What is the best manner for sitting in the place of relief?
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The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : What is best in the place of relief: should one sit upright on the chair, or should one sit leaning to the left?
The Shaykh : I mean, should one be upright or leaning to the left?
The questioner : Yes, or should one sit in the manner of one sitting on a chair?
The Shaykh : I mean, the European-style ones? We did not know the European-style ones; how does one sit on them? One places one’s thighs on them?
The questioner : One sits on top of it.
The Shaykh : I mean, one places one’s thigh on the edge of the place?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Glory be to Allah, yes?
The questioner : One sits on it.
The Shaykh : But one’s thighs, or does one straddle the legs and sit so as not to become impure?
The questioner : Yes.
Another questioner: No, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : One becomes impure. May Allah guide you.
The questioner : I mean, the one who uses it.
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : It is easy; it is not a problem. You do not say “European-style”; you say: “The good one is European-style.” No, I say: It must become impure. If one is finished, if the matter is finished and one wants to perform istinja’ with water? Yes?
The questioner : One has what removes the impurity with water.
The Shaykh : In any case, everyone has their own preference, but as for me, it does not suit me at all, and I do not know that.
The questioner : There are people who are the opposite of you.
The Shaykh : Perhaps you are among them.
The questioner : The opposite.
The Shaykh : Well, in any case, the question is: Some scholars said that one should sit leaning on the left leg, and I think it will come in *al-Bulugh*, yes, the hadith of Suraqah.
The questioner : What is best in the place of relief: should one sit upright on the chair, or should one sit leaning to the left?
The Shaykh : I mean, should one be upright or leaning to the left?
The questioner : Yes, or should one sit in the manner of one sitting on a chair?
The Shaykh : I mean, the European-style ones? We did not know the European-style ones; how does one sit on them? One places one’s thighs on them?
The questioner : One sits on top of it.
The Shaykh : I mean, one places one’s thigh on the edge of the place?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Glory be to Allah, yes?
The questioner : One sits on it.
The Shaykh : But one’s thighs, or does one straddle the legs and sit so as not to become impure?
The questioner : Yes.
Another questioner: No, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : One becomes impure. May Allah guide you.
The questioner : I mean, the one who uses it.
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : It is easy; it is not a problem. You do not say “European-style”; you say: “The good one is European-style.” No, I say: It must become impure. If one is finished, if the matter is finished and one wants to perform istinja’ with water? Yes?
The questioner : One has what removes the impurity with water.
The Shaykh : In any case, everyone has their own preference, but as for me, it does not suit me at all, and I do not know that.
The questioner : There are people who are the opposite of you.
The Shaykh : Perhaps you are among them.
The questioner : The opposite.
The Shaykh : Well, in any case, the question is: Some scholars said that one should sit leaning on the left leg, and I think it will come in *al-Bulugh*, yes, the hadith of Suraqah.