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12. 'Āishah said: "Whoever narrated to you that the Prophet ﷺ would urinate while standing; then don't believe him. He would not urinate except while squatting."
[He said:] There are narrations on this topic from 'Umar, Buraidah, [and 'Abdur-Raḥmān bin Ḥasanah]. (Hasan)
Abū 'Eisā said: The Hadīth of 'Āishah is the best thing narrated on this topic and the most correct.
The Hadīth of 'Umar is only reported from the narration of 'Abdul-Karīm bin Abī Al-Mukhārīq, from Nāfi', from Ibn 'Umar, from 'Umar who said: "I saw the Prophet ﷺ [while I was] urinating standing. So he said: 'O 'Umar! Do not urinate while
standing.' So I did not urinate while standing afterwards."
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth was only attributed to the Prophet ﷺ in the narration of 'Abdul-Karīm bin Abī Al-Mukhārīq. He is weak according to the scholars of Hadīth. Ayyūb As-Sakhtiyānī graded him weak and criticized him.
'Ubaidullāh reported from Nāfī' from Ibn 'Umar who said, "Umar [may Allāh be pleased with him] said: 'I have not urinated while standing since I accepted Islam.'"
This is more correct than the Hadīth of 'Abdul-Karīm. And the Hadīth of Buraidah about this is not safe. And the meaning of the prohibition of urinating while standing is for discipline, not to make it unlawful. Indeed it has been reported from 'Abdullāh bin Mas'ūd that he said, "Among the loathsome things is urinating while you are standing."
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Commentary
It was the good habit of Allāh's Messenger ﷺ that he would pass water in a squatting position; it is also the requisite of dignity, etiquette and politeness. If he ﷺ passed water while standing, just once or because of an improper place or just to show the permissibility of passing water while standing, it cannot be regarded a habit. Imām Aḥmad, Sa'eed bin Musayyab and 'Urwah
bin Az-Zubair allow urinating in a standing position; but it is apparent that his permission is only when there is no risk of urine touching the body and clothes, as Imām Mālik said.
