Explanation of the author's statement: "And his cleaning himself and wiping with it"
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The Shaykh :"And his cleaning himself and wiping with it" What is the evidence? It is the hadith of Abu Qatadah himself when he said Sahih Muslim 267a The third phrase in the hadith is Sunan Ibn Majah 3288Sahih (Darussalam) So we say: Do not clean yourself or wipe with your right hand. What is the difference between cleaning oneself (istinja') and wiping (istijmar)? Cleaning oneself is with water, and wiping is with a stone or the like. It is disliked (makruh) for a person to clean himself with his right hand or to wipe with his right hand, due to the prohibition of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). This is the evidence. As for the reason, it is to honor the right hand. Now, sometimes one may need to wipe or clean oneself with the right hand, such as if the left hand is paralyzed. What is the ruling? The dislike is removed in that case. Good. Sometimes the right hand is sound and the left hand is sound, but when wiping, one needs the right hand. The scholars said: If one needs to wipe, for example, if he finds only a small stone, a small stone, they said: If the small stone can be placed between his legs and held with his legs, and he wipes with it, then that is done. If that is not possible, he takes the stone with his right hand and wipes with his left hand, wiping with the left hand to this extent. All of this is so that we do not fall into what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited, because a person should avoid everything the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited. One should not say, for example, "This is for dislike" or "This is for prohibition." As long as the Messenger prohibited it, leave it. It is true that some things incur a sin if you violate them, and some do not, but [Al-Ahzab 33:36] Some scholars, when asked about something and said "The Messenger prohibited it," the questioner would say, "Okay, is it prohibited?" and the scholar would wave his hand and say, "I tell you the Messenger of Allah prohibited it," and you would say, "Is this prohibited?" Even if we say, or if the majority of the scholars are of the opinion that this prohibition was for dislike, what we should do is avoid it, because this is the completion of obedience.
