Sunan Ibn Majah
سنن ابن ماجه
Compiled by Ibn Majah (d. 887 CE), the last of the six canonical Sunni Hadith collections.
4,338 hadiths
It was narrated that Anas bin Malik said:"Whenever the Prophet exited the toilet, he would say: 'Al-hamdu lillahilladhi adhhaba 'annial-adha wa 'afani (Praise is to Allah Who has relieved me of impurity and given me good health)
Read full hadith →Urwah narrated from 'Aishah that:The Messenger of Allah used to remember Allah in all circumstances
Read full hadith →It was narrated from Anas bin Malik that:When the Prophet entered the toilet, he would take off his ring
Read full hadith →It was narrated that 'Abdullah bin Mughaffal said:"The Messenger of Allah said: 'None of you should urinate in his wash area for most of the insinuating thoughts come from that.'" (Da'if) Abu 'Abdullah bin Majah said: ("Abul-Hasan said: 'I heard Muhammed bin Yazid saying:) ''Ali bin Muhammed At-Tanafisi said: 'This (prohibition) applies to cases where the ground (in the place used for washing) was soft. But nowadays this does not apply, because the baths you use now are built of plaster, Saruj and tar; so if a person urinates there then pours water over it, that clears it away, and that is fine
Read full hadith →It was narrated from Hudhaifah that:The Messenger of Allah came to the garbage dump of some people and he urinated on it standing up
Read full hadith →Shu'bah narrated from 'Asim from Abu Wa'il from Mughirah bin Shu'bah that:The Messenger of Allah came to the garbage dump of some people and urinated while standing up. (Hasan) Shu'bah said: "That day, 'Asim said: 'Amash reported this from Abu Wa'il, from Hudhaifah, but he did not remember it (correctly). So I asked Mansur about it, and he narrated it to me from Abu Wa'il, from Hudhaifah, that the Prophet came to a dump of some people and urinated while standing
Read full hadith →It was narrated that 'Aishah said:"If anyone tells you that the Messenger of Allah urinated while standing, do not believe him, for I (always) saw him urinating while sitting down
Read full hadith →It was narrated that 'Umar said:"The Messenger of Allah saw me urinating while standing, and he said: 'O 'Umar, do not urinate standing up.' So I never urinated whilst standing after that
Read full hadith →It was narrated that Jabir bin 'Abdullah said:"The Messenger of Allah forbade us to urinate while standing." (Da'if) I heard Muhammed bin Yazid, Abu 'Abdullah, say: "I heard Ahmad bin 'Abdur-Rahman Al-Makhzumi say: 'Sufyan Ath-Thawri said concerning the Hadith of 'Aisha- 'I (always) saw him urinating whilst sitting down' - a man knows more about that (about such matters) than she.' Ahmad bin 'Abdur-Rahman said: 'It was the custom of the Arabs to urinate standing up. Do you not see that in the Hadith of 'Abdur-Rahman bin Hasanah it was said: 'He sits down to urinate as a woman does
Read full hadith →Abdullah bin Abu Qatadah said:"My father told me that he heard the Messenger of Allah say: 'When anyone of you urinates, let him not touch his penis with his right hand nor clean himself with his right hand.'" Another chain with similar wording
Read full hadith →It was narrated that 'Uqbah bin Suhban said:"I heard 'Uthman bin 'Affan say: 'I never sang a song or told a lie or touched my penis with my right hand after I swore on oath of allegiance to the Messenger of Allah to that effect
Read full hadith →It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said:"The Messenger of Allah said: 'When anyone of you cleans himself, he should not clean himself with his right hand. Let him clean himself with his left hand
Read full hadith →It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said:"The Messenger of Allah said: 'I am to you like a father to his son, and I teach you. So when you go to relieve yourselves, do not face the Qiblah or turn your backs towards it.' He ordered us to use three pebbles, and he forbade us to use dung and bones, and he forbade cleaning oneself with the right hand
Read full hadith →It was narrated from 'Abdullah bin Mas'ud:"The Messenger of Allah went to the toilet and said: 'Bring me three stones.' So I brought him two stones and a piece of dung. He took the two stones and threw the dung away, saying: 'It is impure
Read full hadith →It was narrated that Khuzaimah bin Thabit said:"The Messenger of Allah said: 'For cleaning yourself you need three stones, no one of them being dung
Read full hadith →Salman said that one of the idolaters said to him, while they were making fun of him:"I see that your companion (the Prophet) is teaching you everything, even how to relieve yourselves?" He said: "Yes indeed. He has ordered us not to face the Qiblah (prayer direction) nor to clean ourselves with our right hands, and not to be content with anything less than three stones, which are not to include any excrement or bones
