• Muhammad has back facing Qibla when answering call of nature
  * Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Umar: I went up to the roof of Hafsa's house for some job and I saw Allah's Apostle answering the call of nature facing Sham (Syria, Jordan, Palestine and Lebanon regarded as one country) with his back towards the Qibla. (Sahih Bukhari 1.150)

• Muhammad faced Jerusalem while answering call of nature,
  * Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Umar: People say, "Whenever you sit for answering the call of nature, you should not face the Qibla or Bait-ulMaqdis (Jerusalem)." I told them. "Once I went up the roof of our house and I saw Allah's Apostle answering the call of nature while sitting on two bricks facing Bait-ul-Maqdis (Jerusalem) (but there was a screen covering him. ' (FatehAl-Bari, Page 258, Vol. 1). (Sahih Bukhari 1.147, also Sahih Bukhari 1.151)

• not to face or back facing Mecca while answering call of nature,
  * Narrated Abu Aiyub Al-Ansari: Allah's Apostle 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." (Sahih Bukhari 1.146)

• not to use right hand to touch private parts

  Narrated Abu Qatada:
  Allah's Apostle said, "Whenever anyone of you drinks water, he should not breathe in the drinking utensil, and whenever anyone of you goes to a lavatory, he should neither touch his penis nor clean his private parts with his right hand." (Sahih Bukhari 1.155, also Sahih Bukhari 1.156)

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