Collecting the Hadiths on Relieving Oneself

Question:
How do they reconcile the statement that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would go out to relieve himself, with the idea that this constitutes shirk (associating partners with Allah)? How can these two be combined?

Answer:
Consider the hadith of al-Mughirah, in which he said, "He went until he was out of my sight." The one who carries a burden remains in a specific place, while the one who relieves himself moves away, as in the hadith of Ibn al-Mughirah. The hadiths clarify one another; do not limit yourself to a single hadith. Collect the hadiths and look at the relationships between them. The Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) explains some of it by others, just as the words of Allah the Exalted explain some of it by others and clarify some of it by others. It is dangerous and a shortcoming in knowledge for a person to limit himself to a single text without looking at the remaining texts and collecting them together. Yes.