Seeking the Place to Relieve Oneself and the Etiquettes of Entering and Exiting

A man asked Imam Ali ibn Al-Hussain عليه السلام: "Where should strangers relieve themself?" Imam عليه السلام said: "They should avoid the banks of rivers, public pathways, under fruit-bearing trees, and places of cursing (where excreta will cause agitation to people)’. He was then asked: "What are places of cursing? (that cause agitation)” Imam عليه السلام said: ‘The entrances of houses’.