Read full hadith →Abdullah bin Harith bin Jaz' Az-Zubaidi said:"I am the first one who heard the Prophet say: 'No one among you should urinate facing towards the Qiblah,' and I am the first one who told the people of that
Read full hadith →It was narrated that Abu Ayyub Ansari said:"The Messenger of Allah forbade the person who went to the Gha'it to face the Qiblah. He said: 'face towards the east or the west
Read full hadith →It was narrated that Ma'qil bin Abu Ma'qil Al-Asadi, who was a Companion of the Prophet, said:"The Messenger of Allah forbade us from facing either of the two Qiblah when defecating or urinating
Read full hadith →It was narrated from Jabir bin 'Abdullah:"Abu Sa'eed Al-Khudri narrated to me, that he bears witness that the Messenger of Allah forbade facing the Qiblah when defecating or urinating
Read full hadith →It was narrated that Jabir heard Abu Sa'eed Al-Khudri say:"The Messenger of Allah forbade me from drinking while standing and from urinating while facing the Qiblah
Read full hadith →Abdullah bin 'Umar said:"People say: 'When you sit to relieve yourself, do not face the Qiblah.' But one day I climbed up onto the roof of our house, and I saw the Messenger of Allah sitting on two bricks (to relieve himself), facing the direction of Baitul-Maqdis (Jerusalem)." This is a Hadith narrated by Yazid bin Harun
Read full hadith →It was narrated that Ibn 'Umar said:"I saw the Messenger of Allah in his (constructed) toilet, facing towards the Qiblah." (Da'if) (One of the narrators) 'Eisa said: "I told that to Sha'bi, and he said: 'Ibn 'Umar spoke the truth. As for the words of Abu Hurairah, he said: "In the desert do not face the Qiblah nor turn one's back towards it." As for the words of Ibn 'Umar, he said: "In the (constructed) toilet there is no Qiblah so turn in whatever direction you want." Another chain with similar wording
Read full hadith →It was narrated that 'Aishah said:"Mention was made in the presence of the Messenger of Allah of some people who did not like to face towards the Qiblah with their private parts. He said: 'I think that they do that. Turn my seat (in the toilet) to face the Qiblah.'" (Da'if) Another chain with similar wording
Read full hadith →It was narrated that Jabir said:"The Messenger of Allah forbade facing the Qiblah when urinating. But I saw him, one year before he died, facing the Qiblah (while urinating)
Read full hadith →It was narrated from 'Eisa bin Yazdad Al-Yamani that his father said:"The Messenger of Allah said: 'When anyone of you urinates, let him squeeze his penis three times (to remove the remaining urine drops)." (Da'if) Another chain with similar wording
Read full hadith →It was narrated that 'Aishah said:"The Prophet went out to urinate, and 'Umar followed him with water. He said: 'What is this, O 'Umar?' He said: 'Water.' He said: 'I have not been commanded to perform ablution every time I urinate. If I did that it would have become a Sunnah
Read full hadith →Abu Sa'eed Al-Himyari narrated that :Mu'adh bin Jabal used to narrate something that the Companions of the Messenger of Allah had not heard, and he used to keep quiet about what they had heard. News of this report reached 'Abdullah bin 'Amr, and he said: "By Allah, I never heard the Messenger of Allah say this, and Mu'adh will put you into difficulty with regard to relieving yourself." News of that reached Mu'adh, so he met with him ('Abdullah). Mu'adh said: "O 'Abdullah! Denying a Hadith from the Messenger of Allah is hypocrisy, and its sn is upon the one who said it (if it is not true). I did indeed hear the Messenger of Allah say: 'Beware of the three things which provoke curses: Relieving oneself in watering places, in places of shade and in the middle of the street
Read full hadith →It was narrated that Jabir bin 'Abdullah said:"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Beware of stopping to rest and praying in the middle of the road, for it is the refuge of snakes and carnivorous animals, and beware of relieving yourselves in the middle of the road, for this is an act that provokes curses
Read full hadith →Salim narrated from his father that:The Prophet forbade praying in the middle of the road, or defecating there, or urinating
Read full hadith →It was narrated that Mugirah bin Shu'bah said:"Whenever the Prophet went to relieve himself, he would go far away
Read full hadith →It was narrated that Anas said:"I was with the Prophet on a journey. He went away to relieve himself, then he came and called for water and performed ablution
Read full hadith →It was narrated from Ya'la bin Murrah that:When the Prophet went to relieve himself, he would go far away
Read full hadith →It was narrated that 'Abdur-Rahman bin Abu Qurad said:"I went for Hajj with the Prophet and he went far away to relieve himself
Read full hadith →It was narrated that Jabir said:"We went out on a journey with the Messenger of Allah, and the Messenger of Allah would not relieve himself until he had disappeared and could not be seen by anyone
