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Sahih Muslim
كتاب الطهارة
The Book of Purification
" إِذَا جَلَسَ أَحَدُكُمْ عَلَى حَاجَتِهِ فَلاَ يَسْتَقْبِلِ الْقِبْلَةَ وَلاَ يَسْتَدْبِرْهَا "
When any one amongst you squats for answering the call of nature, he should neither turn his face towards the Qibla nor turn his back towards it.
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- Hadith 264
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- Hadith 266a
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- Hadith 263
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- Hadith 266b
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- Hadith 262b
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- Hadith 267a
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