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nasai:23 – Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Mālik > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá b. Ḥabbān from his uncle Wāsiʿ b. Ḥabbān > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

"I climbed on the roof of our house and saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on two bricks, facing toward Bait Al-Maqdis (jerusalem), relieving himself."  

النسائي:٢٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ حَبَّانَ عَنْ عَمِّهِ وَاسِعِ بْنِ حَبَّانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

لَقَدِ ارْتَقَيْتُ عَلَى ظَهْرِ بَيْتِنَا فَرَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى لَبِنَتَيْنِ مُسْتَقْبِلَ بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ لِحَاجَتِهِ  

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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  

abudawud:12 – ʿAbdullāh b. Maslamah > Mālik > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá b. Ḥabbān from his uncle Wāsiʿ b. Ḥabbān > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

I ascended the roof of the house and saw the Apostle of Allaah ( sal Allaahu alayhi wa sallam) sitting on two bricks facing Jerusalem (Bait al-Maqdis) for relieving himself.  

أبو داود:١٢ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ حَبَّانَ عَنْ عَمِّهِ وَاسِعِ بْنِ حَبَّانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

لَقَدِ ارْتَقَيْتُ عَلَى ظَهْرِ الْبَيْتِ فَرَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى لَبِنَتَيْنِ مُسْتَقْبِلَ بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ لِحَاجَتِهِ  

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  

darimi:694 – Yazīd b. Hārūn > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá b. Ḥabbān > ʿAmmah Wāsiʿ b. Ḥabbān > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] "I climbed onto the roof of our house and I saw the Prophet ﷺ sitting on the edge facing the direction of Bayt al-Maqdis."  

الدارمي:٦٩٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ يَحْيَى بْنِ حَبَّانَ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ عَمَّهُ وَاسِعَ بْنَ حَبَّانَ أَخْبَرَهُ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

رَقَيْتُ عَََلَى ظَهْرِ بَيْتِنَا فَرَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَلَى ظَهْرِ بَيْتِنَا فَرَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ جَالِسًا عَلَى لَبِنَتَيْنِ مُسْتَقْبِلَ بَيْتِ 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»  

nasai-kubra:22 – Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Mālik > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá b. Ḥabbān from his uncle Wāsiʿ b. Ḥabbān > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

I ascended the roof of the house and saw the Apostle of Allaah ( sal Allaahu alayhi wa sallam) sitting on two bricks facing Jerusalem (Bait al-Maqdis) for relieving himself. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 12)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٢٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ حَبَّانَ عَنْ عَمِّهِ وَاسِعِ بْنِ حَبَّانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

«لَقَدِ ارْتَقَيْتُ عَلَى ظَهَرِ بَيْتِنَا فَرَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى لَبِنَتَيْنِ مُسْتَقْبِلَ بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ لِحَاجَتِهِ»