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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Urinating on the road out of necessity at Muzdalifah

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, on the day at Muzdalifah, the restrooms are very few relative to the number of pilgrims, to the point that some are forced to urinate on the road or in other facilities. Do these people deserve the curse, even though they are compelled?

Answer:
No, they do not deserve it, if Allah wills. This is due to dire necessity, and dire necessity has its own ruling, except for what you are compelled to do. Allah the Exalted said: He has explained to you
he has assaulted youمَا اعْتَدَىٰ عَلَيْكُمْ
[Al-Baqarah 2:194]
except for what you are compelled to do. The principle is that there is no prohibition in the case of dire necessity. If a person is compelled to do this, there is nothing wrong with it, if Allah wills. However, he is required to bury this substance in such a way that people are not harmed by it; he buries it, and there is nothing wrong with that.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 11 — youtube.com (38:22)

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