What is the meaning of the word *hammam* in the hadith: “The entire earth is a mosque, except for the graveyard and the *hammam*”?
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May Allah reward you. The Honorable Shaykh says: It was mentioned in the hadithBulugh al-Maram 140 that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said Jami` at-Tirmidhi 317Sahih (Darussalam), and the question is: Is the *hammam* mentioned here the *hammam* known as *dimas*, or is it the *hammams* known today in houses?
Answer:
The *hammam* referred to here is the place for bathing and washing. What is in these houses are latrines, not *hammams*. These are latrines, places for relieving oneself. As for the known *hammams*, they are the bathhouses that were built in cities for bathing and treatment, because they have hot water and steam. When a person enters them, he sweats. If he has a certain type of illness or a nervous condition, he benefits from them. These are the known *hammams*: therapeutic *hammams* and *hammams* for cleanliness, for treatment and for cleanliness, and they are not places for relieving oneself. Yes.
May Allah reward you. The Honorable Shaykh says: It was mentioned in the hadith
Narrated Hamnah bint Jahsh: 'I had a very strong prolonged flow of blood. I went to the Prophet (Peace be upon him) to ask him about it. He said, "This is a strike from Satan. So observe your menses for six or seven days, then perform Ghusl until you see that you are clean. Pray for twenty-four or twenty-three nights and days and fast, and that will suffice you. Do so every month just as the other women menstruate (and are purified). But if you are strong enough to delay the Dhuhr prayer and advance the Asr prayer, then make Ghusl when your purified and combine the Dhuhr and the Asr prayers together; then delay the Maghrib prayer and advance the Isha prayer, and perform Ghusl and combine the two prayers, do so. Do so, and then wash at dawn and pray Fajr. This is how you may pray and fast if you have the ability to do so." And he said, "That is the more preferable way to me." [Reported by the five imams except An- Nasa’i, At-Tirmidhi graded it Sahih (sound)]
إِلَيَّ رَوَاهُ اَلْخَمْسَةُ إِلَّا النَّسَائِيَّAll of the earth is a Masjid except for the graveyard and the washroom.
الأرض كلها مسجد إلا المقبرة والحمام،Answer:
The *hammam* referred to here is the place for bathing and washing. What is in these houses are latrines, not *hammams*. These are latrines, places for relieving oneself. As for the known *hammams*, they are the bathhouses that were built in cities for bathing and treatment, because they have hot water and steam. When a person enters them, he sweats. If he has a certain type of illness or a nervous condition, he benefits from them. These are the known *hammams*: therapeutic *hammams* and *hammams* for cleanliness, for treatment and for cleanliness, and they are not places for relieving oneself. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما معنى كلمة الحمام في حديث الأرض كلها مسجد إلا المقبرة والحمام؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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