وَعَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهَا قَالَتْ : مَابَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ قَائِمًا مُندُ أنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِ القران
Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrated that she said: “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ never urinated standing since the Qur’an was revealed to him.”
This was narrated by Hafiz Abu Awanah in his Sahih chain.
Takhrij and Verification: This hadith is sahih.
Musnad Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal (may Allah have mercy on him): 6/136-192. Tirmidhi says that the hadith of Hazrat Aisha is the best and most authentic on this subject. Al-Nasa’i: 1/26; Ibn Majah: 307; Mustadrak al-Hakim: 1/181. Al-Hakim declared this hadith sahih, and Allamah al-Dhahabi agreed with him. It is only according to the condition of Muslim. Miqdam ibn Surayh is one of its narrators; Bukhari did not narrate from him. The Taqrib records that this narrator is thiqah (trustworthy).
وقد ثبت من حديث أبى حذيفة : أن الني صلى الله عليه وسلم أتٰى سباطة قوم قبال قائما
From the hadith of Abu Hudhayfah, it is established: “The Prophet ﷺ came to the refuse heap of a people and urinated standing.”
Takhrij and Verification: Bukhari: 224; Muslim: 273
وفي حديث المغيرة بن شعبة : أن النبى صلى الله عليه وسلم أتٰى سباعة قوم ففج رجلية و بال قائما
Narrated from Mughirah ibn Shu’bah: “The Prophet ﷺ came to the refuse heap of a people, spread his legs apart, and urinated standing.”
Takhrij and Verification: This hadith is sahih.
Musnad Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal: 4/246; Ibn Khuzaymah: 63; al-Bayhaqi: 1/101. He had a boil on his leg, which made it difficult for him to urinate sitting down.
Benefits:
➊ Urinating standing without any valid legal excuse is forbidden in Islam.
➋ On this matter, according to the statement of Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), the Prophet ﷺ never urinated standing; according to the narration of Hazrat Abu Hudhayfah and Mughirah ibn Shu’bah (may Allah be pleased with them), he ﷺ urinated standing. Apparently the two hadiths conflict, but in reality Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) is relating her own account that her beloved did not urinate standing. Since the Companions were often together with him while traveling and at home, their account is that he urinated standing. Therefore there is no contradiction.
➌ For a valid excuse, one may urinate standing, such as having a wound on the leg, a pain in the stomach, being in the state of surgery, abundance of mud, or filth everywhere, etc.; but even then one should avoid splashes of urine and take care of purity. This also shows that refuse heaps may be placed outside a village or city.
➍ One way of gathering information for a biography is to ask the family of the person whose life is being written, or the wife of that person can tell about every action of her husband, as Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) described the Prophet’s ﷺ practice. According to the Companions’ account, his urinating standing was due to an excuse, namely that he had a wound on his leg.
➎ In a place where there is no harm and which is reasonably clean, even if it belongs to some people, one may urinate there without permission. If there is an enclosed property where urinating is considered disliked, one should not urinate there. Our condition is that in places where “Urinating here is forbidden” is written, we sit right there; we cannot read the written sentence because the urge to urinate is so strong, or out of stubbornness, or simply because people are ignorant and illiterate; even if it were written in gold water, what effect would it have on them? Modern European culture is not a valid legal excuse. The clothing is such that perhaps one does not enjoy sitting to urinate. There is a zip on the trousers which points to a path: that is, urinating standing. In that case neither purity is correct, nor is there a chance of avoiding splashes of urine, and not all the urine is properly expelled. It is harmful to health, deficient in terms of purity, and openly opposes the Sunnah, and it is also a lack of respect. Abandon European culture and wear Islamic clothing, which teaches dignity.
