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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Explanation of the author's statement: "It is disliked to enter it with something containing the name of Allah the Exalted, except for a need"

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The Shaykh :"It is disliked to enter it with something containing the name of Allah, except for a need" It is disliked to enter it; the pronoun in "entering it" refers to the one relieving himself or to the place of relief.

The questioner : The one relieving himself.

The questioner : The place of relief, whatever it is

The Shaykh : It is possible, it is possible that what is disliked is entering the place of relief with something containing the name of Allah, except for a need, or it is possible that it refers to the one relieving himself entering the place of relief, and the object here is omitted. It is disliked to enter it with something containing the name of Allah, except for a need. The apparent reasoning of the scholars is that the intended meaning of "the name of Allah" here is not the dhikr (remembrance) consisting of the known phrases for which one is rewarded, but rather the name of Allah itself. This is because they cited as evidence the hadith of Anas that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to, when
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