامٍ يَسْتَقْبِلُهَا

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Authentic Sahih Muslim 262b

None of you should clean himself with less than three stones

The polytheists said to us: I see that your companion teaches you everything, even how to relieve yourselves. He said: Yes, indeed. He forbade us from using our right hand for cleaning ourselves, or facing the Qiblah (direction of prayer), and he prohibited us from using dung and bones, and said…

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The Prophet (ﷺ) went out to answer the call of nature and asked me to bring three stones. I found two stones and searched for the third but could not find it. So took a dried piece of dung and brought it to him. He took the two stones and threw away the dung and said, "This is a filthy thing."

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"The Messenger of Allah went to the toilet and said: 'Bring me three stones.' So I brought him two stones and a piece of dung. He took the two stones and threw the dung away, saying: 'It is impure.'"

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