Benefits of the Hadith (None of you should hold his penis with his right hand . . . ).
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The Shaykh : As for this hadith, it contains benefits:
First: The prohibition of a man touching his penis with his right hand while urinating. The prohibition here is explicit, and this prohibition is also emphasized. By what?
The student: By the nun of emphasis.
The Shaykh : By the nun of emphasis. So, is this prohibition for prohibition (tahrim) or for dislike (karahah)?
The majority of scholars hold that it is for dislike and not for prohibition, because it falls under the category of etiquette. The prohibition does not go beyond one of two things: either it is to honor the right hand, or it is out of fear that the right hand will become contaminated with urine and thus become foul-smelling. In any case, this does not necessitate that the prohibition be for prohibition (tahrim).
But the reality of the matter is that the statement that it is for prohibition (tahrim) is a strong opinion because it is emphasized, where he said: And this is the opinion of the people of the Zahir: that the prohibition is for prohibition (tahrim).
And among the benefits of this hadith: the permissibility of a man touching his penis with his right hand in other than the state of urination. From where is this taken?
From his saying: And this is the principle in the concept (mafhum), that it be a concept of contradiction, meaning: that the concept contradicts the explicit text in ruling. This is the principle, and perhaps this principle is strengthened by the fact that if he touches his penis with his right hand while urinating, it becomes contaminated with impurity, or becomes exposed to contamination with impurity, unlike if he touches it without being in the state of urinating. Some scholars said: He should not touch his penis with his right hand, neither in the state of urinating nor otherwise, and that if the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited touching the penis with the right hand in the state of urinating, while a person may need to do so, then in other than that it is even more so. And on this, the issue is possible (muhmalah), and if it is possible, what is the scrupulousness? Answer?
Not touching it absolutely, but we do not assert that this is general, because the restriction to the state of urinating undoubtedly has a relevance, which is the need.
So if someone says: If a person is unable to clean himself with his left hand, what does he do?
We said: The need has rulings, and the discussion on it will come, if Allah wills, in the hadith that follows.
And among the benefits of this hadith: the honoring of the right hand, where he was prohibited from touching the penis with it in the state of urinating.
And among the benefits of this hadith: that the right hand is better than the left hand, and this is consistent in worldly matters and religious matters. As for worldly matters, it is not hidden from us all that Allah the Exalted placed in the right hand a strength that is not in the left hand, so it is with it that he takes, writes, eats, and carries heavy things, and this is from the natural distinction.
And as for the Shari'ah, as you saw, he prohibited touching the penis with the right hand in the state of urinating, and touching it with the left hand is not a problem.
Now, and among the benefits of this hadith: the permissibility of explicitly using the word for urine, and that it is not considered contrary to modesty, because the one who expressed it was the one who enlivened people, and he is the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), so he said:.
And as for what people use now, saying: If he wants to urinate, he says: "I will release the water," then this has no basis. Rather, the author of al-Furu' (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "It is better to say: I will urinate, and not say: I will release the water", because urine is not water, and because the expression with urine and its derivatives is found in the Sunnah. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said regarding urine:Sahih al-Bukhari 218.
And here the derivative is: he is urinating, so the correct is the permissibility of expressing it with this.
Now, if someone says: It is considered contrary to manliness, meaning: explicitly mentioning urine in our custom now, do we say: Custom, just as it changes meanings, also changes states? Is not the reference in faith to what the word necessitates in custom before we refer to what it necessitates in language? So if the custom is consistent among people in disliking the explicit mention of urine and its derivatives, and they express it with an allusion that indicates it, and there is no religious harm in it?
In my opinion, there is no harm in it, for this reason the author of al-Furu' said: "It is better" and he did not say: It is forbidden, and he did not say: It is obligatory to say: I will urinate, and not say: I will release the water, rather he said: It is better, and perhaps in the custom of the author of al-Furu' the situation had not reached what it has reached today, for the word for urine today is very disliked by people, to the extent that if you said it in other than the hadith, the hadith that people accept when it passes by them, but in ordinary speech, if you said: By Allah, I want to go, for example, to urinate, or I urinated today, among the common people, what would they say? What would they say?
