Bulugh al-Maram

Bulugh al-Maram 98

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Bulugh al-Maram 98
Arabic hadith text

وَلِلسَّبْعَةِ مِنْ حَدِيثِ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ ‏- رضى الله عنه ‏- { لَا تَسْتَقْبِلُوا اَلْقِبْلَةَ بِغَائِطٍ وَلَا بَوْلٍ, وَلَكِنْ شَرِّقُوا أَوْ غَرِّبُوا } 1‏ .‏‏1 ‏- صحيح.‏ رواه البخاري (144 و 394)‏، ومسلم (264)‏، وأبو داود (9)‏، والنسائي (12‏-23)‏، الترمذي (8)‏، وابن ماجه (318)‏، وأحمد (5 /414 و 416 و 417 و 421)‏.‏

Translation

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

The Seven report from the hadith of Abu Ayyub (may Allah be pleased with him): ‘Do not face the Qiblah while defecating or urinating; instead, turn east or west.’ 1 — Sahih. Reported by al-Bukhari (144 and 394), Muslim (264), Abu Dawud (9), al-Nasa'i (12–23), al-Tirmidhi (8), Ibn Majah (318), and Ahmad (5/414, 416, 417, 421).

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • لَا تَسْتَقْبِلُوا اَلْقِبْلَةَ بِغَائِطٍ وَلَا بَوْلٍ, وَلَكِنْ شَرِّقُوا أَوْ غَرِّبُوا

    The historical English witness adds an explicit prohibition on turning one's back to the Qiblah. The Arabic says not to face it, then to turn east or west; it does not separately mention one's back.

    Should the additional ‘turn your back’ wording be treated as an interpretive expansion of the witness?