سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abu Dawud — Hadith 8
Compiled by Imam Abu Dawud
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدُ بْنُ مُسَرْهَدٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ اللَّيْثِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ رِوَايَةًقَالَ إِذَا أَتَيْتُمْ الْغَائِطَ فَلَا تَسْتَقْبِلُوا الْقِبْلَةَ بِغَائِطٍ وَلَا بَوْلٍ وَلَكِنْ شَرِّقُوا أَوْ غَرِّبُوافَقَدِمْنَا الشَّامَ فَوَجَدْنَا مَرَاحِيضَ قَدْ بُنِيَتْ قِبَلَ الْقِبْلَةِ فَكُنَّا نَنْحَرِفُ عَنْهَا وَنَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ
English Translation
Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Musaddad bin Musarhad] telah menceritakan kepada kami [Sufyan] dari [az Zuhri] dari ['Atha` bin Yazid al Laitsi] dari [Abu Ayyub] yang dia riwayatkan dari Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam, beliau bersabda: "Apabila kalian mendatangi tempat buang hajat, maka janganlah kalian menghadap kiblat pada saat buang air besar dan buang air kecil, akan tetapi menghadaplah ke timur atau ke barat." Lalu kami datang ke Syam, ternyata kami dapati tempat-tempat buang hajat telah dibangun menghadap kiblat, maka kami berpaling darinya dan memohon ampun kepada Allah.
About Sunan Abu Dawud
Born
202 AH / 817 CE — Sijistan, Iran
Died
275 AH / 889 CE
Imam Abu Dawud compiled Sunan Abu Dawud from approximately 500,000 hadiths, selecting 5,274. His collection is particularly focused on fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence) and legal rulings. He personally wrote to Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal informing him of the work, and received his approval.
Abu Dawud said: 'I wrote 500,000 hadiths of the Prophet ﷺ, then selected this book from them.' He focused especially on rulings related to halal and haram.
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