CocoNut
January 15, 2004, 12:19am
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Friend of mine n myself were wondering so we thought to share with the rest of y’all.
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Read up and know whats good for you and your Imaan:
Q 2. I have a question regarding passing urine while standing. As you know, outside the house, most of us have to urinate while standing. My question is if one is wearing underwear and urinates and the shirt touches the underwear that is impure (palid) due to drops of urine, is that shirt also impure (palid) now? What if the underwear is dry? I have also read somewhere that if something is impure and then dries up it automatically becomes pure (pak). Is this right? What if something is wet and impure and touches other clothes, but it is not wet enough to make other clothes wet. In this case, are the clothes in contact with something impure will be considered impure. I would be grateful if you would clarify this topic (pure and impure). (Abrar)
A 2. The preferred way of passing urine is to do it in the sitting position. Urine is Najas (unclean) and it should not touch the body or the clothes. After urination one should wash one’s self or should dry oneself thoroughly with paper. Urination in the standing position may soil the clothes or the body. However, if a person is sick and cannot sit down, or the place is unclean, then it is allowed to urinate in the standing position also. There are a number of Ahadith reported by Imam Bukhari, Muslim and others that indicate that the Prophet -peace be upon him- once came to an unclean place (subatah) and he urinated in the standing position. Some scholars of Hadith say that the Prophet -peace be upon him- had pain in his leg at that time. This shows that urination in the standing position is permissible only in the case of some excuse, otherwise, the proper position is the sitting position.
If any parts of the body or clothes had urine on them, they should be washed, whether the urine is wet or it has dried up. If the urine was on the ground and the sun made it dry, then washing of the ground is not necessary. Any clothes that touch the wet urine clothes should also be washed.
People in the West do not care very much about urine. Many do not even wash their hands when they come out of the bathrooms. Islam teaches us extra care in this matter. For us it is a matter of hygiene, good health as well as our Taharah. Our prayers are not valid, if our body and clothes are not very clean. We should be thankful to Allah that he guided us even in these simple things.
and this too
Mehnaz
January 15, 2004, 12:33pm
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So, guys are supposed to sit? Wouldn’t that be a bit uncomfortable and (I’m assuming) difficult?
No, it’s easy. Wait till you get married and then your hubby will provide a detailed explanation if needed
NeSCio
January 15, 2004, 3:08pm
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usually when a man has to urinate AND defecate at once, he will sit down to do both
don’t tell me you thought that in this case he first urinated standing and then turned around to sit (or did both things standing)
Mehnaz
January 15, 2004, 3:45pm
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Actually Nescio, I never really thought about it at all till now.
system
January 15, 2004, 4:13pm
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I have a bidet on my toilet so I always use it sitting down and then wash myself.
But if it’s a public toilet then I have to do it standing up, sitting is too icky, the trick is pee straight into the water and don’t hit the basin or toilet tissues etc. it reduces the splashing a great deal. And I never use urinals; you have some weird people there.
CocoNut
January 15, 2004, 11:14pm
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Even that is frowned upon by the majority. I've heard they say its better to clean it up, cover your seat with tissues sit and urinate.
and we need something with 'religious validity' to act on these general hygine guidelines??
CocoNut
January 16, 2004, 6:40pm
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Not really, but most do lack common sense hence we've to stick it to them with the religious clause.