Read full hadith →It was narrated from Bilal bin Al-Harith Al-Muzani that:When the Messenger of Allah wanted to relieve himself, he would go far away
Read full hadith →It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that:The Prophet said: "Whoever uses stones to clean himself, let him use an odd number of stones. Whoever does that has done well, and whoever does not, there is no harm in it. Whoever uses a tooth stick should spit out (whatever he removes) and whoever removes (the particle of food) by dislodging it with his tongue should swallow it. Whoever does that has done well, and whoever does not, tere is no harm in it. Whoever goes to the toilet should conceal himself, and if he cannot find anything except a pile of sand (behind which to conceal himself), then he should use that, for the Shaitan plays with the backside of the son of Adam. Whoever does that has done well, and whoever does not, there is no harm in it
Read full hadith →A similar report was narrated by 'Abdul-Malik bin As-Sabbah with a similar chain, with the additional words:"Whoever applies kohl to his eyes, let him add it an odd number of times. Whoever does that has done well, and whoever does not, there is no harm in it. And whoever dislodges (a particle of food from between the teeth) by dislodging it with his tongue, let him swallow it
Read full hadith →It was narrated from Ya'la bin Murrah that his father said:"I was with the Prophet on a journey, and he wanted to relieve himself. He said to me: 'Go to those two small date-palm trees and tell them: "The Messenger of Allah orders you to come together.'" So they came together and he concealed himself behind them, and relieved himself. Then he said to me: 'Go to them and tell them: "Go back, each one of you, to your places.'" So I said that to them and they went back
Read full hadith →It was narrated that 'Abdullah bin Ja'far said:"The thing that the Prophet most liked to conceal himself behind when relieving himself was a hillock or a stand of date-palm trees
Read full hadith →It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbas said:"The Messenger of Allah turned towards a mountain pass and urinated, until I took pity on him because of the way he parted his legs when he urinated
Read full hadith →It was narrated from Abu Sa`eed al-Khudri that:The Messenger of Allah said: "No two people should converse while relieving themselves, each of them looking at the private parts of the other, for Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, hates that." (Da'if) Other chains with similar wording
Read full hadith →It was narrated from Jabir that:The Messenger of Allah forbade urinating into standing water
Read full hadith →It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said:"The Messenger of Allah said: 'No one among you should urinate into standing water
Read full hadith →It was narrated that Ibn 'Umar said:"The Messenger of Allah said: 'No one among you should urinate into standing water
Read full hadith →It was narrated that `Abdur-Rahman bin Hasanah said:"The Messenger of Allah came out to us holding a small shield in his hand. He put it down, then he sat down and urinated towards it. Some of the people said: 'Look at him, he urinates like a woman!' The Prophet heard that and said: 'Woe to you! Do you not know what happened to one of the children of Israel? If any urine touched any part of their clothes, they would cut that out with scissors. He told them not to do that, so he was tormented in his grave.'" (Da'if) Another chain with similar wording
Read full hadith →It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbas said:"The Messenger of Allah passed by two new graves, and he said: 'They are being punished, but they are not being punished for anything major. One of them was heedless about preventing urine from getting on his clothes, and the other used to walk about spreading malicious gossip
Read full hadith →It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said:"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Most of the torment of the grave is because of urine
Read full hadith →Bahr bin Marrar narrated that his grandfather Abu Bakrah said:"The Messenger of Allah passed by two graves, and he said: 'They are being punished but they are not being punished for anything major. One of them is being punished because of urine, and the other is being punished because of backbiting
Read full hadith →It was narrated that Muhajir bin Qunfudh bin (Umair) bin Jud'an said:"I came to the Prophet when he was performing ablution and greeted him with the Salam, but he did not return (the greeting). When he had finished his ablution he said: 'Nothing prevented me from returning your greeting but the fact that I need to have ablution.'" (Da'if) Another chain with similar wording
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