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Toilet protocols, as prescribed in Islam, are mandatory to all Muslims. Islamic toilet
instructions contains obnoxious, tasteless, indecent, and uncivil manners and customs.
Allah will never forgive a Muslim for deviating from His standard of Islamic toilet habits
as demonstrated by Muhammad.
Qur'an says a Muslim must emulate Muhammad's manners, traditions, and practices at all
time. In verses 3:132 and 4:80 Allah says that obeying Him and Muhammad (i.e.,
Muhammad’s examples) is mandatory. This means Muslims have no choice but to follow
Muhammad's deeds, as this constitutes the obeying the commands of Allah. A similar
command is echoed in verse 33:36 where Allah stipulates that provisions (rules and
examples, even toilet rules) set by Allah and Muhammad is binding to all Muslims; there
are no alternatives. Ibn Kathir adds more punch to Allah’s command He writes that this
verse is general in meaning and applies to all matters, i.e., if Allah and His Messenger
decreed a matter, no one has the right to go against that, and no one has any choice or
room for personal opinion on that case.
Allah decrees in verse 33:21 that He has made Muhammad an excellent example for the
believers to follow and in verse 68:4 Allah reminds the Muslims that Muhammad is the
exalted (ultimate/excellent) standard of character. Ibn Abbas says that Muhammad has
great character traits with which Allah has honoured him.
Allah promises great rewards for emulating Muhammad's habits, manners, and
instructions. In verse 33:71 Allah declares that obeying Allah and Muhammad are the
highest achievements, and in verse 3:31 Allah sets a condition that if any Muslim loves
Allah then he/she must follow Muhammad, and Allah will forgive his/her sins. Verse 4:13
guarantees paradise for those who blindly obey Muhammad.
Allah prescribes sever punishment for not emulating Muhammad. In verse 47:33 Allah
says that if Muslims do not obey Muhammad, then He will nullify all their good deeds. In
verse 48:13 we read that Allah has prepared a blazing fire for those who reject Him and
his apostle Muhammad. In verse 58:5 Allah has decreed that those who reject Allah and
His messenger (Muhammad) will be reduced to dust.
Here is what Ash Shifa (p.316) writes about imitating Muhammad absolutely:
Once we acknowledge Allah’s dicta in the above paragraphs we will understand why the
Muslims follow a few weird toilet manners, though those habits were the customs of the
Arab Bedouins millennia ago. In Islam, there is no date of expiry of Muhammad’s
traditions and practices they are eternal.
The above hadis also tells us why Muhammad imposed veils on Islamic women.
Please do not laugh. If we were to believe the following ahadith then it is certainly true
that Islamic toilets are the perennial abodes of jinns and devils.
In Sunaan Abu Dawud (1.0006) we read that toilets are frequented by jinns and devils.
Sunaan ibn Majah (1.296) writes that devils visit public toilets.
• While defecating in the open space neither face nor turn your back towards Qibla
(Kaba); instead, face the east or the west…(Sahih Bukhari, 1.4.146)
• While excreting or urinating do not face the Qibla…(Sahih Muslim, 2.0504)
• When defecating in the desert do not face Qibla nor turn your backside towards
Qibla; use three sods and your right hand to cleanse your private parts…
(Sunaan Tirmidhi, 128)
• While defecating do not face or show backside to Allah…(Mishkat, 1.185)
Interestingly, Muhammad, at times, had violated Allah’s rules. Here is the proof:
• Muhammad urinated by turning his face towards the Qibla…
(Sunaan ibn Majah, 1.325)
• Muhammad defecated facing Jerusalem…(Sahih Bukhari, 1.4.147)
Muhammad stipulated that if you wear a ring, you must remove it when going inside a
toilet. True to this funny Islamic Toilet protocol, a hadis in Sunaan Abu Dawud (1.0019)
and Sunaan ibn Majah (1.3033) state that Muhammad used to remove his ring when
visiting a toilet.
Another interesting hadis in Sahih Muslim (7.2942) says that a Muslim can defecate in a
river. In this case there might not be any necessity to cleanse his anus, as river water will
do the job. Curiously, a hadis in Sunaan Nasai (1.50, 51) says that having defecated, and
having cleansed yourself, you should rub two hands on earth.
• After defecating do not use bones or dung; use stones to cleanse yourself…
(Sahih Bukhari, 1.4.157)
• Use odd number of stones (minimum three) to clean your private
parts...(Sahih Bukhari, 1. 4.162)
• Use three stones to clean yourself after defecating...(Sunaan Abu Dawud, 1.0040)
• When visiting a toilet carry three stones with you…
(Sunaan Abu Dawud, 1.1.0040)
• After you defecate, use two clods of earth; do not use dung…(Sunaan Nasai, 1.42)
• If you defecate in a desert use three stones, no need to use water…(Sunaan Nasai,
1.44)
If we are confounded with bizarre Islamic rules on defecating, here are more rules on
urinating Islamically.
As was often the case, Muhammad had violated his own rules on urination.
• Females cannot use the leftover water by males, but the males can use the leftover
water by females...(Sunaan Abu Dawud, 1.0081)
• Muhammad forbade the use of leftover water by females to be used by
males...(Sunaan Abu Dawud, 1.0082)
• Muhammad and his wives took bath from the same vessel of water…
(Sunaan ibn Majah, 1.379)
• Leprosy is caused by taking bath in water exposed to the sun…(Mishkat, 1.245)