The Book of Purification and its Sunnah

كتاب الطهارة وسننها

Chapter 43: Rinsing the mouth and sniffing up water into the nostrils with one handful of water

It was narrated from Ibn 'Abbas that

The Messenger of Allah rinsed his mouth and sniffed water up into his nostrils from one scoop of water.

Chapter 45: Concerning ablution washing (each limb) once

It was narrated that 'Umar said

"I saw the Messenger of Allah during the campaign of Tabuk performing ablution, washing each part once."

Chapter 15: It is undesirable (Makruh) to touch the penis and to clean oneself from the call of nature with the right hand

It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'When anyone of you cleans himself, he should not clean himself with his right hand. Let him clean himself with his left hand.'"

Chapter 16: Cleaning oneself with stones, and the prohibition of using dung and bones

It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'I am to you like a father to his son, and I teach you. So when you go to relieve yourselves, do not face the Qiblah or turn your backs towards it.' He ordered us to use three pebbles, and he forbade us to use dung and bones, and he forbade cleaning oneself with the right hand."

It was narrated from 'Abdullah bin Mas'ud

"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.'"

It was narrated that Khuzaimah bin Thabit said

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'For cleaning yourself you need three stones, no one of them being dung.'"

Chapter 17: The prohibition of facing the Qiblah when defecating or urinating

It was narrated from Jabir bin 'Abdullah

"Abu Sa'eed Al-Khudri narrated to me, that he bears witness that the Messenger of Allah forbade facing the Qiblah when defecating or urinating.'"

Chapter 18: Permission concerning that in the toilet with walls and its permissiblity, not in deserts

'Abdullah bin 'Umar said

"People say: 'When you sit to relieve yourself, do not face the Qiblah.' But one day I climbed up onto the roof of our house, and I saw the Messenger of Allah sitting on two bricks (to relieve himself), facing the direction of Baitul-Maqdis (Jerusalem)." This is a Hadith narrated by Yazid bin Harun.

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)."

Chapter 20: One who urinated and did not touch water

It was narrated that 'Aishah said

"The Prophet went out to urinate, and 'Umar followed him with water. He said: 'What is this, O 'Umar?' He said: 'Water.' He said: 'I have not been commanded to perform ablution every time I urinate. If I did that it would have become a Sunnah.'"

Chapter 21: Prohibition of relieving oneself in the middle of the road

Abu Sa'eed Al-Himyari narrated that

Mu'adh bin Jabal used to narrate something that the Companions of the Messenger of Allah had not heard, and he used to keep quiet about what they had heard. News of this report reached 'Abdullah bin 'Amr, and he said: "By Allah, I never heard the Messenger of Allah say this, and Mu'adh will put you into difficulty with regard to relieving yourself." News of that reached Mu'adh, so he met with him ('Abdullah). Mu'adh said: "O 'Abdullah! Denying a Hadith from the Messenger of Allah is hypocrisy, and its sn is upon the one who said it (if it is not true). I did indeed hear the Messenger of Allah say: 'Beware of the three things which provoke curses: Relieving oneself in watering places, in places of shade and in the middle of the street.'"

It was narrated that Jabir bin 'Abdullah said

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Beware of stopping to rest and praying in the middle of the road, for it is the refuge of snakes and carnivorous animals, and beware of relieving yourselves in the middle of the road, for this is an act that provokes curses.'"

Chapter 22: Distancing oneself for defecating outside

It was narrated that Mugirah bin Shu'bah said

"Whenever the Prophet went to relieve himself, he would go far away."

Chapter 23: Looking for a place to defecate or urinate

A similar report was narrated by 'Abdul-Malik bin As-Sabbah with a similar chain, with the additional words

"Whoever applies kohl to his eyes, let him add it an odd number of times. Whoever does that has done well, and whoever does not, there is no harm in it. And whoever dislodges (a particle of food from between the teeth) by dislodging it with his tongue, let him swallow it."

It was narrated from Ya'la bin Murrah that his father said

"I was with the Prophet on a journey, and he wanted to relieve himself. He said to me: 'Go to those two small date-palm trees and tell them: "The Messenger of Allah orders you to come together.'" So they came together and he concealed himself behind them, and relieved himself. Then he said to me: 'Go to them and tell them: "Go back, each one of you, to your places.'" So I said that to them and they went back."

Chapter 25: The prohibition of urinating into standing water

It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'No one among you should urinate into standing water.'"

Chapter 26: Strictness concerning urination

It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbas said

"The Messenger of Allah passed by two new graves, and he said: 'They are being punished, but they are not being punished for anything major. One of them was heedless about preventing urine from getting on his clothes, and the other used to walk about spreading malicious gossip.'"

Chapter 27: A man who is greeted while he is urinating

It was narrated that Muhajir bin Qunfudh bin (Umair) bin Jud'an said

"I came to the Prophet when he was performing ablution and greeted him with the Salam, but he did not return (the greeting). When he had finished his ablution he said: 'Nothing prevented me from returning your greeting but the fact that I need to have ablution.'" (Da'if)Another chain with similar wording.

It was narrated from Jabir bin `Abdullah that

"A man passed by the Prophet while he was urinating, and greeted him by the Salam. The Messenger of Allah said to him: "If you see me in this situation, do not greet me with the Salam, for if you do that I will not respond to you.'"

Chapter 28: Cleaning oneself with water (Istinja')

It was narrated that 'Aishah said

"I never saw the Messenger of Allah come out of the toilet without first (cleansing himself) with water."