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16. 'Abdur-Raḥmān bin Yazīd said, "They said to Salmān, 'Your Prophet [ﷺ] taught you about everything, even defecating?' So Salmān said, 'Yes. He prohibited us from facing the Qiblah when defecating and urinating, performing Istinjā' with the right hand, using less than three stones for Istinjā', and using dung or bones for Istinjā'.'" (Ṣaḥīḥ)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] There are narrations on this topic from 'Āishah, Khuzaimah bin Thābit, Jābir, and Khallād bin As-Sā'ib from his father.
Abū 'Eisā said: The Hadīth of Salmān [on this topic] is a Ḥasan Ṣaḥīḥ Hadīth.
It is the saying of most of the people of knowledge among the
Companions of the Prophet ﷺ and those after them: They see that Istinjā' with stones is enough, even if one does not use water for Istinjā', when it removes the traces of defecation and urine. This is the saying of Ath-Thawri, Ibn Al-Mubārak, Ash-Shāfi'i, Ahmad, and Ishāq.
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[1] Removing filth after urinating or defecating.
Commentary
1. The right hand should not be used for purification after relieving oneself for it is for the use of eating, drinking, reading, writing and other pure actions; and naturally Allāh granted to the right hand more power and ability comparing to the left one. Therefore the right hand should be used for good and virtuous deeds and the left hand is used for other sorts of things.
2. Bones of an animal and its excrement are not to be used for purification because according to some other narrations these things are food for Jinns and their rides; so only those things should be used for purification that are not religiously regarded and also are not the food of any creature, impure nor harmful.
