Islam For Dhimmies - How To Protect Oneself From Restrooms

Sweetness & Light ^ | September 15, 2006 | N/A

[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 Qur’aanic 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 Du’aa 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 Qur’aan 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 Du’aa 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 Qur’an 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 Qur’an, 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.

[snarks_when_bored]

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.

Superstition is pathetic.

[brooklyn dave]

Ya mean ya can't say to the jihadi next to ya "Golly, that a big 'un ya got there---how d'ya do jihad wit that thing??"

[dighton]

How can a person conceal himself from the jinn when in the toilet?

[Mr. Jazzy]

" .. and after departing the place of necessity, one should thank Allah and as an extra blessing to those who would follow you, a spray of Glade or striking a match would make the prophet smile. Say your "durka-durka" and then bust a move."


I think that part got left out.

(sarcasm off)

[petercooper]

"Ummm Ahmed... I feel something warm down my back. You should have used the restroom before you hopped up there."

[Twinkie]

I think it is used in a squatting position, the feet on either side of the floor beside the sink while balancing. Left hand is called "Charmin" and it is not nice to wave with the left hand in those cultures that still practice the invisible Charmin usage.

[x_plus_one]

The anthropological hierarchy of religions starts with the "gnat" or suprstition religions on the botom rung. Islam IS a superstition religion.

[brooklyn dave]

I guess everything's ok as long as you've not "Bin Seen" making "a scene" in the "Lah treen"

[montomike]

Its just taking a pee! Why is it a ritual?

[Maneesh]

This is a great example of how Islam controls everything about your life down to how you go to the toilet. If you could see what a true Muslim does in the toilet you would either die laughing or leave in disgust. There is no questioning, no critical thinking, no tolerance, no suggestions for improvement, no continuous improvement but only complete obedience.

If you read the history of Muhammad you will find that he wrote verses of the Koran after he did something not yet accepted like sleep with a 9 year old, behead a sleeping mother of five and other charming activities. The Koran is a collection of the ramblings of a deranged lunatic who convinced enough barbaric nomads to follow him and every generation since has just blindly followed the Koran with no questioning. It is the world's greatest and most evil example of a cult propagated for 1400 years.

[sissyjane]

ROTFL!!!!

[aShepard]

Q: Imam; "do I fold the T-paper with my right or left hand?"

A: Big Mo never used T-paper, so in the proper muzzie rest room there is no T-paper (note the photo of the squatz platz) Good followers are able to squat deep enough to as not to dirty their hind-cheeks.

And, Allah knows best!

[Red Badger]

If'n anybody ever said that to me in a restroom, I think I'd go ALLAH FUBAR all over his face!.............

[Twinkie]

When the Viking Kitties have maneuvers in desert countries, there is no problem as most of the country is like a giant litter box to them - all the sand you know.

[adam_smith_76]

One of the first things everyone seems to notice about Europe is that no two toilets are the same. The worst one I saw was in Germany, which was sort of a collective urinal that looked like a trough running along the floor of the restroom. It was designed to maximize splatter and urine smell. The Germans probably don't care because the Turks clean the restrooms...which probably explains why the Turks hate Europeans.

I'm going to be in Milan in a few weeks, and I'll just make sure I use the toilet before I leave the hotel. :)

[Safetgiver]

Once you have made Istighfaar,....I Ishtighfaarted real good this morning after my first cup of coffee. What is it with these Moe-ham- Heads and their worry about bodily functions? Worry about farting during prayer time, worry about puking when thinking about Moe-Ham- Head, etc. Gee, worry about putting a handle on a shovel and get yourself out of the 7th century, A@@holes.

[Red Badger]

What's that metal thing? a water pipe or a handle of some sort?..........

[russdawg]

that is a turkish toilet, meditteranean area common bathroom fixture. the treads on the side are just that, so you won't fall in feet first. to answer the other question on the board, I believe the "three shells" is from a sylvester stallone movie, maybe demoliton man. as for the third answer, why do you know so much about bathrooms? I don't know!

[brooklyn dave]

I wish every time a Muslim takes a dump a big ole 8'6" black jinn with a Mississippi drawl would appear to him and say "I see what you're doing---no wishes for you sucka!!"

[HardStarboard]

Even at Gitmo, we couldn't torture these guys half as much as they torture themselves....or Islam tortures them!

Islam - the religion of the potty peroccupied.