Purity: Recommended Precaution on Orienting Children Toward Qibla While Relieving Themselves

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Ayatullah Sistani

Ruling 59

The recommended precaution is that a child should not be made to sit in a way that his front or back faces qibla when he is emptying his bowels and/or bladder.

-Ayatullah Sistani, Practical Laws of Islam, Purification (Taharah)