Posted on 04/08/2015 5:22:06 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
Turkey’s Directorate of Religious Affairs, known as the Diyanet, issued a fatwa that allows Muslims to use toilet paper. However, the department reminded people “that water should be the primary source of cleansing.”
“If water cannot be found for cleansing, other cleaning materials can be used,” the Diyanet claimed in a statement. “Even though some sources deem paper to be unsuitable as a cleaning material, as it is an apparatus for writing, there is no problem in using toilet paper.”
Islam requires believers to adhere to strict rules regarding bathroom use. When a Muslim enters the bathroom, “one should say the A’udhu (isti’adha) and Basmala and then recite the prayer ‘Allahumma innee a’oodhu bika minal khubthi wal khabaa-ith,’” which means “O Allah! I seek refuge in you from male and female noxious beings (devils or evil Jinn).” The person must enter the bathroom “with one’s left foot and exit with one’s right foot.” No one should “face or have one’s back toward the qibla (direction of prayer – the Ka’ba in Mecca) when urinating or defecating.” One website claimed people must clean their private parts with their fingers and dry with a cloth. Toilet paper is allowed if a proper cloth is not available.
In Turkey, the toilets contain a nozzle in the back of the toilet called taharet muslugu. It turns on and allows Muslims to clean themselves with flowing water. There are quite a few websites dedicated to informing travelers regarding restrooms in the Muslim nation.
The Diyanet also told followers they are allowed to use products containing alcohol for hygiene “as long as the alcohol was not consumed.”
The Diyanet also told followers they are allowed to use products containing alcohol for hygiene “as long as the alcohol was not consumed.”
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Uh yeah, that is what potable water is; drinking water.
Does this mean that we can now shake hands with a Muslim?
Can see the sign on the bathroom wall: “Employees must lick fingers before leaving”.
I know what potable means. My “no” was in reference to your belief that the hose is coming out of the inside of the bowl.
Also, it would be a mistake to assume that tap water is potable in many of the countries one finds this system in use.
Pic in post #9 is close enough to the inside of the bowl for me to call it the inside of the bowl.
Thanks for the lesson on potable water. I’m a civil engineer; a refresher is always useful.
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Luckily, you are not a plumber. The hose does not come out of the bowl, no matter what you think! See the link for a typical example. Occasionally you find toilets which have fixed nozzles mounted inside the bowls, but you use an external knob on the side to control the stream.
Did you look at the pic in post 9? That is what I am talking about. I don’t really like the idea of using the kind of faucet you posted a pic of either if I’m using it after someone else. No telling what they touched with it. Would you drink water out of it after someone used it without you knowing exactly how it was used? I wouldn’t. Therefore I wouldn’t want to use it for rinsing my girly parts either! Do you not get how easy it would be for someone to accidentally (or not) get their waste on the nozzle you are showing? But hey, if you don’t care about another person’s waste being sprayed onto you, then go for it!
The things I learn on FR never cease to amaze me.
1. Never use the restroom that has footprints on the seat. It can be most off-putting, not to mention dangerously septic.
2. That tiled hole in the floor? That's the "Turkish Toilet." Squat.
3. Airline toilets after prayer-time ablutions? As a sluice of the face,hands, nostrils, feet, and crural area, is required, I don't think so.
4. It is OK to squat in the gutters of Marseille and other European cities if one is wearing a djellaba or similar robe. Modesty must be preserved.
5. A rule from Quran: never urinate while standing barefoot on a cold tile floor. Muhammed (MPBUH) has spoken. Infidels must obey.
6. Learn to hold it until you're back at the infidel hotel, or your infidel residential compound.
The pause that refreshes PING.
Yep, that's what it is. I was at a rather nice restaurant in Bursa, Turkey, went to the ladies room, found it "closed for repairs," nice muzzie lady pointed me to the OTHER ladies room where another nice muzzie lady pointed to the hole and bent her knees….. When I got back to the table, our tour guide was MORTIFIED that I had to goto the muzzie loo. Me too.
Yes. Just as in our infidel sport of golf, stance is all important for Men and Ladies traveling in Muslim Lands. In fact, without the correct stance, one might never satisfactorily get it in the hole.
“No wonder they stink!”
Well, at least one of their hands does. And if the guy has only one hand, it’s because he’s a thief and now is forced to wipe his a$$ with the same hand he feeds himself with. I hear that they don’t normally use “modern utensils” to eat with. The world would be a so much better place if they all weren’t here.
I guess you've never “experienced” the Japanese combo toilet/bidet with the wash/blow dry wand and “target acquisition system.” But you better brush up on your Kanji and Hirigana before you engage the system lest you fail to hit what you are aiming for!
“I praise Allah, The Compassionate, The Merciful, who has given me TP for my bunghole.”
They cannot even touch pork its haram for them to do so. My question is when did they upgrade from the three stones?
If they also allow soap and water, they will no longer be constrained to having just one food-handling hand...
This story reminds me of a connecting flight out of Phoenix I was on with 3 Muslim couples on board. (pre 9/11) You could smell an odor when they boarded and by the time we were in flight the stench was becoming unbearable. People were scrambling to find something to cover their mouths and noses to keep from gagging. The flight attendant moved thme to the back of the plane and one man remained standing. That led me to believe he had maybe soiled himself. We were all frantic to get off to some fresh air by the time we reached Nashville.
And to think these people want to force the whole world to live under these restrictions. If they couldn’t use toilet paper, I wonder what other disgusting, filthy restricitons they have.
OK. After you hose your anus (sitting down), how do you dry it ?
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