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Both urination and defecation are sources of ritual impurity according to [[shari'ah]], and the improper methods of doing both may even doom one to the [[fire]]. As such the Islamic tradition has much to say about how, when, and were a person does both things, as well as how they are to clean themselves afterwards. | |||
==Do's and Dont's== | |||
===Say a prayer when entering, to ward off jinn and demons=== | ===Say a prayer when entering, to ward off jinn and demons=== | ||
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The Prophet said, “While defecating, neither face nor turn your back to the Qibla but face either east or west.” Abu Aiyub added. “When we arrived in Sham we came across some lavatories facing the Qibla; therefore we turned ourselves while using them and asked for Allah’s forgiveness.”}} | The Prophet said, “While defecating, neither face nor turn your back to the Qibla but face either east or west.” Abu Aiyub added. “When we arrived in Sham we came across some lavatories facing the Qibla; therefore we turned ourselves while using them and asked for Allah’s forgiveness.”}} | ||
{{Quote|{{Muslim|2|507}}|Abu Ayyub reported: The Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: Whenever you go to the desert, neither turn your face nor turn your back towards the Qibla while answering the call of nature, but face towards the east or the west. Abu Ayyub said: When we came to Syria we found that the latrines already built there were facing towards the Qibla. We turned our faces away from them and begged forgiveness of the Lord. He said: Yes.}} | {{Quote|{{Muslim|2|507}}|Abu Ayyub reported: The Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: Whenever you go to the desert, neither turn your face nor turn your back towards the Qibla while answering the call of nature (الْغَائِطَ), but face towards the east or the west. Abu Ayyub said: When we came to Syria we found that the latrines already built there were facing towards the Qibla. We turned our faces away from them and begged forgiveness of the Lord. He said: Yes.}} | ||
*The official translations say euphemisms like "answering the call of nature", but the original Arabic version says just one word الْغَائِطَ (al-ghaa'it), which explicitly refers to feces <ref>https://www.almaany.com/en/dict/ar-en/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%B7/</ref>. | |||
===Do not hold nor touch the penis with your right hand=== | ===Do not hold nor touch the penis with your right hand=== | ||
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Muhajir came to the Prophet (peace be upon him) while he was urinating. He saluted him. The Prophet (peace be upon him) did not return the salutation to him until he performed ablution. He then apologised to him, saying: I disliked remembering Allah except in the state of purification.}} | Muhajir came to the Prophet (peace be upon him) while he was urinating. He saluted him. The Prophet (peace be upon him) did not return the salutation to him until he performed ablution. He then apologised to him, saying: I disliked remembering Allah except in the state of purification.}} | ||
{{Quote|An-Nasaa'i 37, Ibn Majah 353|A man said salaam to the Prophet (saw) while he was in the toilet, he did not answer the salaam. | {{Quote|An-Nasaa'i 37, Ibn Majah 353|A man said salaam to the Prophet (saw) while he was in the toilet, he did not answer the salaam.}} | ||
{{Quote|Ibn Nujaym | {{Quote|Ibn Nujaym, al-Bahr al-Raiq (8.236)|It is disliked to give salams to someone in the toilet, and they do not answer back. Likewise the one eating [such that there is food in their mouth, because they are busy and unable to answer], reciting Quran, busy with Sacred Knowledge.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://qa.sunnipath.com/issue_view.asp?HD=1&ID=2118&CATE=34|title= Giving salams to someone in the toilet|publisher= SunniPath|author= Shaykh Faraz Rabbani|series=Question ID 2118|date= |archiveurl= http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fqa.sunnipath.com%2Fissue_view.asp%3FHD%3D1%26ID%3D2118%26CATE%3D34&date=2014-01-19|deadurl=no}}</ref>}} | ||
===Clean yourself with an odd number of stones=== | ===Clean yourself with an odd number of stones=== | ||
{{Quote| {{Bukhari|1|4|162}}|Narrated Abu Huraira: | {{Quote| {{Bukhari|1|4|162}}|Narrated Abu Huraira: | ||
The Prophet said, "Whoever performs ablution should clean his nose with water by putting the water in it and then blowing it out, and whoever cleans his private parts with stones should do it with odd number of stones."}} | The Prophet said, "Whoever performs ablution should clean his nose with water by putting the water in it and then blowing it out, and whoever cleans his private parts with stones should do it with odd number of stones."}} | ||
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{{Quote|{{Bukhari|1|4|154}}|Narrated Anas bin Malik: | {{Quote|{{Bukhari|1|4|154}}|Narrated Anas bin Malik: | ||
Whenever Allah's Apostle went to answer the call of nature, I along with another boy used to carry a tumbler full of water (for cleaning the private parts) and an 'Anza (spear-headed stuck).}} | Whenever Allah's Apostle went to answer the call of nature, I along with another boy used to carry a tumbler full of water (for cleaning the private parts) and an 'Anza (spear-headed stuck [sic]).}} | ||
Note: The above hadith should say 'spear-headed stick'. | |||
{{Quote|{{Abudawud|1|44}}|Narrated AbuHurayrah: | {{Quote|{{Abudawud|1|44}}|Narrated AbuHurayrah: | ||
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{{Hub4|Hygiene|Hygiene}} | {{Hub4|Hygiene|Hygiene}} | ||
{{Translation-links-english|[[Korán, hadísy a učenci: Toaletní etiketa|Czech]]}} | |||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
*[{{Reference archive|1=http://dawah2tawheed.com/pdf/shariah/the_islamic_personality/Aadaab_of_Going_Toilet.pdf|2=2011-04-09}} Aadaab ut Takhallie (manners of going to the toilet)] ''- PDF'' | *[{{Reference archive|1=http://dawah2tawheed.com/pdf/shariah/the_islamic_personality/Aadaab_of_Going_Toilet.pdf|2=2011-04-09}} Aadaab ut Takhallie (manners of going to the toilet)] ''- PDF'' | ||
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