Muwatta 519

The first hadith in the chapter on forbidding facing the qibla while relieving oneself. Yahya transmits from Malik from Ishaq ibn Abdullah ibn Abi Talha from Rafi' ibn Ishaq, client of the family of al-Shifa', who was called client of Abu Talha, that he heard Abu Ayyub al-Ansari (may God be pleased with him) say while he was in Egypt: "By God, I do not know what to do with these privies, when the Prophet ﷺ said: when one of you goes to relieve himself with urine or excrement, let him not face the qibla or turn his back to it with his private parts". The editor says the variation between "client of the family of al-Shifa'" and "client of al-Shifa'" comes from Malik himself, not from his transmitters. The editor cites al-Nasa'i, Ahmad, al-Tabarani, al-Tahawi, al-Jawhari and al-Baghawi from Malik's transmitters. ¹

Belongs to the Muwatta, Book of Prayer. Source: the Muwatta. Mentions Muhammad, Abu Ayyub al-Ansari, Rafi' ibn Ishaq, Ishaq ibn Abdullah ibn Abi Talha and Egypt. Built on in the chapters on cleaning after relieving oneself.