The Manners of Answering the Call of Nature Bulugh al-Maram 105
Arabic hadith text
وَعَنْ سُرَاقَةَ بْنِ مَالِكٍ - رضى الله عنه - قَالَ: { عَلَّمْنَا رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ - صلى الله عليه وسلم -فِي اَلْخَلَاءِ:" أَنَّ نَقْعُدَ عَلَى اَلْيُسْرَى, وَنَنْصِبَ اَلْيُمْنَى"} رَوَاهُ اَلْبَيْهَقِيُّ بِسَنَدٍ ضَعِيف ٍ 1 .1 - ضعيف. رواه البيهقي (1/96).
Translation
Narrated Suraqa bin Malik (rad)
Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) educated us about lavatory (manners) that we should sit on our left foot and keep erect our right foot. [Reported by Al-Baihaqi through a chain of weak narrators].