The Default Ruling on Ritual Purity Between Istinja' and Istijmar
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Question:
The questioner: May Allah reward you, what is the default ruling on ritual purity? Is it istinja' (cleaning with water) or istijmar (cleaning with stones)? Because I heard that the default in this matter is istijmar.
Answer:
The Shaykh: Both are permissible and equal. If one performs istijmar, that is sufficient, and if one performs istinja', that is sufficient. However, they say that the better option, if one wishes to restrict oneself to only one of the two, is istinja', because this
The questioner: May Allah reward you, what is the default ruling on ritual purity? Is it istinja' (cleaning with water) or istijmar (cleaning with stones)? Because I heard that the default in this matter is istijmar.
Answer:
The Shaykh: Both are permissible and equal. If one performs istijmar, that is sufficient, and if one performs istinja', that is sufficient. However, they say that the better option, if one wishes to restrict oneself to only one of the two, is istinja', because this
Source
شرح زاد المستقنع [4] — alfawzan.live (33:38)
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