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The Prohibition Of Cleaning Oneself With Bones

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Darussalam · Volume 1

1. The Book OfPurification

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الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 37

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39. It was narrated from 'Abdullāh bin Mas'ūd, that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ forbade cleaning oneself with bones or dung. (Sahīh)

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٣٩ - أَخْبَرَنَا ‌أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ السَّرْحِ قَالَ: أَنْبَأَنَا ‌ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي ‌يُونُسُ ، عَنِ ‌ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ ‌أَبِي عُثْمَانَ بْنِ سَنَّةَ الْخُزَاعِيِّ ، عَنْ ‌عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ «نَهَى أَنْ يَسْتَطِيبَ أَحَدُكُمْ بِعَظْمٍ أَوْ رَوْثٍ».

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Bones do not possess the quality of absorption; they are rather hard, and so rather than absorb impure matter, they will only succeed in spreading impure matter around a person's body. Hence, bones should not be used for purification purposes. Moreover, bones and dried dung (Rawth) constitute part of the food of both jinns and their animals. It is forbidden to spoil the food of the two said categories of created beings. And so that is another reason why bones should not be used to purify oneself from urine and feces. This explanation has clearly been mentioned in certain Hadith narrations.