حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَی بْنِ فَارِسٍ حَدَّثَنَا صَفْوَانُ بْنُ عِيسَی عَنْ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ ذَکْوَانَ عَنْ مَرْوَانَ الْأَصْفَرِ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ أَنَاخَ رَاحِلَتَهُ مُسْتَقْبِلَ الْقِبْلَةِ ثُمَّ جَلَسَ يَبُولُ إِلَيْهَا فَقُلْتُ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَلَيْسَ قَدْ نُهِيَ عَنْ هَذَا قَالَ بَلَی إِنَّمَا نُهِيَ عَنْ ذَلِکَ فِي الْفَضَائِ فَإِذَا کَانَ بَيْنَکَ وَبَيْنَ الْقِبْلَةِ شَيْئٌ يَسْتُرُکَ فَلَا بَأْسَ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 11
Marwan al-Asfar said: I saw Ibn Umar make his camel kneel down facing the qiblah, then he sat down urinating in its direction. So I said: Abu Abdur Rahman, has this not been forbidden? He replied: Why not, that was forbidden only in open country; but when there is something between you and the qiblah that conceals you, then there is no harm.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020