Is the modern bathroom considered a place of relief, and is the supplication for the place of relief recited for it?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, we have heard people quoting from you that the modern bathroom is not considered a place of relief; because the impurity does not settle in the place, and therefore the supplication for the place of relief is not recited in this state. Is this correct?
Answer:
Yes, the situation has changed now. The latrines in the past were, as you know, places where the excrement remained. But now, the excrement goes down the drains and nothing remains, so the matter has become lighter now. The matter has become lighter and the situation has changed. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, we have heard people quoting from you that the modern bathroom is not considered a place of relief; because the impurity does not settle in the place, and therefore the supplication for the place of relief is not recited in this state. Is this correct?
Answer:
Yes, the situation has changed now. The latrines in the past were, as you know, places where the excrement remained. But now, the excrement goes down the drains and nothing remains, so the matter has become lighter now. The matter has become lighter and the situation has changed. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من أبواب أحكام التخلي — islamhouse.com (50:58)
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