Sahih al-Bukhari

Sahih al-Bukhari 145

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ حَبَّانَ، عَنْ عَمِّهِ، وَاسِعِ بْنِ حَبَّانَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ، أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ إِنَّ نَاسًا يَقُولُونَ إِذَا قَعَدْتَ عَلَى حَاجَتِكَ، فَلاَ تَسْتَقْبِلِ الْقِبْلَةَ وَلاَ بَيْتَ الْمَقْدِسِ‏.‏ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ لَقَدِ ارْتَقَيْتُ يَوْمًا عَلَى ظَهْرِ بَيْتٍ لَنَا، فَرَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَلَى لَبِنَتَيْنِ مُسْتَقْبِلاً بَيْتَ الْمَقْدِسِ لِحَاجَتِهِ‏.‏ وَقَالَ لَعَلَّكَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى أَوْرَاكِهِمْ، فَقُلْتُ لاَ أَدْرِي وَاللَّهِ‏.‏ قَالَ مَالِكٌ يَعْنِي الَّذِي يُصَلِّي وَلاَ يَرْتَفِعُ عَنِ الأَرْضِ، يَسْجُدُ وَهُوَ لاَصِقٌ بِالأَرْضِ‏.‏

Translation

'Abd Allah ibn Yusuf narrated to us, saying: Malik informed us, from Yahya ibn Sa'id, from Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Habban, from his uncle Wasi' ibn Habban, from 'Abd Allah ibn 'Umar, who used to say: People say that when you sit to relieve yourself, you must not face the qiblah or Bayt al-Maqdis. 'Abd Allah ibn 'Umar said: One day I climbed onto the roof of one of our houses and saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sitting on two bricks, facing Bayt al-Maqdis while relieving himself. He then said: ‘Perhaps you are among those who pray resting on their hips.’ I said: ‘By Allah, I do not know.’ Malik said: That means a person who prays without lifting himself from the ground, prostrating while pressed against the ground.