Hadith 266

(The book) ‘Al Khisaal’ of Al Sadouq – from his father, from Sa’ad Bin Abdullah, from Muhammad Bin Isa Al Yaqteeny, from Al Qasim Bin Yayha, from his grandfather Al-Hassan Bin Rashid, from Abu Baseer, and Muhammad Bin Muslim, ‘From Al-Sadiq-asws, from his-asws forefathers-asws having said: ‘Amir Al-Momineen-asws said: ‘The man should not urinate from a roof into the air, nor should he urinate in flowing water. If he were to do that, and something afflicts him, he should not blame except himself, for there are inhabitants for the water, and inhabitants for the air’’. [307]
And he-asws said: ‘When one of you urinates, he should not aim with his urine (in the air), nor face the wind with his urinating’’. [308]
And he-asws said: ‘Neither urinate upon the main road nor defecate upon it’’. [309]
And he-asws said: ‘Do not hasten the man during his meal until he is free, nor during his defecation until he comes to his need (fulfilled)’’. [310]
(The book) ‘Da’aim’ Al Islam –
‘We are reporting from People-asws of the Household, they-asws instructed with covering the private parts, and closing the eyes from nakedness of the Muslims, and forbade the Momin from uncovering his nakedness and even though nobody is seeing him. And that one of them-asws, may the Salawaat of Allah-azwj be upon them-asws, descended to the water and there was a loincloth upon him-asws and he-asws did not remove it. It was said to him‑asws, ‘You-asws have descended into the water and are covered by it, so remove it! ’ He-asws said: ‘What about dwellers of the water? ’
And they forbade from the talking in the state of defecation and the urination, and from responding the greeting to the one greeting unto him while he is in that state. And it is reported that Rasool-Allah-saww was such, when he entered the toilet, he-saww disguised and covered his-as head and nobody saw him-saww; and it was so whenever he-saww wanted to fulfil his-saww need during the journey, he-saww would distance whatever he-saww so desired, and concealed. And they-asws said: ‘From understanding of the man is frequenting place of the defecation and the urination and the phlegm. They-asws meant, that should not happen whereby the people are seeing him’’. [311]
And we are reporting from one of them-asws, he-asws instructed with building a toilet in the house. They indicate to a place without covering (concealment) from the house. He-asws said: ‘O you all! Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic, when He-azwj Created the human being, Created his outlet in the most concealed of the places from him, and like that it is befitting for the toilet to be in the most concealed of places in the house’’. [312]
And from them-asws, may the Salawaat of Allah-azwj be upon them-asws: ‘Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘The urinating in the water while standing is from the bad etiquettes’, and he-saww prohibited from it, and from defecating in it, and in the river, and upon edge of the well water there is usage from its water, and beneath the fruit-bearing tree, and between the graves, and upon the road, and the courtyards. And (prohibited) from the man aiming with his urine from the high place, and from facing the Qiblah, and having the back towards it during the state of defecation and the urination, and from the man urinating while standing, and he-saww instructed with the precaution from the urine and be guarding from it, and from the uncleanness, all of it, and they-asws allowed regarding the urinating and the defecating in the container’’. [313]
And we are reporting from Ali-asws, when he-asws entered the toilet to fulfil the need, he-asws said: ‘In the Name of Allah-azwj! O Allah-azwj! I-asws seek Refuge with You-azwj from the unclean, the filthy, the wicked, the pelted Satan-la’. When he-asws came out, he-asws said: ‘The Praise is for Allah-azwj Who Granted me well-being in my body, and the Praise is for Allah-azwj Who Expelled the harm from me! ’’[314]
And from Abu Abdullah Ja’far-asws Bin Muhammad-asws having said: ‘When you enter the toilet, then say, ‘In the Name of Allah-azwj, and by Allah-azwj! I seek Refuge with Allah-azwj from the unclean, the filthy, the wickedness of the wicked pelted Satan-la! O Allah-azwj! Just as You-azwj had Fed me in well being, Expel it from me in well being! ’
When you are free, then say, ‘The Praise is for Allah-azwj Who Expelled the harm from me and Made my food and my drink comfortable for me’’. [315]
(The book) ‘Tawheed’ of Al Mufazzal – by a report of Muhammad Bin Sinan, from him, ‘From Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘Learn a lesson now, O Mufazzal, with the great Favour upon the human being in his food and his drink, and the easiness of the exit of the harmful (substance). Isn’t the one who is good at determination regarding building the house, that the toilet would happen to be in the most veiled place in it? That is how Allah-azwj, Glorious is He-azwj, Made a port configured for the toilet to be in the most veiled place from him, and He-azwj did not Make it prominent from behind him, not openly in front of him. But, it is hidden in an obscure place of the body, veiled, concealed, two thighs meeting upon it, and it is veiled by the two tools (buttocks) with whatever is upon them from the flesh, and they cover it. So, when the human being is needy to the toilet, and he sits that sitting, you will find that port to be positioned for the rolling out the weight. Blessed is Allah-azwj from His-azwj Favours been shown, nor His-azwj Bounties to be counted’’. [316]
