What is the ruling on using pebbles to clean oneself in the case of pre-seminal fluid?
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The questioner : What is the ruling on using pebbles to clean oneself in the case of pre-seminal fluid?
The Shaykh : No, it is not valid, because the wisdom behind washing the male and female genitalia in the case of pre-seminal fluid is not merely ritual impurity. For if it were merely ritual impurity, it would be obligatory to wash only the tip of the penis and not the rest of it or the female genitalia. But the scholars said that one of the medical benefits of washing the male and female genitalia is that this constricts the blood vessels so that the pre-seminal fluid may decrease and perhaps stop.
The Shaykh : No, it is not valid, because the wisdom behind washing the male and female genitalia in the case of pre-seminal fluid is not merely ritual impurity. For if it were merely ritual impurity, it would be obligatory to wash only the tip of the penis and not the rest of it or the female genitalia. But the scholars said that one of the medical benefits of washing the male and female genitalia is that this constricts the blood vessels so that the pre-seminal fluid may decrease and perhaps stop.