Nature Call

"Narrated Anas:\n\nWhenever the Prophet (ﷺ) went to answer the call of nature, he used to say, \"Allah-umma inni a`udhu bika minal khubuthi wal khaba'ith i.e. O Allah, I seek Refuge with You from all offensive and wicked things, evil deeds and evil spirits.\"\n\nNarrated Ibn `Abbas:\n\nOnce the Prophet (ﷺ) entered a lavatory and I placed water for his ablution. He asked, \"Who placed it?\" He was informed accordingly and so he said, \"O Allah! Make him, Ibn `Abbas, a learned scholar in religion (Islam).\n\nNarrated Abu Aiyub Al-Ansari:\n\nAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, \"If anyone of you goes to an open space for answering the call of nature he should neither face nor turn his back towards the Qibla; he should either face the east or the west.\"\n\nNarrated `Abdullah bin `Umar:\n\nPeople say, \"Whenever you sit for answering the call of nature, you should not face the Qibla or Baitul-Maqdis (Jerusalem).\" I told them, \"Once I went up the roof of our house and I saw Allah's Apostle answering the call of nature while sitting on two bricks facing Baitul-Maqdis (Jerusalem), but there was a screen covering him.\"\n\nقَالَ مَالِكٌ يَعْنِي الَّذِي يُصَلِّي وَلاَ يَرْتَفِعُ عَنِ الأَرْضِ، يَسْجُدُ وَهُوَ لاَصِقٌ بِالأَرْضِ‏.‏\n\nNarrated `Aisha:\n\nThe wives of the Prophet (ﷺ) used to go to Al-Manasi, a vast open place near Baqi` at Medina, to answer the call of nature at night. `Umar used to say to the Prophet (ﷺ), \"Let your wives be veiled,\" but Allah's Apostle did not do so. One night Sauda bint Zam`a, the wife of the Prophet (ﷺ), went out at `Isha' time and she was a tall lady. `Umar addressed her and said, \"I have recognized you, O Sauda.\" He said so, as he desired eagerly that the verses of Al-Hijab, the observing of veils by the Muslim women, may be revealed. So Allah revealed the verses of \"Al-Hijab,\" a complete body cover excluding the eyes.\n\nNarrated `Aisha:\n\nThe Prophet (ﷺ) said to his wives, \"You are allowed to go out to answer the call of nature.\"\n\nNarrated `Abdullah bin `Umar:\n\nI went up to the roof of Hafsa's house for some job and I saw Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) answering the call of nature facing Sham, Syria, Jordan, Palestine and Lebanon regarded as one country, with his back towards the Qibla. (See Hadith No. 147.)\n\nNarrated `Abdullah bin `Umar:\n\nOnce I went up the roof of our house and saw Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) answering the call of nature while sitting over two bricks facing Baitul-Maqdis (Jerusalem). (See Hadith No. 147.)\n\nNarrated Anas bin Malik:\n\nWhenever Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) went to answer the call of nature, I along with another boy used to accompany him with a tumbler full of water. Hisham commented, \"So that he might wash his private parts with it.\"\n\nNarrated Anas:\n\nWhenever the Prophet (ﷺ) went to answer the call of nature, I along with another boy from us used to go behind him with a tumbler full of water.\n\nNarrated Anas bin Malik:\n\nWhenever Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) went to answer the call of nature, I along with another boy used to carry a tumbler full of water for cleaning the private parts and a short spear or stick.\n\nNarrated Abu Qatada:\n\nAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, \"Whenever anyone of you drinks water, he should not breathe in the drinking utensil, and whenever anyone of you goes to a lavatory, he should neither touch his penis nor clean his private parts with his right hand.\"\n\nNarrated Abu Qatada:\n\nThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, \"Whenever anyone of you makes water he should not hold his penis or clean his private parts with his right hand. And while drinking, one should not breathe in the drinking utensil.\"\n\nNarrated Abu Huraira:\n\nI followed the Prophet (ﷺ) while he was going out to answer the call of nature. He used not to look this way or that. So, when I approached near him he said to me, \"Fetch for me some stones for cleaning the private parts, or said something similar, and do not bring a bone or a piece of dung.\" So I brought the stones in the corner of my garment and placed them by his side and I then went away from him. When he finished from answering the call of nature he used them.\n\nNarrated `Abdullah:\n\nThe Prophet (ﷺ) went out to answer the call of nature and asked me to bring three stones. I found two stones and searched for the third but could not find it. So I took a dried piece of dung and brought it to him. He took the two stones and threw away the dung and said, \"This is a filthy thing.\""