Ruling on speaking inside the bathroom before beginning to relieve oneself?
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The questioner : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Your Eminence, Shaykh, regarding speaking inside the restroom before beginning to relieve oneself, what is the ruling?
The Shaykh : There is nothing wrong with it, especially if there is a need for it, because there is no explicit prohibition against this, unless two men relieve themselves and one sits facing the other while they talk; that is what is prohibited. As for merely speaking inside the place of relief, there is no prohibition. Yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : We did not say that.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No, the middle one, please.
The questioner : Shaykh, may Allah reward you.
Your Eminence, Shaykh, regarding speaking inside the restroom before beginning to relieve oneself, what is the ruling?
The Shaykh : There is nothing wrong with it, especially if there is a need for it, because there is no explicit prohibition against this, unless two men relieve themselves and one sits facing the other while they talk; that is what is prohibited. As for merely speaking inside the place of relief, there is no prohibition. Yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : We did not say that.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No, the middle one, please.
The questioner : Shaykh, may Allah reward you.