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Fatwa CenterShe is worried about using the in-ground toilet
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Salaam. I used to live in America where they had Western toilets... but now I live in Jordan and they have the in-ground toilets. My problem is sometimes when I urinate, urine tends to splatter on me and I find this so disgusting and even sometimes I feel it coming on me while urinating and I am not 100% sure all the time exactly the spot the urine came on, on my body. So what to do in this case? Very frustrating for salah. Anything I can do to stop this? Is it permissible to ask my husband to get me a western toilet if he is able?
Answer
All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad 
is His slave and Messenger.
First of all, relieving oneself on the in-ground toilets does not necessarily cause the splashing of urine over the body, and it is permissible for you to ask your husband to change the in-ground toilet with a western toilet. Nevertheless, the solution may be achieved by using the in-ground toilet in a way that does not lead to the splashing of impurity over the body and also by not giving way to whispers.
On the other hand, if a person is sure that his body is stained with impurity and this is not just whispers or doubt, then he has to wash the place of impurity. In case one does not know the exact place of impurity while being certain that he is stained with it, then he should wash all the part of the body that he doubts that it is stained with impurity.
In any case, we do not think that there is any hardship in doing this, praise be to Allaah. So, you should take it easy so that Allaah would make matters easy for you. For more benefit, please refer to Fatwa 95214.
Allaah Knows best.
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