سنن ابن ماجه
Ibn Majah
كتاب الطهارة وسننهاThe Book of Purification and its Sunnah
بَابُ : النَّهْيِ عَنِ اسْتِقْبَالِ الْقِبْلَةِ بِالْغَائِطِ وَالْبَوْلِChapter: The prohibition of facing the Qiblah when defecating or urinating
Hadith 321
اُردوEn
قَالَ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ ، وَحَدَّثَنَاهُ عُمَيْرُ بْنُ مِرْدَاسٍ الدَّوْنَقِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أَبُو يَحْيَى الْبَصْرِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيَّ ، يَقُولُ : إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ " نَهَانِي أَنْ أَشْرَبَ قَائِمًا ، وَأَنْ أَبُولَ مُسْتَقْبِلَ الْقِبْلَةِ " 27 .
´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."
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Commentary:
In this hadith, drinking water while standing has been prohibited.
Some scholars interpret this prohibition as being for detestability (tanzih), meaning that drinking water while standing is permissible, but not preferable, because it is established from hadiths that the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) also drank water while standing.
Some other scholars do not consider it permissible, because in Sahih Muslim there is this Prophetic statement:
(LA YASHRABANNA AHADUN MINKUM QĀ’IMAN, FAMAN NASIYA FAL-YASTAQI) (Sahih Muslim, Al-Ashribah, Chapter: On Drinking While Standing, Hadith: 2026)
“None of you should drink (water or the like) while standing, and whoever forgets and does so should vomit it out.”
From this, it is understood that permissibility should be restricted to a situation of necessity, i.e., if there is no suitable place to sit, then one may drink water while standing.
Otherwise, one should abstain. And Allah knows best.
In this hadith, drinking water while standing has been prohibited.
Some scholars interpret this prohibition as being for detestability (tanzih), meaning that drinking water while standing is permissible, but not preferable, because it is established from hadiths that the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) also drank water while standing.
Some other scholars do not consider it permissible, because in Sahih Muslim there is this Prophetic statement:
(LA YASHRABANNA AHADUN MINKUM QĀ’IMAN, FAMAN NASIYA FAL-YASTAQI) (Sahih Muslim, Al-Ashribah, Chapter: On Drinking While Standing, Hadith: 2026)
“None of you should drink (water or the like) while standing, and whoever forgets and does so should vomit it out.”
From this, it is understood that permissibility should be restricted to a situation of necessity, i.e., if there is no suitable place to sit, then one may drink water while standing.
Otherwise, one should abstain. And Allah knows best.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 321