(The book) ‘Al Ilal’ of Muhammad Bin Ali Bin Ibrahim Bin Hashim who said, ‘The first limit from limits of the Salat, it is the cleansing from the toilet, and it is one of ten, there is no escape for the people from knowing it and establishing it, and that is from the etiquettes of Rasool-Allah-saww. Whenever he-saww intended the urination or the defecation, it was not allowed for him to face the Qiblah, neither with front nor back; and the reason regarding that is that the Kabah is mightiest sign of Allah-azwj in His-azwj earth, and of most majestic sanctity. Therefore, you should not face it with the two private parts, the front and the back, due to the reverence to the sign of Allah-azwj and Sanctity of Allah-azwj, and House of Allah-azwj. And one should not face the sun and the moon, because these are two signs from signs of Allah-azwj. There isn’t in the sky mightier than these two, due to Words of Allah-azwj the Exalted: And We Made the night and the day as two Signs, then We Erased the Sign of the night [17: 12] – and it is the darkness which is in the moon – and We Made the Sign of the day to be visible, [17: 12] – the Verse. And another reason is, there is Noor installed in it, therefore it is not allowed to face with front nor back, when these were from the signs of Allah-azwj, and in it is Noor from the Noor of Allah-azwj. And one should not face the wind for two reasons. One of these is that the wind might return the urine and hit the clothes, and maybe the man would not know that, or he may not find what he can wash with; and the second reason is that there is an Angel (allocated) with the wind, therefore do not face with the private parts. And do not wash (defecate) at the banks of a flowing river, and the reason regarding that is that there are dwellers from the Angels in the rivers; nor in still waters, and the reason regarding it is that it would impure it and dirty it, therefore let the needy take from it to wash from it, and pray Salat with it, and he does not know whether it has been drunk or washed with. Nor (excrete) between the graves, and the reason regarding it is that the Momineen are visiting their graves, so they will be harmed by it; nor in a shade of the descending (from journey) because sometimes the people descend in its shade at night to be shaded by it, and it might hit them while they are no knowing. Nor (excrete) in courtyards of the Masjids, forty cubits by forty cubits, because it is a sanctuary and there is a sanctity for it, due to words of Al-Sadiq-asws: ‘Sanctuary of the Masjid is forty cubits by forty cubits’. Nor (excrete) beneath a fruit-bearing tree, due to words of Al-Sadiq-asws: ‘There is none from a fruit, nor a tree, nor a plant except and there is an Angel with it glorifying Allah-azwj, and extolling His-azwj Holiness, and extolling His-azwj Oneness’. Thus, that is not allowed for the reason of the Angel allocated with it, and lest he takes lightly with what Allah-azwj has Permitted, nor (excrete) upon the fruits for this reason. Nor (excrete) upon middle of the road, and the reason regarding it is, perhaps the people would tread it in darkness of the night; nor (excrete) in a room Salat is prayed in it, and the reason regarding is that the Angels will not be entering that room. So, these are limits of the cleansing and their reasons’’. [317]
(The book) ‘Falah Al Saail’ – by his chain, from Haroun Bin Musa Al Tal’albury, may Allah-azwj be Satisfied with them, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Saeed, from Yahya Bin Zakariya Bin Shayban, from Al-Hassan Bin Ali Bin Abu Hamza Al Batainy, from his father, from Abu Baseer, ‘From Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘When you enter to the toilet and you intend the defecation, then say, ‘In the Name of Allah-azwj, and by Allah-azwj! I seek Refuge with Allah-azwj from the wickedness of the wicked, the uncleanness of the unclean, the pelted Satan-la. Surely, Allah-azwj is the Hearing, the Knowing’’. [318]
(The book) ‘Junnat Al Amaan’ –
I saw in one of the books of our companions, ‘A man came to the Prophet-saww and complained to him-saww of the adversity and the poverty, and the grief in entirety of the situations, and a lot of worries, and scarcity of sustenance. He-saww said: ‘Perhaps you are utilising inheritance of the worries’. He said, ‘And what is the inheritance of worries? ’
He-saww said: ‘Perhaps you are wearing turban while sitting, or trouser while standing, and you are clipping your nails with your teeth, or you are wiping your face with your tail (clothes), or urinating in still water, or sleeping prone upon your face’ – the Hadeeth’’. [319]
(The book) ‘Majmou Al Dawaat’ of Ibn Al Talukbari, ‘In a Hadeeth from Al-Sadiq-asws regarding engraving the Chinese iron (ring). He-asws said: ‘And be careful upon it from the impurities and the smell, and entering the bathhouse, and the toilet’ – the Hadeeth’’. [320]
[1] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 77 – The Book Cleanliness – Ch 1 H 1 (Chapters on water and its rulings)
[2] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 77 – The Book Cleanliness – Ch 1 H 2 (Chapters on water and its rulings)
[3] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 77 – The Book Cleanliness – Ch 1 H 3 (Chapters on water and its rulings)
[4] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 77 – The Book Cleanliness – Ch