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To Cover or Not to Cover: Head Etiquette in the Toilet

Q: Should one cover one’s head when entering the toilet?

A: The Sunnah method of entering the toilet is that one recites the dua before entering and enters with the left foot. Covering the head whilst in the toilet is mustahab. If one did not cover his head, he will not be sinful.

عن انس رضى الله عنه ان النبى صلى الله عليه و سلم كان اذا دخل الخلاء قال اللهم انى اعوذ بك من الخبث و الخبائث. (الترمذي 1/7)

عن حبيب بن صالح رضى الله عنه قال كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم اذا دخل الخلاء لبس حذاءه وغطّى رأسه (بيهقى 1/96)

ثم يدخل باليسرى …ثم يخرج برجله اليمنى (رد المحتار 1/345)

Answered by:

Mufti Zakaria Makada

Checked & Approved:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)

This answer was collected from MuftiOnline.co.za, where the questions have been answered by Mufti Zakaria Makada (Hafizahullah), who is currently a senior lecturer in the science of Hadith and Fiqh at Madrasah Ta’leemuddeen, Isipingo Beach, South Africa.

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