Wifāq ul Ulāma (SA) ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH AFRICAN 'ULAMA

Q: Is it permissible for one to read literature such as newspapers and magazines, or use his phone to chat, browse the net, etc.…

1. Exit the toilet with the right foot and thank Allah Ta’ala for allowing the waste to leave your body and for blessing you with good health.…

1. Do not look at the sky, the private part or the stool and urine while relieving yourself.…

1. Enter the toilet with your left foot.
2. Do not remove your lower garment while standing.…

1. Relieve yourself in a secluded place which is protected from the gazes of people.

عن جابر بن عبد الله رضي الله عنهما قال إن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم كان إذا أراد البراز انطلق حتى لا يراه أحد (سنن أبي داود، الرقم: 2)

Hazrat Jaabir (radhiyallahu anhu) reports, “When Rasulullah (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) intended to relieve himself, he would go to a place which was protected from the gazes of people.”…

Incident regarding his accepting Islam (continued)

Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddeeq (radhiallahu ‘anhu) then says:

 

I knocked on the door and Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) came out.…

Hazrat Moulana Muhammad Ilyaas (rahmatullahi

‘alaih) once mentioned:

A person should never ask Allah Ta‘ala to test him with calamities and difficulties.…

Hazrat Shaikh Moulana Muhammad Zakariyya (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned the following:

It is my experience that any work which is commenced with ikhlaas (sincerity and according to the sunnah), despite taking place on a small scale, gains momentum and progresses swiftly.…

A person once wrote a letter to Hazrat Moulana Ashraf Ali Thanwi (rahmatullahi ‘alaih), complaining of numerous problems that he was experiencing in relation to deeni and worldly matters.…