Narrated Abu Huraira (rad): Allah’s Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said:“Safeguard yourselves from the two matters which cause accursing that befalls the one who relieves himself on people’s path-ways and under the shades.” [Reported by Muslim] . Narrated Mu’adh (rad): He said:“Guard against the three things which cause curse (i.e.) defecating at the watering places, on the roadbeds and in the shades.” [Reported by Abu Dawud] . Ahmad reported from Ibn Abbas (rad) that defecation is prohibited also at the place where water collects. [And both the two (i.e. the previous and this Hadiths) have weakness] . At-Tabarani also narrated on the authority of Ibn ‘Umar (with a weak chain of narrators), the prohibition of relieving oneself under fruit trees and beside the bank of a flowing river.

Narrated Jabir (rad): Allah’s Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said:“When two people go together to relieve themselves they should disappear from each other and do not talk, for Allah detests that”. [Reported by Ahmad; Ibn As-Sakan and Ibn Al-Qattan graded it Sahih (sound) but it is defective] .

Narrated Abu Qatada (rad): Allah’s Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said:“Nobody should touch his pennies with his right hand when urinating, and should not clean himself (from defecation or urine) using his right hand and should not breathe in the utensil (he is drinking from).” [Agreed upon. This version is of Muslim] .

Narrated Salman (rad): Allah’s Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) forbade us to face the Qiblah when defecating or urinating, or to clean ourselves using the right hand, or to clean ourselves with less than three stones, or to clean ourselves with dung or a bone [Reported by Muslim] .

Narrated Abu Ayub (rad): Allah’s Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم )“Neither face nor turn your back to the Qiblah while defecating or urinating, but turn towards the east or the west”. [Reported by the As-Sab’a]

Narrated ‘Aisha (rad): The Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said:“If anyone goes to relive himself, he should conceal himself”. [Reported by Abu Da’ud] .

Narrated ‘Aisha (rad): When the Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) came out of the privy, he used to say,“Ghufranaka (O Allah! Grant me Your forgiveness)”. [Reported by Al-Khamsa, Abu Hatim and Al-Hakim graded it Sahih (sound)] .

Narrated Ibn Mas’ud (rad): The Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) went out to answer the call of nature and asked me to bring three stones. I found two stones and searched for the third but could not find it. So I took a dried piece of dung and brought it to him. He took the two stones and threw away the dung and said,“This is a filthy thing”. [Reported by Al-Bukhari] . And in the version of Ahmad and Ad-Daraqutni it is added:“Bring me more (something other than dung)”] .

Narrated Abu Huraira (rad): Allah’s Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) forbade us to use a bone or dung for cleaning and said,“These two things do not purify”. [Reported by Ad-Daraqutni who graded it Sahih] .

Narrated Abu Huraira (rad): Allah’s Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said:“Beware of (smearing yourselves with) urine, because it is the main cause of punishment in the grave”. [Reported by Ad-Daraqutni] . and Al-Hakim reported that:“Urination is the main cause of punishment in the grave”. [Its chain of narrators is authentic] .