Sahih al-Bukhari
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Chapter 8 · Prayers (Salat)قِبْلَةِ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ وَأَهْلِ الشَّأْمِ وَالْمَشْرِقِ
The qiblah of the people of Madinah, the people of Syria and the East
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " إِذَا أَتَيْتُمُ الْغَائِطَ فَلاَ تَسْتَقْبِلُوا الْقِبْلَةَ وَلاَ تَسْتَدْبِرُوهَا، وَلَكِنْ شَرِّقُوا أَوْ غَرِّبُوا ". قَالَ أَبُو أَيُّوبَ فَقَدِمْنَا الشَّأْمَ فَوَجَدْنَا مَرَاحِيضَ بُنِيَتْ قِبَلَ الْقِبْلَةِ، فَنَنْحَرِفُ وَنَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى.
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حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الزُّهْرِيُّ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ، عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ الأَنْصَارِيِّ،
Translation
Abu Ayyub reported that the Prophet ﷺ said, “When you go to relieve yourselves, do not face the qiblah nor turn your backs to it, but face east or west.” Abu Ayyub said: We came to Syria and found toilets that had been built facing the qiblah, so we would turn away (from it) and ask Allah the Exalted for forgiveness.
Translator’s note: For the people of Madinah the qiblah lies to the south, so east and west turn away from it.
Other translations
Deutsch
Abu Ayyub berichtete, dass der Prophet ﷺ sagte: „Wenn ihr zur Notdurft geht, dann wendet euch weder der Gebetsrichtung (Qibla) zu noch kehrt ihr den Rücken zu, sondern wendet euch nach Osten oder nach Westen.“ Abu Ayyub sagte: Wir kamen nach Syrien und fanden Aborte vor, die in Gebetsrichtung gebaut waren. Da drehten wir uns (davon) ab und baten Allah, den Erhabenen, um Vergebung.
Translator’s note: Für die Leute Medinas liegt die Gebetsrichtung im Süden; Osten und Westen weichen daher von ihr ab.
Türkçe
Ebû Eyyûb (r.a.), Nebî'nin ﷺ şöyle buyurduğunu rivayet etti: “Def-i hacet için gittiğinizde kıbleye yönelmeyin, ona arkanızı da dönmeyin; doğuya veya batıya dönün.” Ebû Eyyûb dedi ki: Şam'a geldik ve kıble yönünde yapılmış helâlar bulduk. (Oralarda) yönümüzü çeviriyor ve Allah Teâlâ'dan bağışlanma diliyorduk.
Translator’s note: Medine halkı için kıble güney yönündedir; doğu ve batı bu yüzden kıbleden sapmaktadır.
Further routes of narration
وَعَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا أَيُّوبَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم مِثْلَهُ.
Other versions of this report
The same report through another chain of narration. Matched by Claude, not reviewed.
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِذَا أَتَى أَحَدُكُمُ الْغَائِطَ فَلاَ يَسْتَقْبِلِ الْقِبْلَةَ وَلاَ يُوَلِّهَا ظَهْرَهُ، شَرِّقُوا أَوْ غَرِّبُوا ".
Abu Ayyub al-Ansari reported: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “When one of you goes to relieve himself, let him neither face the qiblah nor turn his back to it. Face east or west.”
The journey of this hadith
From Medina to Samarqand – over 245 years and 7 stations this text was passed on, mouth to ear, teacher to student.
256AH
al-Bukhari · Samarqand
- Prophet ﷺ
- Companions (Sahaba)
- Successors (Tabiʿun)
- Successors of the Successors
- Later scholars
- Compiler
- Corroborating narration (mutābaʿa)
Chain as a list
Main chain
- The Prophet Muhammad ﷺرسول الله ﷺ
- Abu Ayyub al-Ansariأَبِي أَيُّوبَ الأَنْصَارِيِّ
d. 49 AH / 670 CE · Constantinople · Comp. RA 1st Generation
- Ata'a bin Yazid al-Laithi al-Junda'iعَطَاءِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ
d. 107 AH · Follower Tabi' 3rd Generation
- al-Zuhriالزُّهْرِيُّ
d. 124 AH / 741 CE · Medinah · Follower Tabi' 4th generation
- Sufyan bin 'Uyaynahسُفْيَانُ
d. 196 AH · Makkah · Succ. Taba' Tabi' 8th generation
- 'Ali bin al-Madiniعَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ
d. 234 AH · Basra · 3rd Century AH 10th generation
- al-Bukhariالبخاري
Compiler
Corroborating narration (mutābaʿa)
Another narrator transmitted the same text as well and corroborates this part of the chain.
- The Prophet Muhammad ﷺرسول الله ﷺ
- Abu Ayyub al-Ansariأَبَا أَيُّوبَ
d. 49 AH / 670 CE · Constantinople · Comp. RA 1st Generation
d. 107 AH · Follower Tabi' 3rd Generation
- al-Zuhriالزُّهْرِيِّ
d. 124 AH / 741 CE · Medinah · Follower Tabi' 4th generation