Cleaning oneself with tissues
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Q8: Is it valid to clean oneself with tissues on an airplane and rely on that alone, even when water is available?
A8: It is permissible to use tissues and similar cleansing items for cleaning oneself, and this suffices if they cleanse and purify the area, whether the front or the back. It is obligatory to make three cleansing wipes for each of the back and the front. If they do not cleanse, additional wipes are obligatory
until cleansing is achieved. It is better to end with an odd number. So, if one cleanses with four wipes, it is prescribed to clean oneself with a fifth, and if one cleanses with six, it is prescribed to clean oneself with a seventh; due to the generality of the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): Agreed upon by al-Bukhari and Muslim. Cleaning oneself with tissues suffices in place of cleaning with water, even if water is present, provided that cleansing is achieved by it; due to the action of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and the consensus of the scholars on that.
A8: It is permissible to use tissues and similar cleansing items for cleaning oneself, and this suffices if they cleanse and purify the area, whether the front or the back. It is obligatory to make three cleansing wipes for each of the back and the front. If they do not cleanse, additional wipes are obligatory
until cleansing is achieved. It is better to end with an odd number. So, if one cleanses with four wipes, it is prescribed to clean oneself with a fifth, and if one cleanses with six, it is prescribed to clean oneself with a seventh; due to the generality of the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):
And when one of you uses the miswak, let him make it odd in number.
ومن استجمر فليوتر
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