An alleged terrorist recruiter cancelled his plans to travel to war-torn Syria after he learned toilet paper doesn’t exist.

A NSW Supreme Court jury was given transcripts of conversations on social media accounts between Hamdi Alqudsi, 41, and two of his alleged recruits Caner Temel and Mehmet Biber.

Alqudsi of St Helens Park, charged with helping seven men prepare to fight in Syria, ditched his plans to travel to the Middle East after hundreds of texts between Temel and Biber a court heard on Monday.

"Tell me how you eat, shower, toiletry please just give me an idea??" he asked.

"Tell me about where do you sleep, what you use to clean yourself, from shaving hair, give me a detail picture please brother???"

"We havt spongey mattresses…On the floor pretty much wherever in the building you want…Or even outside…And the toilets are pretty much same as Hajj [Mecca] lol…so start squatting," Biber responded.

"Cleaning your private parts???" Mr Alqudsi asked.

"Water…toilet paper dusnt (sic) exist."

Sanitary conditions in Syria appeared to concern Alqudsi who pressed the matter again with another one of his alleged recruits.

Mehmet Biber tried to convince Alqudsi to come to Syria. (Source: Facebook)

"Bro foods not prob thank God...toilets r sitting down Sunnah (Islamic law) shows is from a bucket," Temel, who has since been killed in Syria, responded.

Alqudsi told Mr Temel that he would be delaying his "migration" to care for his sick family in Australia.

"My father is having a knee reconstruction so therefore no one will be able to take care of my elderly mother whose got cancer and my younger brother who’s got MS. As soon as he is able to get back on his feet God willing he can go back to taking care of mum then I will leave immediately."

Crown Prosecutor David Staehli SC told the jury Alqudsi had been stopped on September 29, 2013 at the airport and his passport was cancelled.

His Western Sydney home was raided on December 3, 2013 and jihadi literature was found, including "A debate between the sword and the pen" and "The value regarding killing oneself to protect information".

Mr Alqudsi has pleaded not guilty to the charges.