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Standing to Urinate?

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Question:

Asalaam alaykum. Is it unlawful to stand and urinate according to the Shafi’i School?

Answer:

As salamu alaykum wa rahmatuLlahi wa barakatuHu,

In Rawdah v. 1, p. 220, Imam Nawawi stated that it is disliked [makruh] to stand and urinate without a valid excused.

And Allah knows best.

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