Narrated Anas Ibn Malik: Whenever the Prophet went for answering the call of nature, I and another boy used to go after him with a staff, a stick or an 'Anza and a tumbler of water and when he finished from answering the call of nature we would hand that tumbler of water to him.
— Sahih Bukhari, Volume 1, Book 9: Virtues of the Prayer Hall (Sutra of the Musalla), Hadith #479
Narrated Anas Ibn Malik: Whenever the Prophet went for answering the call of nature, I and another boy used to go after him with a staff, a stick or an 'Anza and a tumbler of water and when he finished from answering the call of nature we would hand that tumbler of water to him.
This hadith is from the book of Virtues of the Prayer Hall (Sutra of the Musalla) in Sahih Bukhari, compiled by Imam al-Bukhari. It is hadith number 479 in book 9 of volume 1.
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