Ways of The Prophet (S.A.W)

INSTRUCTIONS ABOUT ISTINJA (From Bihishti Zewar)

(1) Whatever impurity is excreted either from the front or back makes it imperative to cleanse the affected part i.e. to perform ISTINJA.

(2) If the impurity has not spread on the sides of the affected part and water is either not available at all or is not sufficient for ISTINJA, then it is permissible to wipe the affected part clean with stones or earth until all the impurity has been removed and the body has become free from it. However, being repugnant to be the basic idea of cleanliness and purity this method should be resorted to only in extreme circumstances. [Tanwir-Shami]

(3) No specific manner has been laid down for cleaning with mub. The only thing to be kept in mind is that the impurity does not spread around and that the body is rendered free from it. [Futuhe- Hidia]

(4) After cleaning with mud it is Masnun to clean with water. [Tirmizi]

(5) However, if the impurity covers a space larger than depression of a palm then it is obligatory to wash with water. Unless the impurity has been washed clean with water, Salaah will not be in order. If however, the impurity has not spread to that extent and one cleans it with only, then it is permissible to perform Salaah; nevertheless, this will be inconsistent with the Sunnah. [Sharahul Tanwir]

(6) Before entering the privy one should say BISMILLAAH and the masnun supplication.

(7) While entering the privy, one should put in the left foot first.

(8) One should not go to the privy bare - headed. [Zad -ul- Ma’ad]

(9) Before entering the privy, one should put off the ring on which the name of ALLAH or his Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam) is engraved. [Nasai]

(10) Entering the privy with a ta’wiz encased in waxcloth or even ordinary cloth is permissible.

(II) If one has to sneeze while in the privy, he should say (AI-hamdulillaah) only in mind and not with tongue.

(12) As long as one is in the privy, one should not talk or speak. [Mishkat]

(13) While coming out of the privy one should put the right feet out and recite the prescribed prayer.

(14) Left hand should be used for cleaning. If the left hand is missing, the right hand may perforce be used.

(15) After ISTINJA one should rub the left hand well on the ground or with soil and then wash it.

(16) Sitting for natural evacuations at a place where private parts of the body which have to be covered, are open to other’s view is sinful. Passing water while standing, or in a tank or well or on their edges is makruh (undesirable). So also is a case of evacuation of bowels.

(17) It is forbidden to evacuate beside the wall of a mosque and in graveyard. It is also forbidden to pass water in a rat’s hole or any other hole in the ground.

(18) Passing water from a low place towards a higher spot; relieving one-self where people sit or walk or evacuating at a place where people take bath or perform Wudu is forbidden.

(19) While easing oneself one must not speak expect under un-avoidable circumstances.

(20) One must not touch the penis with the right hand while passing water or doing ISTINJA: instead left hand should be used for this purpose. [Bukhari, Muslim]

(21) One should be very careful against being scattered with urine or excreta, for torment in the grave is often the result of failure to guard oneself from the sprinkling of urine. [Tirmizi]

(22) If one have occasion to ease himself while in a thicket or away from habitation, he should do so at a place beyond people’s view. [Marif -ul- hadis, Sunan, Abu Dawud, Tirmizi]

(23) Or, he should go to a low place where he is out of people’s view.

(24) One should find a spot with softsoil so that the urine does not get sprinkled but is absorbed in the soil. [Tirmizi]

(25) In order to pass water, one should sit down: One should not do so while standing. [Tirmizi]

(26) If after passing water, one wants to soak it in clods, he should do so behind the wall or take other cover. [Bahishti Gohar]