Commentary for Berakhot 49:13
א"ר יהודה ספק צואה אסורה ספק מי רגלים מותרים א"ד אמר רב יהודה ספק צואה בבית מותרת באשפה אסורה ספק מי רגלים אפילו באשפה נמי מותרין
Rab Judah said : If one is uncertain whether excrement is present, it is forbidden [to read the Shema']. If one is uncertain whether urine is present, it is permitted. Another version is : Rab Judah said : If one is uncertain whether excrement is in the room, it is permitted [to read it], but by an ash-heap it is forbidden. If one is uncertain whether urine is present, even by an ash-heap it is permitted.
Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
The presumption being that there is no excrement in the room, but there is in the ash-heap.
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