How is the hadith: “None of you should be naked in his bathroom” reconciled?
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The questioner : ... a shaykh in a hadith, I don't remember who graded it, says the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ..
The Shaykh : No, what?
The questioner : .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : If this is authentic, it is understood to mean that there is someone present with him, because the baths of that time were not like our baths today; they were spacious buildings where men and women would enter. For this reason, some scholars forbade women from entering the bath because of the mixing of men and women. Some scholars also said that the hadith about the bath is not authentic, because all baths were only known after the conquests, whereas before that, the Arabs did not know of this. In any case, this is not the place to discuss this matter. We only say that it is permissible for a person to speak while naked, but note that this does not mean that he should deliver a sermon while naked. Do you understand this, Ya Ayub?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : No, no, we do not say that you should preach to people. But if someone speaks to you about a need, or if you forgot something and did not remember it except in the bath, you may ask, or if someone asked for permission and you said, “I am in the bath,” or something like that, the important thing is that there is a need. As for saying that it is permissible to the extent that a person, yes, holds a paper and speaks from it, that is not correct. Yes.
None of you should be naked in his bathroom
لا يتعرين أحدكم في حمامهThe Shaykh : No, what?
The questioner :
None of you should be naked in his bathroom
لا يتعرين أحدكم في حمامهThe Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : If this is authentic, it is understood to mean that there is someone present with him, because the baths of that time were not like our baths today; they were spacious buildings where men and women would enter. For this reason, some scholars forbade women from entering the bath because of the mixing of men and women. Some scholars also said that the hadith about the bath is not authentic, because all baths were only known after the conquests, whereas before that, the Arabs did not know of this. In any case, this is not the place to discuss this matter. We only say that it is permissible for a person to speak while naked, but note that this does not mean that he should deliver a sermon while naked. Do you understand this, Ya Ayub?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : No, no, we do not say that you should preach to people. But if someone speaks to you about a need, or if you forgot something and did not remember it except in the bath, you may ask, or if someone asked for permission and you said, “I am in the bath,” or something like that, the important thing is that there is a need. As for saying that it is permissible to the extent that a person, yes, holds a paper and speaks from it, that is not correct. Yes.