Is relieving oneself in public places among the major sins?
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, since relieving oneself in these places brings the curse, does that mean it is among the major sins?
The Shaykh:
Yes, it indicates that this is among the major sins. And we also said that this is not limited to urine and feces; anything that harms people in their thoroughfares, anything that harms them in their thoroughfares and parks, falls under this, whether you place garbage there, or slaughter animals there and pollute it with offal, blood, and waste, or otherwise. Or if you place there the waste from canned goods and food leftovers, or anything else, all of this falls under harming people in their thoroughfares. Yes.
The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, a man harmed me, so should he be boycotted?
The Shaykh:
When people go out for a picnic or stop at a place while traveling on the road, and they take shade and rest, they should have a bag with them, or a bag in which they collect their waste and then remove it from the place. They remove it from the place. And if they want to slaughter a sheep or flay a sheep, they do it away from the place, in the open. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, since relieving oneself in these places brings the curse, does that mean it is among the major sins?
The Shaykh:
Yes, it indicates that this is among the major sins. And we also said that this is not limited to urine and feces; anything that harms people in their thoroughfares, anything that harms them in their thoroughfares and parks, falls under this, whether you place garbage there, or slaughter animals there and pollute it with offal, blood, and waste, or otherwise. Or if you place there the waste from canned goods and food leftovers, or anything else, all of this falls under harming people in their thoroughfares. Yes.
The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, a man harmed me, so should he be boycotted?
The Shaykh:
When people go out for a picnic or stop at a place while traveling on the road, and they take shade and rest, they should have a bag with them, or a bag in which they collect their waste and then remove it from the place. They remove it from the place. And if they want to slaughter a sheep or flay a sheep, they do it away from the place, in the open. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب ارتياد المكان الرخو وما يكره التخلي فيه — islamhouse.com (40:50)
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