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f:625 -    Urinating on the road
 Country : Benares, India,
Name : Kaleem Ashraf
Question:     We see in our country that oftentimes people urinate in a corner of the road.  What does Islam say about it?
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Answer:     The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) has declared removing a hurtful thing from the path as a branch of Iman (faith).  The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said:

Translation: Faith has 70 and some branches or 60 and some branches.  Thus, the most excellent branch is saying, "La Ilaha Illallah" and the least excellent branch is removing a hurtful thing from the path and modesty is a great branch of Iman.  (Sahih Muslim, Hadith No. 162)

Urinating/defecating on the path, which people use, is a source of harm for them.  This creates pollution and spreads diseases.  In light of this, urinating/defecating on the road is Makruh (undesirable).

However, there is an allowance to relieve oneself away from the population in a plain or the like, as there the chance of spreading diseases is negligible and people also don’t consider it to be wrong.

As given in Noor Ul Izaah, Pg. No. 32.

And Allah knows best.

Mufti Syed Ziauddin Naqshbandi Qadri

[Professor, Islamic Law, Jamia Nizamia,
Founder-Director, Abul Hasanaat Islamic Research Center]
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