If a man is in the toilet and someone speaks to him, should he answer the questioner?
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The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : If a person is relieving himself.
The Shaykh : If?
The questioner : If a person is relieving himself and another person is talking to him outside the restroom, should he answer him?
The Shaykh : If it is for a need, there is no harm, such as if he says, "Where is the house key?" and he and the other person are in the same house; this is a need and there is no harm.
The questioner : Other than a need?
The Shaykh : Other than a need, if he is conveying what the radio said, he should not do so.
The questioner : He turns on the radio while he is?
The Shaykh : There is no harm in that, and I also think that whether it is inside the bathroom or outside the bathroom, there is no harm, but on the condition that he does not become distracted and follow the radio, remaining seated on his need. Yes?
The questioner : The Westerner becomes distracted while he is on it.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : The Westerner becomes distracted while he is on it.
The Shaykh : The Westerners, what is it?
The questioner : He becomes distracted on it.
The Shaykh : In any case, the important thing is that he does not become distracted. And it has reached me that the disbelievers place these toilets they call Western-style; one comes and sits on it and takes a few newspapers to read while he is seated on his need. May Allah protect us.
The questioner : If a person is relieving himself.
The Shaykh : If?
The questioner : If a person is relieving himself and another person is talking to him outside the restroom, should he answer him?
The Shaykh : If it is for a need, there is no harm, such as if he says, "Where is the house key?" and he and the other person are in the same house; this is a need and there is no harm.
The questioner : Other than a need?
The Shaykh : Other than a need, if he is conveying what the radio said, he should not do so.
The questioner : He turns on the radio while he is?
The Shaykh : There is no harm in that, and I also think that whether it is inside the bathroom or outside the bathroom, there is no harm, but on the condition that he does not become distracted and follow the radio, remaining seated on his need. Yes?
The questioner : The Westerner becomes distracted while he is on it.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : The Westerner becomes distracted while he is on it.
The Shaykh : The Westerners, what is it?
The questioner : He becomes distracted on it.
The Shaykh : In any case, the important thing is that he does not become distracted. And it has reached me that the disbelievers place these toilets they call Western-style; one comes and sits on it and takes a few newspapers to read while he is seated on his need. May Allah protect us.