Using stones for istijmar when water is available
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, is it part of the Sunnah to use stones for istijmar when water is available?
Answer:
I mean, does he use stones even if water is present? I do not know that this is from the Sunnah, that he leaves the water and uses stones. But if he does this, it is permissible for him and sufficient for him. As for making a difficulty of it, leaving the water, taking stones, and considering this to be the Sunnah—the matter of choice and sufficiency, yes. In fact, water is purer. If water is available, it is purer and better. So why would he leave what is better for something that is merely sufficient?
Honorable Shaykh, is it part of the Sunnah to use stones for istijmar when water is available?
Answer:
I mean, does he use stones even if water is present? I do not know that this is from the Sunnah, that he leaves the water and uses stones. But if he does this, it is permissible for him and sufficient for him. As for making a difficulty of it, leaving the water, taking stones, and considering this to be the Sunnah—the matter of choice and sufficiency, yes. In fact, water is purer. If water is available, it is purer and better. So why would he leave what is better for something that is merely sufficient?
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، تابع باب قضاء الحاجة - 3 — islamhouse.com (46:42)
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