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Speaking in the Bathroom

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Answered by Shaykh Amjad Rasheed

What is the ruling of speaking beside the sink in a bathroom if one is far from the toilet?

Answer:
In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيمالحمد لله رب العالمين و صلى الله على سيدنا محمد و على آله و صحبه و سلمأما بعد

Outside the Bathroom

If one is outside the room where one relieves oneself (even if close to it), it is not disliked to utter anything.

Inside the Bathroom

If one is inside the room where one relieves oneself (even if far from the actual toilet), it is disliked to utter the Qur’an, any invocation (dhikr), or any name that is worthy of respect (such as the names of angels and prophets). As for worldly talk (kalam al-nas), according to Ibn Hajar, it is not disliked in this case, but according to other Imams of our school, it is disliked.

While Relieving Oneself

If one is actually engaged in the process of relieving oneself, it is disliked for one to utter anything, whether invocation (dhikr) or anything else.

Amjad Rasheed
Amman, Jordan

(Translated by Hamza Karamali)

السؤال : ما حكمُ الكلام بجانب حوض الحمام إذا كان المرحاضُ بعيداً عنه ؟الجواب : إذا كان الشخص خارج بيت الخلاء ولو قريباً منه فلا يكره الكلام مطلقاً ، أما إذا كان داخلَ بيت الخلاء ولو بعيداً عن المرحاض فيكره لك التلفظُ بالقرآن والذكر والأسماء المعظمة كأسماء الملائكة والأنبياء . أما غير ذلك من كلام الناس فلا يكره حينئذ عند العلامة ابن حجر ، ويكره عند غيره من أئمتنا . وأما إذا كان الشخصُ يقضي حاجته بالفعل فيكره له الكلام مطلقاً سواء بالذكر أو غيره .

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