Marwan al-Asfar narrates: I saw Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) make his riding camel kneel facing the qiblah, then he sat down behind its cover and began to urinate. I said: "O Abu Abd al-Rahman! Has this not been forbidden?" He said: "It has only been forbidden in open ground; but when there is something between you and the qiblah that screens you, then there is no harm in it." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Bukhari, because he used al-Hasan bin Dhakwan as evidence, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had forbidden us to turn our backs or our faces towards the qiblah when relieving ourselves. Then we saw him (peace and blessings be upon him), (some time) before his death, urinating while facing the qiblah. This chain is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim.