Worship - Purification
Lesson 31
Obligation - Toiletry
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Main
Points
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Purification is obligatory in the
Qur’an and Sunnah. It means to be purified from any filth, i.e. dirt that
accumulates on the whole body, clothing, and the ground used for prayer; as well
as to be purified by performing ablution in order to attain a state of ritual
purity.
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Purification is attained by means of
clean water that has not been mixed with anything impure. In the absence of
water, pure soil (earth) can be used.
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Purification is nullified by
anything that is emitted from the private parts (feces and urine), animal urine
and stool, blood, pus, vomit, and dead body, and untanned animal skins or hides.[1]
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The good manners of relieving
oneself are avoiding public places and water supplies, screening oneself,
avoiding speaking throughout the process, avoiding carrying anything that bears
Allah's Name, and doing one’s best to not face the Qiblah.[2]
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Cleansing oneself after defecation:[3]
water is the most preferable means for doing this. The left hand is to be used,
and a certain invocation should be said after leaving that place. Whenever the Prophet (peace be upon him) would come out of the privy,
he would say: Grant me Your forgiveness.
Purification is obligatory:
Allah says:
]وَإِن
كُنتُمْ
جُنُبًا
فَاطَّهَّرُوا[
(المائدة:
6)
This
means: “And if you are in a state of Janabah (i.e. had a sexual
discharge), purify yourself (bathe your whole body).” (5, Al-Ma’idah: 6)
Allah says:
]وَثِيَابَكَ
فَطَهِّرْ[
(المدثر: 4)
This
means: “And your garments purify!” (74, Al-Muddathir: 4)
The Messenger of Allah
(peace be upon him) said:
“Cleanliness
is half of the faith.” (Reported
by Muslim)
Conventional rules of going to toilet:
Avoiding
public places,
and not speaking with others:
The Prophet of Allah
(peace be upon him) said:
“When
two persons go together for relieving themselves uncovering their private
parts and talking together, Allah, the Great and Majestic, becomes wrathful
at this (action).” (Reported by Abu Dawud)
Avoiding
public places and water supplies:
The Prophet of Allah
(peace be upon him) said:
“Be
on your guard against three things which provoke cursing: easing in the
watering places, on the thoroughfares, and in the shade (of the tree).”
(Reported by Abu Dawud and Ibn Majah)
Not
to bear anything that has the Name of Allah written in it:
Anas (may Allah be
pleased with him) narrated:
“When
the Prophet (peace be upon him) entered the privy, he removed his ring.” (Reported by Abu Dawud and At-Tirmidhi)
Avoiding
facing the Qiblah:
“It was said to
Salman: Your
Prophet teaches you everything, even about excrement. He replied: Yes. He
has forbidden us to face the Qiblah at the time of easing or urinating.”
(Reported by Muslim,
At-Tirmidhi, An-Nasa’i, and Abu Dawud)
Cleaning oneself after defecation:
Anas Ibn Malik (may
Allah be pleased with him) narrated:
“The
Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) entered an enclosure while a servant
was following him with a jar of water and he was the youngest amongst us and
he placed it by the side of a lote-tree. When the Messenger of Allah, (peace
be upon him) relieved himself, he came out and had cleansed himself with
water. (Reported by Abu Dawud)
Cleaning
oneself after defecation should be with the left hand:
The Prophet (peace be
upon him) said:
“None of you should
hold penis with his right hand while urinating, or wipe himself with his
right hand in privacy.”
(Reported by Al-Bukhari and Muslim)