Hadith #226
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عَجْلَانَ عَنِ الْقَعْقَاعِ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنَّمَا أَنَا لَكُمْ مِثْلُ الْوَالِدِ إِذَا أَتَيْتُمْ الْغَائِطَ فَلَا تَسْتَقْبِلُوا الْقِبْلَةَ وَلَا تَسْتَدْبِرُوهَا وَنَهَى عَنْ الرَّوْثِ وَالرِّمَّةِ وَلَا يَسْتَطِيبُ الرَّجُلُ بِيَمِينِهِ
English Translation
It was narrated from Abu Hurayra (رضي الله عنه) — via Sufyan, from Ibn 'Ajlan, from al-Qa'qa' ibn Hakim, from Abu Salih — from the Prophet ﷺ: 'I am to you like a father [in guidance]. When you go to relieve yourselves, do not face the qibla and do not turn your backs to it.' And he prohibited the use of dung [al-rawth] and dry bones [al-rimma for cleaning]. And a man shall not clean himself with his right hand.
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 17, Hadith 226
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 7064
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-43454