Ablutions (Wudu')

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Providing water at lavatories (for washing the private parts after answering the call of nature)

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Hadith 11

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ENGLISH

Narrated Abu Aiyub Al-Ansari:

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "If anyone of you goes to an open space for answering the call of nature he should neither face nor turn his back towards the Qibla; he should either face the east or the west."

ARABIC

‏ إِذَا أَتَى أَحَدُكُمُ الْغَائِطَ فَلاَ يَسْتَقْبِلِ الْقِبْلَةَ وَلاَ يُوَلِّهَا ظَهْرَهُ، شَرِّقُوا أَوْ غَرِّبُوا ‏