Q: My father built a new building for his business; I noticed that urinals were installed in the employee bathrooms. When I asked my father, he said that not everyone is a Muslim and that these urinals are for his non-Muslim employees.
1. Is it permissible to install urinals in one’s office building, supermarket, shop etc.?
2. Is it permissible for a Muslim plumber to install a urinal?
A:
1. The system of urinals, apart from it being unhygienic, it is very close to animal behaviour.
2. He must excuse himself.
And Allah Ta’ala (الله تعالى) knows best.
Answered by:
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)