What is the reason for the prohibition of praying in the bathroom and praying in the cemetery?
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Question:
Whoever mentions that the reason is impurity says that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) combined the prohibition of praying in the bathroom and the prohibition of praying in the cemetery in one place, which indicates that the intended meaning is impurity. How is this answered?
Answer:
The bathroom does not contain impurity. The bathroom referred to is the one people enter to clean themselves and seek healing, according to al-Bukhari. It is not the bathroom you know now, the place for relieving oneself. No, the bathroom is a house built for cleanliness, and they place in it things by which people are healed from pains and ailments.
Whoever mentions that the reason is impurity says that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) combined the prohibition of praying in the bathroom and the prohibition of praying in the cemetery in one place, which indicates that the intended meaning is impurity. How is this answered?
Answer:
The bathroom does not contain impurity. The bathroom referred to is the one people enter to clean themselves and seek healing, according to al-Bukhari. It is not the bathroom you know now, the place for relieving oneself. No, the bathroom is a house built for cleanliness, and they place in it things by which people are healed from pains and ailments.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما العلة من النهي عن الصلاة في الحمّام والصلاة في المقبرة؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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