– The ḥammām (bathhouse): a facility supplied with very hot water for washing; its plural is ḥammāmāt.
– Maʿāṭin al-ibil (camel resting-grounds): singular ʿaṭan. They are the trough-side places where camels kneel to drink, remain for a while, and take shelter.
What may be drawn from the ḥadith:
1 – The report forbids performing prayer in seven specific locations and lists them one by one.
2 – The ḥadith is weak and cannot be used as proof for any legal ruling, because it contains Zayd ibn Jubayrah. Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr said, “The scholars unanimously agree that he is weak,” and Ibn Ḥajar declared him “abandoned.”
3 – Accordingly, some of the seven places are indeed prohibited on the strength of other authentic texts; for those, the prohibition and unlawfulness stem from those separate proofs. As for the locations for which no evidence exists apart from this narration, they remain upon the original ruling of permissibility and purity, in light of the Prophet’s ﷺ words: “The earth has been made a place of prayer and a means of purification for me.” [Al-Bukhārī 328; Muslim 521].
4 – The proofs concerning the places that are unquestionably forbidden are:
(a) The cemetery and the bathhouse: the evidence barring prayer in both was cited in the preceding ḥadith.
(b) Camel resting-grounds: because Aḥmad (16900), al-Tirmidhī (348) and others related that the Prophet ﷺ said, “Do not pray in camel resting-grounds.”
(c) The ḥush (privy): Ibn ʿAbbās said, “Let none of you pray in a privy, nor in a bathhouse.” Ibn Ḥazm remarked, “We know of no Companion who differed with Ibn ʿAbbās on this.” The ḥush is the haunt of malicious spirits; therefore, it is recommended that whoever enters it seek refuge in Allah from Satan by saying, “I seek refuge in Allah from filth and the foul ones.”
(d) The slaughterhouse (al-majzarah): it is considered a place of impurity because of the spilt blood that flows there.