Your help is really helping the muslim Ummah,my questions are:1)I work at a grocery store in United States and as you might know they are english songs that are played in a low volume.I get my breaks at such a time when it is time for Asr namaz and Maghrib namaz,I want to ask you is my Namaz valid because no matter how much I concentrate on my namaz,sometimes the noise of the song goes into my ear.Is it permissible for me to offer namaz at my work place instead of making it Khaza.2)As you might also know that in United States we have attached bathrooms,so there is no other place left to offer Wadhu and we Muslims are suppose to recite the praise of Allah Ta’ala while doing Wadhu,so by doing Wadhu and reciting those words in the bathroom am I doing anything wrong or disrespecting Allah Ta’ala.
1. You should endervour to seek an alternate venue in order to perform your
Salaat. However, if you are unable to make any such arrangements, then you
should continue reciting your Salaat in your work place and not make it
Qadhaa.
2. If a person forgets to read the Du’aa before entering the toilet, then
the Du’aa should be read in one’s heart, not on the tongue. However, if the
toilet and bathroom are combined, then before entering the actual place of
toilet, one may read the Du’aa verbally, on condition one is not unclothed.
(Fathul Bari vol.1 pg.197; Daarul Qur’aan). However, it will be best if the
Du’aa is read before entering. There is no Du’aa for entering the bathroom
before taking a bath. If one enters to relieve himself, then the following
Du’aa is recited, ‘Allaahumma inniy a’oodhu bika minal khubuth wal
khabaa-ith’.
and Allah Ta’ala Knows Best
Mufti Ebrahim Desai