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ibnmajah:322 – [Chain 1] Hishām b. ʿAmmār > ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd b. Ḥabīb > al-Awzāʿī > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd al-Anṣārī [Chain 2] Abū Bakr b. Khalāad And Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá > Yazīd b. Hārūn > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá b. Ḥabbān > ʿAmmah Wāsiʿ b. Ḥabbān > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

"People say: 'When you sit to relieve yourself, do not face the Qiblah.' But one day I climbed up onto the roof of our house, and I saw the Messenger of Allah sitting on two bricks (to relieve himself), facing the direction of Baitul-Maqdis (Jerusalem)." This is a Hadith narrated by Yazid bin Harun.  

ابن ماجة:٣٢٢ – حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْحَمِيدِ بْنُ حَبِيبٍ حَدَّثَنَا الأَوْزَاعِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الأَنْصَارِيُّ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ خَلاَّدٍ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أَنْبَأَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ يَحْيَى بْنِ حَبَّانَ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ عَمَّهُ وَاسِعَ بْنَ حَبَّانَ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ قَالَ يَقُولُ

أُنَاسٌ إِذَا قَعَدْتَ لِلْغَائِطِ فَلاَ تَسْتَقْبِلِ الْقِبْلَةَ وَلَقَدْ ظَهَرْتُ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ مِنَ الأَيَّامِ عَلَى ظَهْرِ بَيْتِنَا فَرَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَاعِدًا عَلَى لَبِنَتَيْنِ مُسْتَقْبِلَ بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ هَذَا حَدِيثُ يَزِيدَ بْنِ هَارُونَ  

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Collected by Bukhārī, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān
bukhari:149 – Yaʿqūb b. Ibrāhīm > Yazīd b. Hārūn > Yaḥyá > Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá b. Ḥabbān > ʿAmmah Wāsiʿ b. Ḥabbān > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

Once I went up the roof of our house and saw Messenger of Allah ﷺ answering the call of nature while sitting over two bricks facing Baitul-Maqdis (Jerusalem). (See Hadith No. 147).  

البخاري:١٤٩ – حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ حَبَّانَ أَنَّ عَمَّهُ وَاسِعَ بْنَ حَبَّانَ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ

أَخْبَرَهُ قَالَ لَقَدْ ظَهَرْتُ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ عَلَى ظَهْرِ بَيْتِنَا فَرَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَاعِدًا عَلَى لَبِنَتَيْنِ مُسْتَقْبِلَ بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ  

ahmad:4991 – Yazīd > Yaḥyá > Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá > ʿAmmah Wāsiʿ b. Ḥabbān > Ibn ʿUmar

Once I went up the roof of our house and saw Messenger of Allah ﷺ answering the call of nature while sitting over two bricks facing Baitul-Maqdis (Jerusalem). (See Hadith No. 147). (Using translation from Bukhārī 149)  

أحمد:٤٩٩١ – حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى أَنَّ عَمَّهُ وَاسِعَ بْنَ حَبَّانَ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ ابْنَ عُمَرَ قَالَ

لَقَدْ ظَهَرْتُ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ عَلَى ظَهْرِ بَيْتِنَا فَرَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَاعِدًا عَلَى لَبِنَتَيْنِ مُسْتَقْبِلًا بَيْتَ الْمَقْدِسِ  

ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الدَّالِّ عَلَى أَنَّ الزَّجْرَ عَنِ اسْتِقْبَالِ الْقِبْلَةِ وَاسْتِدْبَارِهَا بِالْغَائِطِ، وَالْبَوْلِ إِنَّمَا زُجِرَ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فِي الصَّحَارِي دُونَ الْكُنُفِ وَالْمَوَاضِعِ الْمَسْتُورَةِ

ibnhibban:1421 – ʿUmar b. Saʿīd b. Sinān > Aḥmad b. Abū Bakr > Mālik > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Muḥammad b. Ḥibbān from his uncle Wāsiʿ b. Ḥabbān > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] He used to say that some people would say, "If you sit for your need, do not face the Qibla (direction of prayer) or the Al-Aqsa Mosque. I climbed on the back of our house and saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sitting with his back towards the Qibla for his need."  

ابن حبّان:١٤٢١ – أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ حِبَّانَ عَنْ عَمِّهِ وَاسِعِ بْنِ حَبَّانَ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ إِنَّ نَاسًا يَقُولُونَ إِذَا قَعَدْتَ لِحَاجَتِكَ فَلَا تَسْتَقْبِلِ الْقِبْلَةَ وَلَا بَيْتَ الْمَقْدِسِ لَقَدِ ارْتَقَيْتُ عَلَى ظَهْرِ بَيْتِنَا «فَرَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى لَبِنَتَيْنِ مُسْتَقْبِلَ بَيْتَ الْمَقْدِسِ لِحَاجَتِهِ»