Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 9
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ أَبَانَ بْنِ صَالِحٍ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ نَهَى النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنْ نَسْتَقْبِلَ الْقِبْلَةَ بِبَوْلٍ فَرَأَيْتُهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُقْبَضَ بِعَامٍ يَسْتَقْبِلُهَا . وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ وَعَائِشَةَ وَعَمَّارِ بْنِ يَاسِرٍ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ جَابِرٍ فِي هَذَا الْبَابِ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Muhammad ibn Bashshar and Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna said: Wahb ibn Jarir narrated to us; my father narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn Ishaq, from Aban ibn Salih, from Mujahid, from Jabir ibn 'Abd Allah, who said: The Prophet ﷺ forbade us to face the qiblah while urinating, but I saw him facing it a year before he died. There are also reports on this subject from Abu Qatadah, 'A'ishah, and 'Ammar ibn Yasir. Abu 'Isa said: Jabir's hadith on this subject is a hasan gharib hadith.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
نَهَى النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنْ نَسْتَقْبِلَ الْقِبْلَةَ بِبَوْلٍ فَرَأَيْتُهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُقْبَضَ بِعَامٍ يَسْتَقْبِلُهَا
The juxtaposition may be read as a later practice that qualifies the prohibition, but the source itself supplies no explicit reconciliation.
Should an explanatory note identify the apparent tension without resolving it?