There is a hadith in "Sahih Sunan Ibn Majah" that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to sprinkle water when he finished his ablution
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The questioner : It seems to be a hadith I read in "Sahih Ibn Majah" that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), after he finished his ablution (peace and blessings be upon him), used to sprinkle water, and the end of the hadith is that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: (peace and blessings be upon him).
The Shaykh : First: Does your question have any connection to the question?
The questioner : That this impurity, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not order washing for it.
The Shaykh : You are saying: after the ablution?
The questioner : Yes, after the ablution the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to sprinkle water; because urine comes down, so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered sprinkling water or dashing water.
The Shaykh : Why?
The questioner : My brother, the text, because it came like this regarding the impurity.
The Shaykh : No problem, that is the text, but the jurisprudence of the text, why?
The questioner : To remove the impurity...
The Shaykh : May Allah forgive you! And would removing impurity be after a person performs ablution? This is from the category of cutting off the root of obsessive doubts; this is called *intidhah* (dashing water), and *intidhah* is a recommended practice to cut off the root of obsessive doubts; that is: so that a person does not say, perhaps something came out after he relieved himself, perhaps a drop of urine came out of him, so Satan comes and whispers to this one who relieved himself that something came out of you, do you not feel the wetness? So he cuts off Satan’s whispering by coming with the Sunnah, which is to dash water on his garment after he finishes from ensuring cleanliness or cleaning himself after relieving himself, so if the whispering comes to him, he answers it: this wetness that I feel is only from my dashing of water and not from something coming out of me without my awareness; so this is not for removing impurity, but rather for cutting off the root of obsessive doubts.
The questioner : If it were for cutting off the root of obsessive doubts, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would not have said, meaning:, that hadith, I remember the hadith of dashing water, do you see how? I read it, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) or I heard of it, so that I am truthful, if Allah wills; that it is as if the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), after he finished relieving himself (peace and blessings be upon him), used to dash water, the second hadith from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) confirmed; he said: ; that is the intended meaning.
The Shaykh : In any case, I do not have this addition in my mind:, and the responsibility is on the narrator, you are narrating and I am answering you. I do not know if any of our brothers from the students of knowledge remembers that? Yes?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, yes, yes! Now there is a narration here, we need to know if the chain of narration is valid or not? In any case, I am answering you now, I do not memorize this addition, so if we assume its validity, it does not mean it invalidates the interpretation I explained to you earlier; because the intended meaning is ; that is: so urine may come down and a person becomes obsessed with doubts, so the Lawgiver wants this person not to become obsessed with doubts, so he dashes water on his garment; so even if he feels something coming down, the Lawgiver does not want this Muslim to worry about this and cut off the root of worrying about this dashing, which is an explanation for the moisture he may feel, so then he cuts off the root of obsessive doubts by that.
Nevertheless, I want from our brothers, if we return to Oman - if Allah wills - that they remind us to review this hadith, and does it contain:? In my knowledge, I do not know this, what is your opinion... or what?
Another questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: Huh?
Another questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : None of our brothers, and this is from our strong students, meaning; they do not remember like their so-called Shaykh, they do not remember this addition.
Please proceed.
The questioner : ... that he dash water on his garment a little while ago.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : What is in the text is that he dash water on his private part; so is the intended meaning here his private part here on the basis of proximity, meaning?
The Shaykh : Of course, it would be so; because dashing water on the private part; the private part is originally wet, did he not ensure cleanliness?
The questioner: Yes.
Another questioner : My professor.
Please proceed.
Yes, but the intended meaning is not that he approached by proximity.
Yes.
The questioner : The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) says.
Indeed, urine comes down
فإنَّ البول ينزلThe Shaykh : First: Does your question have any connection to the question?
The questioner : That this impurity, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not order washing for it.
The Shaykh : You are saying: after the ablution?
The questioner : Yes, after the ablution the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to sprinkle water; because urine comes down, so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered sprinkling water or dashing water.
The Shaykh : Why?
The questioner : My brother, the text, because it came like this regarding the impurity.
The Shaykh : No problem, that is the text, but the jurisprudence of the text, why?
The questioner : To remove the impurity...
The Shaykh : May Allah forgive you! And would removing impurity be after a person performs ablution? This is from the category of cutting off the root of obsessive doubts; this is called *intidhah* (dashing water), and *intidhah* is a recommended practice to cut off the root of obsessive doubts; that is: so that a person does not say, perhaps something came out after he relieved himself, perhaps a drop of urine came out of him, so Satan comes and whispers to this one who relieved himself that something came out of you, do you not feel the wetness? So he cuts off Satan’s whispering by coming with the Sunnah, which is to dash water on his garment after he finishes from ensuring cleanliness or cleaning himself after relieving himself, so if the whispering comes to him, he answers it: this wetness that I feel is only from my dashing of water and not from something coming out of me without my awareness; so this is not for removing impurity, but rather for cutting off the root of obsessive doubts.
The questioner : If it were for cutting off the root of obsessive doubts, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would not have said, meaning:
Indeed, urine descends
فإن البول ينزلIndeed, urine descends
فإن البول ينزلThe Shaykh : In any case, I do not have this addition in my mind:
Indeed, urine descends
فإن البول ينزلThe questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, yes, yes! Now there is a narration here, we need to know if the chain of narration is valid or not? In any case, I am answering you now,
Indeed, urine descends
فإن البول ينزلIndeed, urine comes down
فإنَّ البول ينزلNevertheless, I want from our brothers, if we return to Oman - if Allah wills - that they remind us to review this hadith, and does it contain:
Indeed, urine descends
فإن البول ينزلAnother questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: Huh?
Another questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : None of our brothers, and this is from our strong students, meaning; they do not remember like their so-called Shaykh, they do not remember this addition.
Please proceed.
The questioner : ... that he dash water on his garment a little while ago.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : What is in the text is that he dash water on his private part; so is the intended meaning here his private part here on the basis of proximity, meaning?
The Shaykh : Of course, it would be so; because dashing water on the private part; the private part is originally wet, did he not ensure cleanliness?
The questioner: Yes.
Another questioner : My professor.
Please proceed.
Yes, but the intended meaning is not that he approached by proximity.
Yes.
The questioner : The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) says.
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