The Indication of the Term Istijmar Regarding the Three
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it not a stronger position for the obligation of the three in istijmar that the term istijmar is not applied to anything other than three, since three is the minimum number for the plural?
Answer:
You have understood that they derived from his statement that they derived from his statement regarding the exception of excrement and bone that it is permissible to substitute something else for them that serves their purpose, other than excrement and bone. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it not a stronger position for the obligation of the three in istijmar that the term istijmar is not applied to anything other than three, since three is the minimum number for the plural?
Answer:
You have understood that they derived from his statement that they derived from his statement regarding the exception of excrement and bone that it is permissible to substitute something else for them that serves their purpose, other than excrement and bone. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب وجوب الاستنجاء بالحجر أو الماء — islamhouse.com (58:20)
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