Yahya related to me from Malik from Ishaq ibn Abdullah
ibn Abi Talha that Rafiibn Ishaq, a mawla of the family of
ash-Shifa who was known as the mawla of Abu Talha, heard
Abu Ayyub al-Ansari, one of the companions of the
Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, say, while he was in Egypt, "By Allah! I don't know
how to deal with these lavatories." The Messenger of
Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said,
"When you go to defecate or urinate, do not expose your
genitals towards the qibla, and do not put your back to
it."
Yahya related to me from Malik from one of the Ansar
that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant
him peace, forbade defecating or urinating while facing
the qibla.
14.2 Permission to Face the Qibla when Urinating or
Defecating
Section: Permission to Face the Qibla when Urinating or
Defecating
Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said from
Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Habban from his paternal uncle,
Wasi ibn Habban, that Abdullah ibn Umar said, "People say,
'When you sit to relieve yourself, do not face the qibla
or the Bayt al-Maqdis.' "
Abdullah continued, "I went upon top of a house of ours
and saw the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, (squatting) on two unfired bricks facing
the Bayt al-Maqdis, relieving himself."
Ibn Umar added, "Perhaps you are one of those who pray
folded on their haunches."
Wasi replied, "I don't know, by Allah!"
Malik said that he meant som one who, when he
prostrated, kept his body close to the ground.
Section: The Prohibition against Spitting towards the
Qibla
Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi from Abdullah
ibn Umar that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him
and grant him peace, saw spittle on the wall of the qibla
and scraped it off. Then he went up to the people and
said, "Do not spit in front of you when you are praying,
because Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, is in front of you
when you pray."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa
from his father from A'isha, the wife of the Prophet,
mayAllah bless him and grant him peace, that the Prophet,
may Allah bless him and grant him peace, saw spittle, or
mucus or phlegm, on the wall of the qibla and scraped it
off.
Yahya related to me from Malik from Abdullah ibn Dinar
that Abdullah ibn Umar said, "On one occasion when the
people were praying subhat Quba a man came to them and
said, 'A piece of Qur'an was sent down to the Messenger of
Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, last
night, and he was ordered to face the Kaba, so face it.'
They had been facing ash-Sham, so they turned round and
faced the Kaba.''
Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said that
Said ibn al-Musayyab said, "The Messenger of Allah, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace, prayed towards the
Baytal-Maqdis for sixteen months after arriving in Madina.
Then the qibla was moved, two months before the battle of
Badr. "
Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Umar ibn
al-Khattab said, "Any direction that is between east and
west can be taken as a qibla if the person praying is
face-on to the House."
Section: Concerning the Mosque of the Prophet, may Allah
Bless Him and Grant Him Peace
Yahya related to me from Malik from Zayd ibn Rabah and
Ubaydullah ibn Abi Abdullah Salman al-Agharr from Abu
Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him
and grant him peace, said, "A prayer in this mosque of
mine is better than a thousand prayers in any other
mosque, except the Masjid al-Haram (in Makka)."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Khubayb ibn Abd
ar-Rahman from Hafs ibn Asim from Abu Hurayra or from Abu
Said al-Khudri that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah
bless him and grant him peace, said, "What is between my
house and my mimbar is one of the meadows of the Garden,
and my mimbar is on my watering-place (al-Hawd)."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Abdullah ibn Abi
Bakr from Abbad ibn Tamim from Abdullah ibn Zayd al-Mazini
that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant
him peace, said, "What is between my house and my mimbar
is one of the meadows of the Garden."
Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that
Abdullah ibn Umar said, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah
bless him and grant him peace, said, 'Do not forbid the
female slaves of Allah from (going into) the mosques of
Allah.' "
Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard from
Busr ibn Said that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless
him and grant him peace, said, "None of you women should
use perfume when you are present at the isha prayer."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said that
Atika bint Zayd ibn Amr ibn Nufayl, the wife of Umar ibn
al-Khattab, used to ask Umar ibn al-Khattab for permission
to go to the mosque. He would keep silent, so she would
say, "By Allah, I will go out, unless you forbid me," and
he would not forbid her.
Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said from
Amra bint Abd ar-Rahman that A'isha, the wife of the
Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said,
"If the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant
him peace, had seen what women do now, he would have
forbidden them to go into the mosques, just as the women
of the Bani Israil were forbidden."
Yahya ibn Said said that he asked Amra, "Were the women
of the Bani Israil forbidden to go into the mosques?" and
she said, "Yes."