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Hadith 37

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Greeting One Who Is Urinating

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Darussalam · Volume 1

1. The Book OfPurification

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الحديث: 37 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 35

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37. It was narrated that Ibn 'Umar said: "A man passed by the Prophet ﷺ when he was urinating and greeted him with Salâm, but he did not return his greeting." (Sahih)

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37 - أَخْبَرَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلَانَ، حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ وَقَبِيصَةُ قَالَا: أَنْبَأَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ الضَّحَّاكِ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ: «مَرَّ رَجُلٌ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ يَبُولُ فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِ، فَلَمْ يَرُدَّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامَ»

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    [1] I.e., with regard to whether the urine has soiled his body or not.

Commentary

When one is in the process of urinating or defecating, it is not appropriate for one to utter remembrance of Allāh or to answer another person's greetings. Since it is not appropriate for one who is in such a state to return someone else's greeting, one should also refrain from initiating greetings himself.