Guarding against urine

Al-Hasan said: A man who saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) urinating while sitting narrated to me that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) spread his legs so wide that we thought his hip would become dislocated.

Al-Hasan said: When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) urinated, he spread his legs so wide that one would feel pity for him.

Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Hasanah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came out to us, and in his hand was something like a leather shield. He put it down, then sat and urinated towards it. Some of them said: Look at him! He urinates the way women urinate! The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) heard this and said: "Woe to you! Do you not know what happened to the man of the Children of Israel? When urine got on them, they would cut that part (of the garment) off with scissors, but he forbade them from doing so, and so he was punished in his grave."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by two graves and said: "They are being punished, and they are not being punished for something major. One of them did not protect himself from his urine, and the other used to spread tales (namimah)."

Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) used to be very strict in the matter of urine, and he would say: When urine got on the clothes of any man of the Children of Israel, he would cut that part off with scissors.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Most of the punishment of the grave is because of urine."

Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: Once a Jewish woman came to me and said: The punishment of the grave is also because of urine. I said: You are lying. She said: I am telling the truth; because of it, the clothing and the skin are cut. Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: Meanwhile, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came out for the prayer, and our voices had become raised. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "What is this?" I told him the whole matter, and he said: "She has spoken the truth."

Sayyiduna Abu Bakrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by two graves and said: "They are being punished, and they are not being punished for something major; rather, one is being punished because of urine, and the other because of backbiting."