What is the ruling on speaking while relieving oneself?
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The questioner : e : Speaking while relieving oneself, meaning if I am in the restroom and, for example, someone from the house talks to me, meaning?
The Shaykh: There is nothing wrong with it if my speech is ordinary and necessary.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh: There is nothing wrong with it.
The questioner : e : There is nothing wrong with it.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : e : If it is necessary.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : e : I mean, how necessary is it? I mean, how do we determine whether speech is necessary or not?
The Shaykh: The people of the house who are afflicted with this are the ones who know.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh: For example, your father called you.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh: And he does not know, so you have to respond to him.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh: As for ordinary speech, for example, where there is no need and he is sitting in that state.
The questioner : e : It is not a matter of prohibition.
The Shaykh: No.
The questioner : e : Nor is it a matter of dislike.
The Shaykh: There is no prohibition in that, except, God forbid, if the private parts are exposed.
The questioner : e : Yes, meaning the prohibition and dislike are for exposing the private parts, not for the speech.
The Shaykh : That is correct.
The questioner : e : Yes, as for what the previous Shaykh wrote that ... the consensus is on the prohibition from, that the consensus shifted the prohibition from being forbidden to being disliked, there is no evidence for that.
The Shaykh: No.
The questioner : e : And there is nothing wrong with speech if it is necessary.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The Shaykh: There is nothing wrong with it if my speech is ordinary and necessary.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh: There is nothing wrong with it.
The questioner : e : There is nothing wrong with it.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : e : If it is necessary.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : e : I mean, how necessary is it? I mean, how do we determine whether speech is necessary or not?
The Shaykh: The people of the house who are afflicted with this are the ones who know.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh: For example, your father called you.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh: And he does not know, so you have to respond to him.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh: As for ordinary speech, for example, where there is no need and he is sitting in that state.
The questioner : e : It is not a matter of prohibition.
The Shaykh: No.
The questioner : e : Nor is it a matter of dislike.
The Shaykh: There is no prohibition in that, except, God forbid, if the private parts are exposed.
The questioner : e : Yes, meaning the prohibition and dislike are for exposing the private parts, not for the speech.
The Shaykh : That is correct.
The questioner : e : Yes, as for what the previous Shaykh wrote that ... the consensus is on the prohibition from, that the consensus shifted the prohibition from being forbidden to being disliked, there is no evidence for that.
The Shaykh: No.
The questioner : e : And there is nothing wrong with speech if it is necessary.
The Shaykh: Yes.
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