Posted on 09/15/2006 11:46:16 AM PDT by Sam Hill
In this installment we are enlightened on the seemingly troublesome question as to how to deal with a restroom.
From the fount of all wisdom, Ask The Imam:
Question 9220 from India - Can we enter rest room with this small paper contaning the quranic verse tied across our neck, or arm?
in which u suggested to Write the following verse (in Arabic script) on a pice of paper and tie it around neck or arm, Qul innal fadhla biyadillaahi, yu-uteehi man yashaa-u, wallaahu waasi-un aleem. Yuheedhu birahmitihi man yashaa-u, wallaahu dhul fadhlil adheem.
1) can we enter rest room with this small paper contaning the quranic verse tied across our neck, or arm.
2) Once the purpose is acheived should we continue or stop to tie this paper.
3) I had commited a sin actually so pelase advise. I used to carry small book containg Ya-Seen along with me to work. I recite it on my way to work. Sometimes when i go to rest room i relaises that book containg Ya-sin is in my pocket and feel bad. Once it fell on the floor of the rest room. I got scared and cleaned it and did taubah.
Now i had started keeping it in bag which i carry to office. As i had done a sin so please adivise me how i should do istekfara for this, do i need to give some money in charity apart from doing taubah. Also please tell me the approximate amt i need to give as charity.
Aslo tell me can we recite some portion of QUran which is in our memory without doing Wuzzu. 2) Please tell me is it obligatory to recite Bissmilla hir rahman-nir rahim after reciting sura-e-fathiha while making prayers.
Answer 9220
1. There is no harm to enter the restroom if the paper containing the Quraanic Aayat is concealed within the clothes.
2. Allah Alone is Shafee (the curer). The prescription is just a means of solving our difficulties. Once the purpose is achieved, the paper should be removed. However, one should continuously make Duaa to Allah to protect one from calamities.
3. Once you have made Istighfaar, that is sufficient to cleanse you from wrongdoing.
4. One may recite the Quraan from memory without Wudhu.
5. It is Sunnat to recite Bismillah after Surah Faatiha.
and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
You see, one is supposed to write a Quaranic verse on a piece of paper and tie it around your neck every time you use a (I assume public) restroom. That will protect you from "harm."
Even so, that might not be enough to protect one from "calamity," so one must "continuously make Duaa to Allah."
Still, notice that there is no mention about how "employees must wash hands."
For more on overcoming the dangers of restrooms, read the highly instructive (though typically contradictory) Restrooms Of The Future:
Designing Public Restrooms For The Muslim Culture
Entering
The Quran states that one should enter the restroom with left foot first while saying a prayer of protection. It is not permissible to enter a restroom while carrying anything that bears the name of Allah, such as the Quran, or any book with the name of Allah in it, or jewelry such as bracelets and necklaces engraved with the name of Allah. Muslims should keep silent when in the restroom. Thus, talking, reading, greeting others and answering greetings are not to be done inside the restroom except for risky situations, like guiding a disabled person...
Squatting
Muslims are encouraged to urinate while sitting or squatting and not while standing since this was the usual practice of the Prophet. Although standing is not forbidden as the Prophet is also reported to have done so...
Stepping Out
Muslims have a practice of leaving the toilet with right foot first as this is the usual practice of the Prophet. They utter a prayer of forgiveness as they leave the toilet.
Prayer uttered before entering the restroom with left foot: O Allah, I seek Your protection from the male and female devils.
Prayer uttered after leaving the restroom with the right foot: I seek your pardon. Praise be to Allah who removed from me discomfort. ...
This is an excerpt. Please read the rest of the article at Sweetness & Light.
Where are the 3 shells?
LOL!
At my church there is a note over the urinal saying "please flush". I don't think it is a "holy rule" though.
To three one must count.
Does this mean that transgender restrooms are out for Muslims?
Seems the moonbats in Ithaca and Marin will have some tough choices to make.
When the Prophet felt the need of relieving himself, he went far off where no one could see him. Well, I sure am glad I don't have to wonder about this anymore.
Mmmmmkay.
Is it permissible to eat the mints?
Should I ask exactly what "sin" they committed by entering the rest room, or would the answer be too disgusting for words? Of course, maybe their prophet simply commanded his followers to piddle at their tables...maybe the lefty woman on the recent flight who disrupted it by shouting and peeing in the aisle was actually preserving herself from sin by not visiting the restroom?
These people are crazy. But do remember that the Ayatollah Khomenei's first published work was an ask-the-mullah column telling men it was okay to use their barnyard fowl for sexual purposes. Yuck, yuck, yuck. And that goes for Islam, too!
Holy Sh*(
This religion seems less about a relationship with G*d and more about controlling every aspect of a person's life.
They lose their sense of self, their individuality which is a gift from G*d.
This is madness.
Instant Islamic Picures
Tear off one 'photo sheet'
Wipe ass
observe instant photo of Islamist
And you don't even have to generate one o'them bulky photo albums.
You can enjoy your photo and get many new ones every day !
Allah is, indeed ... good.
I do not know, and do not care if Christ peed standing up or squatting like a girl... Anyone who hasn't figured out Islam is about control, and subjugation and not peace by now, is beyond help.
"You can enjoy your photo and get many new ones every day !
Allah is, indeed ... good."
Allah Akbar!
ROTFLMAO!
Why don't they just do it off in the woods or fields or desert? Forget public restrooms...... Then there wouldn't be all this angst about defilement..... of course, then it would be hard to live in any town or city, but since it is a religion of barbaric desert tribes they shouldn't mind too much.....
What 3 shells?..........
Please add me to your "Muslim enlightenment" ping list.
We pray to allah that there may be corn in abundance, and that our stool may resemble the coiled python of du'uh'unh, who striketh the unbelievers in their pale infidelic bottom parts, may allah be praised.
"Is it permissible to eat the mints?"
No. That's why I have had all my urinal cakes stamped with Mohammed's picture and/or the name of allah, piss be upon him.
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