Mishkat al-Masabih

Mishkat al-Masabih 373

Arabic hadith text

عَن مَرْوَان الْأَصْفَر قَالَ: «رَأَيْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ أَنَاخَ رَاحِلَتَهُ مُسْتَقْبِلَ الْقِبْلَةِ ثُمَّ جَلَسَ يَبُولُ إِلَيْهَا فَقُلْتُ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَلَيْسَ قَدْ نُهِيَ عَنْ هَذَا قَالَ بلَى إِنَّمَا نُهِيَ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فِي الْفَضَاءِ فَإِذَا كَانَ بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَ الْقِبْلَةِ شَيْءٌ يَسْتُرُكَ فَلَا بَأْس» . رَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُد

Translation

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

Marwān al-Aṣfar said: “I saw Ibn ʿUmar make his riding camel kneel facing the qibla, then sit and urinate in its direction. I said, ‘Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, has this not been forbidden?’ He replied, ‘Yes, it was forbidden only in open ground. If something screens you from the qibla, there is no harm.’” Abū Dāwūd transmitted it. (Graded ḥasan.)