أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ وَالْحَارِثُ بْنُ مِسْکِينٍ قِرَائَةً عَلَيْهِ وَأَنَا أَسْمَعُ وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ عَنْ ابْنِ الْقَاسِمِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَالِکٌ عَنْ إِسْحَقَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ عَنْ رَافِعِ بْنِ إِسْحَقَ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا أَيُّوبَ الْأَنْصَارِيَّ وَهُوَ بِمِصْرَ يَقُولُ وَاللَّهِ مَا أَدْرِي کَيْفَ أَصْنَعُ بِهَذِهِ الْکَرَايِيسِ وَقَدْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا ذَهَبَ أَحَدُکُمْ إِلَی الْغَائِطِ أَوْ الْبَوْلِ فَلَا يَسْتَقْبِلْ الْقِبْلَةَ وَلَا يَسْتَدْبِرْهَا
سنن نسائی · Hadith 20
It was narrated from Rafi’ bin Ishaq that he heard Abu Ayyub Al-Ansari say — when he was in Egypt: “By Allah, I do not know what I should do with these Karais (toilets). The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم said: ‘When any one of you goes to defecate or urinate, let him not face toward the Qiblah, nor turn his back towards it.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020