Is it permissible to pray in the public bath?
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The questioner : Regarding praying in the bath where one takes a bath, not the bathroom in the colloquial sense?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : What is the ruling on praying in the bath, meaning in the place where one bathes? That is known. But we have baths here in Algeria, in a specific place where people take off their clothes. There is a clean place there, a prayer area where people pray. Is it permissible to pray in such a place?
The Shaykh : Is this the public bath?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Or the bathroom in the house?
The questioner : The public bath.
The Shaykh : Yes. The intention of the hadith that prohibits praying in the graveyard and the bath is the bath known in that era, not a room in the public bath that has a prayer area. We see no problem at all with praying in this place.
The questioner : There is a hadith. Those who prohibited praying in the bath absolutely cited, or among their evidence is the hadith: What is your opinion on the authenticity of this phrase?
The Shaykh : My opinion is that you should bring out the text you just mentioned so that we can study it in the time to come.
The questioner : I mean, I do not know who narrated it; I only read it in *Nail al-Authar* or *Subul al-Salam* or *al-Mughni*.
The Shaykh : We will be patient with you and not press you.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : By bringing it to us now. We will not wait for you later. You bring it out for us.
The questioner : I do not have it. I am speaking from my friend's house, and he does not have this book, because I am not speaking from my house, as you know, I do not have a phone.
The Shaykh : My brother, may Allah bless you, I am telling you, do not rush.
The questioner : Ah, okay, fine.
The Shaykh : We say we will be patient with you. You will inform us later.
The questioner : Now, Shaykh, I remember the one who spoke about this hadith did not say "so-and-so narrated it" or "so-and-so narrated it." He said, "because it was narrated thus."
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you, Shaykh. Take your time, search for the hadith, and tell me we found it in such and such a place, and so-and-so narrated it as so-and-so said, and so on. After that, we will complete the task.
The questioner: All right.
The Shaykh : And if I say initially, in our knowledge, nothing is authentic regarding the bath except the hadith in the Sunan, but to answer you with a scholarly answer, you must help us with that.
The questioner: All right.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : What is the ruling on praying in the bath, meaning in the place where one bathes? That is known. But we have baths here in Algeria, in a specific place where people take off their clothes. There is a clean place there, a prayer area where people pray. Is it permissible to pray in such a place?
The Shaykh : Is this the public bath?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Or the bathroom in the house?
The questioner : The public bath.
The Shaykh : Yes. The intention of the hadith that prohibits praying in the graveyard and the bath is the bath known in that era, not a room in the public bath that has a prayer area. We see no problem at all with praying in this place.
The questioner : There is a hadith. Those who prohibited praying in the bath absolutely cited, or among their evidence is the hadith:
He prohibited praying in the bath because it is the house of Satan.
نهى عن الصلاة في الحمام لأنه بيت الشيطانThe Shaykh : My opinion is that you should bring out the text you just mentioned so that we can study it in the time to come.
The questioner : I mean, I do not know who narrated it; I only read it in *Nail al-Authar* or *Subul al-Salam* or *al-Mughni*.
The Shaykh : We will be patient with you and not press you.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : By bringing it to us now. We will not wait for you later. You bring it out for us.
The questioner : I do not have it. I am speaking from my friend's house, and he does not have this book, because I am not speaking from my house, as you know, I do not have a phone.
The Shaykh : My brother, may Allah bless you, I am telling you, do not rush.
The questioner : Ah, okay, fine.
The Shaykh : We say we will be patient with you. You will inform us later.
The questioner : Now, Shaykh, I remember the one who spoke about this hadith did not say "so-and-so narrated it" or "so-and-so narrated it." He said, "because it was narrated thus."
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you, Shaykh. Take your time, search for the hadith, and tell me we found it in such and such a place, and so-and-so narrated it as so-and-so said, and so on. After that, we will complete the task.
The questioner: All right.
The Shaykh : And if I say initially, in our knowledge, nothing is authentic regarding the bath except the hadith in the Sunan, but to answer you with a scholarly answer, you must help us with that.
The questioner: All right.
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