The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would sprinkle water on his garment after relieving himself. What is the jurisprudential understanding of this hadith?
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The questioner : It seems to be a hadith you read in Sahih Ibn Majah, that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), after finishing his ablution, would 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 : It is impurity, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not order it.
The Shaykh : You are saying after the ablution.
The questioner : After the ablution, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, meaning he would sprinkle water, because the operative cause is urine, because urine descends, so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered the sprinkling of water.
The Shaykh : Why?
The questioner : That is the text regarding impurity.
The Shaykh : That is the text, but what is the jurisprudential understanding of the text? Why?
The questioner : To remove the impurity.
The Shaykh : May Allah forgive you. And would the removal of impurity be after a person performs ablution? This is in the category of cutting off the root of obsessive doubts. This is called *intidhadh* (sprinkling). *Intidhadh* is a recommended practice to cut off the root of obsessive doubts, so that a person does not say, "Perhaps something came out after I relieved myself. Perhaps a drop of urine came out of me." Then Satan would whisper to the one who has relieved himself, "Did you not feel the wetness?" So this cuts off Satan's whispering by coming with the Sunnah, which is to sprinkle his garment after he finishes ensuring cleanliness or cleaning himself. If the obsessive doubt comes to him, he will be answering it: "This wetness that I feel is from my sprinkling of water, not from something coming out of me without my awareness." This is not for removing impurity. This is not for removing impurity, but for cutting off the root of obsessive doubts.
The questioner : The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said,. I remember the hadith of sprinkling, and I read it from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) or heard of it, so that I may be truthful, if Allah wills, that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), after finishing relieving himself, would sprinkle water. So in the second hadith, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) affirmed and said: This is the intended meaning.
The Shaykh : In any case, I do not have this addition in my memory. If urine descends, the responsibility is on the narrator. You are narrating and I am answering you. I do not know if any of our brothers among the students of knowledge remembers that. Yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No, no, it remains here in a narration now. We need a valid chain of narration. Is it or is it not? In any case, I am answering you now:. I do not memorize this addition. So if we assume its correctness, it does not invalidate the interpretation I explained to you just now. Because the intended meaning is: if urine descends, meaning if urine may descend, then a person becomes obsessed with doubts. The Lawgiver wants this person not to become obsessed with doubts. He sprinkles on his garment so that even if he feels something descending, the Lawgiver does not want this Muslim to be concerned with this. He cuts off the root of concern with this sprinkling, which is the explanation for the moisture he may feel. Thus, he cuts off the root of obsessive doubts with that. With that, I want our brothers, when we return to Oman, if Allah wills, to remind us to review this hadith and whether it contains: . In my knowledge, I do not know this. What is your opinion? Have you come across it?
The questioner : We have not come across it.
The Shaykh : None of our brothers, and these are our strong students, meaning they do not mention it like their so-called Shaykh. They do not mention this addition.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Please go ahead.
The questioner : I said earlier that he would sprinkle his garment. In the text, it says he would sprinkle his private parts. Is the intended meaning here "private parts" based on proximity?
The Shaykh : Of course, but what is it? Because sprinkling the private parts, the private parts are originally wet due to ensuring cleanliness—please go ahead—but the intended meaning is not proximity, it is adjacency. Yes.
The questioner : The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said...
The questioner : O Shaykh, if for example impurity comes on the garment in a specific area, does the person wet it with water and wipe it?
The Shaykh : We said, may Allah reward you, it is necessary to wash it. It is necessary to wash it.
The questioner : In the same issue, is the command to sprinkle obligatory, or is it only for those who suffer from obsessive doubts, for the sake of the doubts?
The Shaykh : Every command is for obligation, except for a deterrent, and there is no deterrent. Yes.
Indeed, urine descends
فإن البول ينزلThe Shaykh : First, does your question have any connection to the question?
The questioner : It is impurity, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not order it.
The Shaykh : You are saying after the ablution.
The questioner : After the ablution, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, meaning he would sprinkle water, because the operative cause is urine, because urine descends, so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered the sprinkling of water.
The Shaykh : Why?
The questioner : That is the text regarding impurity.
The Shaykh : That is the text, but what is the jurisprudential understanding of the text? Why?
The questioner : To remove the impurity.
The Shaykh : May Allah forgive you. And would the removal of impurity be after a person performs ablution? This is in the category of cutting off the root of obsessive doubts. This is called *intidhadh* (sprinkling). *Intidhadh* is a recommended practice to cut off the root of obsessive doubts, so that a person does not say, "Perhaps something came out after I relieved myself. Perhaps a drop of urine came out of me." Then Satan would whisper to the one who has relieved himself, "Did you not feel the wetness?" So this cuts off Satan's whispering by coming with the Sunnah, which is to sprinkle his garment after he finishes ensuring cleanliness or cleaning himself. If the obsessive doubt comes to him, he will be answering it: "This wetness that I feel is from my sprinkling of water, not from something coming out of me without my awareness." This is not for removing impurity. This is not for removing impurity, but for cutting off the root of obsessive doubts.
The questioner : The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said,
Indeed, urine descends
فإن البول ينزلIndeed, urine descends
فإن البول ينزلThe Shaykh : In any case, I do not have this addition in my memory. If urine descends, the responsibility is on the narrator. You are narrating and I am answering you. I do not know if any of our brothers among the students of knowledge remembers that. Yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No, no, it remains here in a narration now. We need a valid chain of narration. Is it or is it not? In any case, I am answering you now:
Indeed, urine descends
فإن البول ينزلIndeed, urine descends
فإن البول ينزلThe questioner : We have not come across it.
The Shaykh : None of our brothers, and these are our strong students, meaning they do not mention it like their so-called Shaykh. They do not mention this addition.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Please go ahead.
The questioner : I said earlier that he would sprinkle his garment. In the text, it says he would sprinkle his private parts. Is the intended meaning here "private parts" based on proximity?
The Shaykh : Of course, but what is it? Because sprinkling the private parts, the private parts are originally wet due to ensuring cleanliness—please go ahead—but the intended meaning is not proximity, it is adjacency. Yes.
The questioner : The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said...
The questioner : O Shaykh, if for example impurity comes on the garment in a specific area, does the person wet it with water and wipe it?
The Shaykh : We said, may Allah reward you, it is necessary to wash it. It is necessary to wash it.
The questioner : In the same issue, is the command to sprinkle obligatory, or is it only for those who suffer from obsessive doubts, for the sake of the doubts?
The Shaykh : Every command is for obligation, except for a deterrent, and there is no deterrent. Yes.
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