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Hi guys,

I've been going to the gym for a few years now. After a long workout, I shower nude in the public showers. Is it ok to do this?
 
Sallam
of course it is not ok to do this especially when other people are there as well
if you want to have a shower, then it is best you do it at home insha'allah
one of the other members will insha'allah put up a hadeeth about this issue
wallahu a3lam
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Out of curiosity, don't you feel some sense of shame? In case people see you?
 
sallam
normally there should be hayaa in you, which means that you have a feeling of shame and embarrassment
but it's understandable, because if you wasn't brought up to know what is acceptable and not then you will never know what to do
may allah guide you to the right path insha'allah
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No it is not okay. A man has to cover his Awrah.

Awrah is defined here;

Man's 'Awrah: The schools differ concerning the parts of man's body which it is haram for others to see and for him to expose. The hanafis and the Hanbalis state: It is wajib for a male to cover the area between the navel and the knees before all except his wife. It is permissible for others, irrespective of their being men or women maharim or strangers, to look at the rest of his body when there is no fear of sin.

The Malikis and the Shafi'is say: There are two different situations for a male with respect to the extent he can expose his body: the first, in the presence of men or those women who are his maharim; the second, in the presence of women who are not his maharim. In the former instance he is only supposed to cover the area between the waist and the
knees, while in the latter it is, haram for a woman stranger to look at any part of a man's body. Though the Malikis exclude the face and the arms if looked at without any sensual motive, the Shafi'is do not permit any exception (al-Fiqh 'ala al-madhahib al'arba'ah, vol. mabhath satr al-'awrah).

The Imamis differentiate between the parts of other person body which can be looked at and those parts of one's own body which ought to be covered. They observe: It is wajib for a male to cover only his rear and private parts, though it is wajib for women who are not his maharim to abstain from looking at any part of his body except his head and hands (up
to the wrist). To summarize the Imami opinion, it is permissible for a male to view the body of other men and his female maharim except the rear and private parts provided no sensual motive is involved. Similarly, a woman can view the body of other woman and her male maharim excepting the rear and private parts provided no sensual motive is involved.
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Note this part of the above ^

It is wajib for a male to cover the area between the navel and the knees before all except his wife. It is permissible for others, irrespective of their being men or women maharim or strangers, to look at the rest of his body when there is no fear of sin.
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May Allaah guide you.
 
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Saying Jazaak Allaah Khayr (May Allaah Reward you) is better than saying thanks, as thanks is the way of the non-Muslims :)
 
asad1 said:
Well not really as i didnt know it was wrong, besides everyone else does it..
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Okey dokes, well it is true in our society, speaking in the uk, when I used to play sunday football guys were just naked sometimes. As kids we had the modesty but then it kinda fizzles out abit and you are taught that 'since we all got the same thing no need to be shy'.

But yea, try hide your body as much as possible.
 
It is great that someone is reaching out to learn of proper Islamic social and moral deportment..
I grew up all over the world and learned to make prayers first in Saudi Arabia, I wasn't praying at all during my entire teenage years, well when I started praying again and because I was feigning doing it for so long, I was in fact making fajr and maghrib prayers wrong memory wasn't serving me well..

I was too proud and ashamed to ask but beyond even that I didn't think I needed to brush up or renew my skills since in my mind I was doing it correct...

well one day my sis saw me praying fajr and said M did you make tashahud once or twice? I said shouldn't I make it in every rak3a?.. well she had a good laugh but taught me the proper way without making me feel like crap about it for doing it wrong all of those years...

I guess what I am trying to say is.. when someone is reaching out to learn something.. it is good to teach with a measure of gentility..

wAllah a3lam

jazakoum Allah khyran and may Allah reward for sharing of your knowledge and our dear brother for making an effort to understand the allowances of his religion better..

waslaam 3lykoum wr wb
 
raOnar said:
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Thats the thing i hate about gyms, after i finish working out, i run out! Cuz everyone starts to get naked lool:)

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Yeah i cant really do tht as I live about 15mins, have to get a bus, and so it would be rather unhygienic to leave without a shower for others around me and for myself.
 
asad1 said:
Yeah i cant really do tht as I live about 15mins, have to get a bus, and so it would be rather unhygienic to leave without a shower for others around me and for myself.
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I see ur point, maybe try a gym with seperate shower rooms bro? :) Beside i find it uncomfortable showing my privates when people r around lool, u never know what kind of men r der!

Or use loads of deodrant so people around u cn bare u till u get home:) I dnt think any would notice any way.

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well when i was poor, i had to go to one of them run down gyms, where there was only 2 shower spaces lol, and they used to fit like 10 ppl in there, and even though the awrah was covered, thats just blatant gay!

i would personally advice you, to cover your awrah when you do shower, like wear shorts or summin, if someone asks you what you dooin, "say im not gay exposin myself":D so inshallah cover your awraah, also if you cant doo thaat, then just shower at home, its for the best!!
 
chacha_jalebi said:
well when i was poor, i had to go to one of them run down gyms, where there was only 2 shower spaces lol, and they used to fit like 10 ppl in there, and even though the awrah was covered, thats just blatant gay!

i would personally advice you, to cover your awrah when you do shower, like wear shorts or summin, if someone asks you what you dooin, "say im not gay exposin myself":D so inshallah cover your awraah, also if you cant doo thaat, then just shower at home, its for the best!!
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lol..............:D
my advice; why not wait till everyone leaves and take a shower then?
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asad1 said:
Yeah i cant really do tht as I live about 15mins, have to get a bus, and so it would be rather unhygienic to leave without a shower for others around me and for myself.
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Do you have to strip down though :muddlehea
 

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