Cleaning Oneself With Stones, And The Prohibition Of Using Dung And Bones
Darussalam · Volume 1
(1) The Chapters OfPurification And ItsSunnahSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 314 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 114
Source no. 314 · Volume 1 · Page 386
Sahih
صحيح
Select a passage to highlight it. Click or tap a highlight to remove it.
314. It was narrated from 'Abdullâh bin Mas'ud: "The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ went to the toilet and said: 'Bring me three stones.' So I brought him two stones and a piece of dung. He took the two stones and threw the dung away, saying: 'It is impure.'" (Sahih)
314 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ خَلَّادٍ الْبَاهِلِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْقَطَّانُ، عَنْ زُهَيْرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، قَالَ: - لَيْسَ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ، ذَكَرَهُ، وَلَكِنْ - عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ الْأَسْوَدِ، عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَتَى الْخَلَاءَ فَقَالَ: «ائْتِنِي بِثَلَاثَةِ أَحْجَارٍ» فَأَتَيْتُهُ بِحَجَرَيْنِ وَرَوْثَةٍ، فَأَخَذَ الْحَجَرَيْنِ وَأَلْقَى الرَّوْثَةَ، وَقَالَ: «هِيَ رِجْسٌ»
Your commentary saves automatically in this browser, separate from the published commentary. It stays private unless you include it in a shared study file.
We can deduce from the Hadith that in case only two stones or lumps of clay are available, they are enough for the purpose, although it is preferable to use three lumps or stones for purification.