Other Rules About Istinjaa

Q. What things are makrooh in istinjaa’?

A.

1. Doing istinjaa’ while face or back is towards the qiblah.
2. Doing istinjaa’ at a place where others can see the satar of the person.

Q. What things are makrooh while one is urinating or passing stool?

A. The following are all hated and undesirable:

1. Facing or putting the back towards qiblah.
2. Urinating while standing.
3. To go to the bathroom into a canal or well.
4. At the edge of a canal or well.
5. By the wall of the masjid.
6. In a graveyard.
7. In a rat’s or any other type of hole in the ground.
8. To sit at a lower place and urinate towards higher ground.
9. To speak while one is going to the toilet.
10. To go to the bathroom on a thoroughfare or main street.
11. To go to the bathroom at the place of making wuduu’ or ghusl.