The student: They would find it disgusting.
The Shaykh : They would find it very disgusting and say: This is what one is shy to say, urine, among people, so I do not see a preventer if this is among the words that people are shy of and they allude to it with what indicates it, without religious harm, I do not see any harm in that.
First: The prohibition of a man touching his penis with his right hand while urinating. The prohibition here is explicit, and this prohibition is also emphasized. By what?
The student: By the nun of emphasis.
The Shaykh : By the nun of emphasis. So, is this prohibition for prohibition (tahrim) or for dislike (karahah)?
The majority of scholars hold that it is for dislike and not for prohibition, because it falls under the category of etiquette. The prohibition does not go beyond one of two things: either it is to honor the right hand, or it is out of fear that the right hand will become contaminated with urine and thus become foul-smelling. In any case, this does not necessitate that the prohibition be for prohibition (tahrim).
But the reality of the matter is that the statement that it is for prohibition (tahrim) is a strong opinion because it is emphasized, where he said:
He should not touch
لا يمسنAnd among the benefits of this hadith: the permissibility of a man touching his penis with his right hand in other than the state of urination. From where is this taken?
From his saying:
while urinating
وهو يبولNot touching it absolutely, but we do not assert that this is general, because the restriction to the state of urinating undoubtedly has a relevance, which is the need.
So if someone says: If a person is unable to clean himself with his left hand, what does he do?
We said: The need has rulings, and the discussion on it will come, if Allah wills, in the hadith that follows.
And among the benefits of this hadith: the honoring of the right hand, where he was prohibited from touching the penis with it in the state of urinating.
And among the benefits of this hadith: that the right hand is better than the left hand, and this is consistent in worldly matters and religious matters. As for worldly matters, it is not hidden from us all that Allah the Exalted placed in the right hand a strength that is not in the left hand, so it is with it that he takes, writes, eats, and carries heavy things, and this is from the natural distinction.
And as for the Shari'ah, as you saw, he prohibited touching the penis with the right hand in the state of urinating, and touching it with the left hand is not a problem.
Now, and among the benefits of this hadith: the permissibility of explicitly using the word for urine, and that it is not considered contrary to modesty, because the one who expressed it was the one who enlivened people, and he is the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), so he said:
while urinating
وهو يبولAnd as for what people use now, saying: If he wants to urinate, he says: "I will release the water," then this has no basis. Rather, the author of al-Furu' (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "It is better to say: I will urinate, and not say: I will release the water", because urine is not water, and because the expression with urine and its derivatives is found in the Sunnah. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said regarding urine:
One of them never saved himself from being soiled with his urine
أما أحدهما فكان لا يستتر من البولAnd here the derivative is: he is urinating, so the correct is the permissibility of expressing it with this.
Now, if someone says: It is considered contrary to manliness, meaning: explicitly mentioning urine in our custom now, do we say: Custom, just as it changes meanings, also changes states? Is not the reference in faith to what the word necessitates in custom before we refer to what it necessitates in language? So if the custom is consistent among people in disliking the explicit mention of urine and its derivatives, and they express it with an allusion that indicates it, and there is no religious harm in it?
In my opinion, there is no harm in it, for this reason the author of al-Furu' said: "It is better" and he did not say: It is forbidden, and he did not say: It is obligatory to say: I will urinate, and not say: I will release the water, rather he said: It is better, and perhaps in the custom of the author of al-Furu' the situation had not reached what it has reached today, for the word for urine today is very disliked by people, to the extent that if you said it in other than the hadith, the hadith that people accept when it passes by them, but in ordinary speech, if you said: By Allah, I want to go, for example, to urinate, or I urinated today, among the common people, what would they say? What would they say?
The student: They would find it disgusting.
The Shaykh : They would find it very disgusting and say: This is what one is shy to say, urine, among people, so I do not see a preventer if this is among the words that people are shy of and they allude to it with what indicates it, without religious harm, I do not see any harm in that.