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How to set toilet seat properly? Can you face west while using it?

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I want to know that how we should settle down the seat of w.c in toilet. is it right to sit facing our backside toward QUIBLA/west in the toilet.

Answer

(Fatwa: 909/756/B=1432)

You should fix the seat of Western commode in toilet in a way that when you sit for your nature’s call your face and back is not towards the Qiblah:
عن أبى هريرة رضى الله عنه قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم – إنما أنا لكم بمنزلة الوالد أعلمكم فإذا أتى أحدكم الغائط فلا يستقبل القبلة ولا يستدبرها الخ ابوداؤد ص 3
Note: The answer is correct, but it is makrooh to install western style commode in toilets.

Allah (Subhana Wa Ta’ala) knows Best

Darul Ifta,
Darul Uloom Deoband

This answer was collected from the official ifta website of Darul Uloom Deoband in India.

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