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abudawud:29 – ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUmar b. Maysarah > Muʿādh b. Hishām from my father > Qatādah > ʿAbdullāh b. Sarjis

The Prophet ﷺ prohibited to urinate in a hole. Qatadah (a narrator) was asked about the reason for the disapproval of urinating in a hole. He replied: It is said that these (holes) are the habitats of the jinn.

أبو داود:٢٩ – حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَرْجِسَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ نَهَى أَنْ يُبَالَ فِي الْجُحْرِ قَالَ قَالُوا لِقَتَادَةَ مَا يُكْرَهُ مِنَ الْبَوْلِ فِي الْجُحْرِ قَالَ كَانَ يُقَالُ إِنَّهَا مَسَاكِنُ الْجِنِّ

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nasai:34 – ʿUbaydullāh b. Saʿīd > Muʿādh b. Hishām from my father > Qatādah > ʿAbdullāh b. Sarjis > Nabī Allāh ﷺ

"None of you should urinate into a burrow in the ground." They said to Qatadah: "Why is it disliked to urinate into a burrow in the ground?" He said: "It is said that these are dwelling-places of the jinn."

النسائي:٣٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَرْجِسَ

أَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ يَبُولَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي جُحْرٍ قَالُوا لِقَتَادَةَ وَمَا يُكْرَهُ مِنَ الْبَوْلِ فِي الْجُحْرِ قَالَ يُقَالُ إِنَّهَا مَسَاكِنُ الْجِنِّ

nasai-kubra:30 – ʿUbaydullāh b. Saʿīd > Muʿādh b. Hishām from my father > Qatādah > ʿAbdullāh b. Sarjis > Nabī Allāh ﷺ

"None of you should urinate into a burrow in the ground." They said to Qatadah: "Why is it disliked to urinate into a burrow in the ground?" He said: "It is said that these are dwelling-places of the jinn." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 34)

الكبرى للنسائي:٣٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ سَرْجِسٍ أَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ

«لَا يَبُولَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي جُحْرٍ» قِيلَ لِقَتَادَةَ وَمَا يُكْرَهُ مِنَ الْبَوْلِ فِي الْجُحْرِ؟ قَالَ يُقَالُ إِنَّهَا مَسَاكِنُ الْجِنِّ