Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي التَّيَّاحِ حَدَّثَنِي رَجُلٌ أَسْوَدُ طَوِيلٌ قَالَ جَعَلَ أَبُو التَّيَّاحِ يَنْعَتُهُ أَنَّهُ قَدِمَ مَعَ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ الْبَصْرَةَ فَكَتَبَ إِلَى أَبِي مُوسَى فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ أَبُو مُوسَى أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يَمْشِي فَمَالَ إِلَى دَمْثٍ فِي جَنْبِ حَائِطٍ فَبَالَ ثُمَّ قَالَ كَانَ بَنَو إِسْرَائِيلَ إِذَا بَالَ أَحَدُهُمْ فَأَصَابَهُ شَيْءٌ مِنْ بَوْلِهِ يَتْبَعُهُ فَقَرَضَهُ بِالْمَقَارِيضِ وَقَالَ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَحَدُكُمْ أَنْ يَبُولَ فَلْيَرْتَدْ لِبَوْلِهِ.
English Translation
Muhammad b. Ja'far narrated to us: Shu'ba narrated to us, from Abu al-Tayyah: A tall, dark-skinned man narrated to me - Abu al-Tayyah began describing him - that he came with Ibn Abbas to Basra, and he wrote to Abu Musa, and Abu Musa wrote back to him: that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, was walking, and he turned aside to soft ground beside a wall and urinated. Then he said: "The Children of Israel used to, when one of them urinated and some of his urine touched him, follow it up and cut it out with scissors." And he said: "When one of you wants to urinate, let him seek out suitable ground for his urination."