Ruling on using paper towels and a single stone for cleaning oneself after relieving oneself
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Q: What is the ruling on using paper towels for cleaning oneself after relieving oneself, and is a single stone sufficient for this?
A: It is permissible to use anything that removes impurity from pure substances; such as pebbles, clay, coarse pure towels, and pure papers that do not contain any mention of Allah or His names, and other things that achieve the intended purpose, except for bones and dung; because the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade using them for cleaning oneself, and said: In Sahih Muslim, from Salman al-Farisi (may Allah be pleased with him) he said: Bulugh al-Maram 97 And Muslim also narrated in the Sahih, from Abdullah ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) , he said: Bulugh al-Maram 102 And he said: Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3258Sahih (Darussalam).
Cleaning oneself with less than three stones is not sufficient; due to the hadith of Salman mentioned above, and other hadiths reported on this matter.
And if it does not clean, the person must add a fourth stone and more until the place is purified, and success is from Allah.
A: It is permissible to use anything that removes impurity from pure substances; such as pebbles, clay, coarse pure towels, and pure papers that do not contain any mention of Allah or His names, and other things that achieve the intended purpose, except for bones and dung; because the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade using them for cleaning oneself, and said:
That they do not purify
إنهما لا يطهرانAllah’s Messenger (ﷺ) forbade us to face the Qiblah when defecating or urinating, or to clean ourselves using the right hand, or to clean ourselves with less than three stones, or to clean ourselves with dung or a bone
نهانا رسول الله ﷺ أن نستقبل القبلة بغائط أو بول، أو أن نستنجي باليمين أو أن نستنجي بأقل من ثلاثة أحجار، أو أن نستنجي برجيع أو عظمAllah’s Messenger (ﷺ) forbade us to use a bone or dung for cleaning
نهى رسول الله ﷺ أن يُستنجى بعظم أو روثNarrated Ash-Sha'bi: that 'Alqamah said: "I said to Ibn Mas'ud, may Allah be pleased with him: 'Did any of you accompany the Prophet (ﷺ) on the Night of the Jinn?' He said: 'None of us accompanied him. One night, while he was in Makkah, we could not find him. We said: "He has been murdered [or] snatched, what has happened to him?" So we spent the worst night a people could spend until the morning' or 'it was about dawn when we saw him coming from the direction of Hira.' He said: 'They told him about what they had went through.'" "So he (ﷺ) said: 'Someone from the Jinn came to invite me, so I went to them to recite for them.' He said: "So we went and saw their tracks and the traces of their camp fire.'" Ash-Sha'bi said: "They asked him about their provisions - and they were Jinns of Mesopotamia - so he said: 'Every bone upon which Allah's name has not been mentioned, that falls into your hands, and every dropping of dung is fodder for your beasts.'" So the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Do not perform Istinja with them for indeed they are provisions for your brothers among the Jinns."
إنهما زاد إخوانكم من الجنCleaning oneself with less than three stones is not sufficient; due to the hadith of Salman mentioned above, and other hadiths reported on this matter.
And if it does not clean, the person must add a fourth stone and more until the place is purified, and success is from Allah.
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