Hadith: The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) forbade making Istinjā’ (purification after answering the call of nature) with dung or bones*, and said: "They do not purify."
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضيَ اللهُ عنه قَالَ:
إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَهَى أَنْ يُسْتَنْجَى بِرَوْثٍ أَوْ عَظْمٍ، وَقَالَ: «إِنَّهُمَا لَا تُطَهِّرَانِ».
[صحيح] - [رواه الدارقطني] - [سنن الدارقطني: 152]
المزيــد ...
Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported:
The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) forbade making Istinjā’ (purification after answering the call of nature) with dung or bones, and said: "They do not purify."
[Authentic hadith] - [Narrated by Ad-Daraqutny] - [Sunan Ad-Daraqutny - 152]
The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) forbade anyone who relieves himself, whether by urinating or defecating, from using animal bones or dung and dry animal waste for cleaning, and he said: They do not remove the impurity, nor do they purify it.
Benefits from the Hadith
- Explanation of some of the etiquettes of relieving oneself and performing Istinjā’.
- Prohibition of using dung for Istijmār (dry cleansing), because it is either impure or because it is the food of the jinn's animals.
- Prohibition of using bones for Istijmār, because it is either impure or because it is the food of the jinn themselves.
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- Hadith: Beware of (smearing yourselves with) urine, because it is the main cause of punishment in the grave
- Hadith: When anyone of you performs ablution, let him sniff water in his nose and then blow it out. Whoever cleans his private parts with stones, let him do so with an odd number of stones. Whoever wakes up from his sleep, let him wash his hands three times before putting them in the water vessel, for none of you knows where his hands were during his sleep
- Hadith: When you go to a place to relieve yourselves, do not turn your face or back toward the Qiblah while defecating or urinating, but face east or west.
- Hadith: No one of you should hold his penis with his right hand while urinating, or clean himself after answering the call of nature using his right hand, or breathe into the vessel
- Hadith: O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the male and female devils
- Hadith: Whoever unjustly usurps even one handspan of land, his neck will be encircled with it down the seven earths
- Hadith: Beware of the two things that provoke cursing. They said: O Messenger of Allah, what are those two things which provoke cursing? He said: The one who relieves himself on people’s roads or in their shade