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الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
كتاب الطهارةBook of Purification
الْفَصْلُ الثَّانِي فِي النَّهْيِ عَنِ الِاسْتِجْمَارِ بِأَقَلَّ مِنْ ثَلَاثَةِ أَحْجَارٍThe Second Section on the Prohibition of Using Less Than Three Stones for Istijmar
Hadith 525
اُردوEn
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ: ((إِنَّمَا أَنَا لَكُمْ مِثْلُ الْوَالِدِ أُعَلِّمُكُمْ، فَإِذَا أَتَى أَحَدُكُمُ الْخَلَاءَ فَلَا تَسْتَقْبِلُوهَا وَلَا تَسْتَدْبِرُوهَا وَلَا يَسْتَنْجِي أَحَدُكُمْ بِدُونِ ثَلَاثَةِ أَحْجَارٍ))
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "I am like a father to you and I teach you just as a father does. So when any man goes to relieve himself, he should neither face the Qiblah nor turn his back towards it, and no man should perform istinja (cleaning) with less than three stones."
Brief Explanation
Benefits: … In these ahadith, it is clearly prohibited to suffice with less than three stones; if more stones are needed, then the odd number should still be observed. Imam Ahmad and Imam Shafi'i have declared the use of at least three stones to be obligatory. Imam Abu Hanifah and Imam Malik, in this regard, have not considered the number to be significant; however, they have maintained the observance of an odd number, whether it be one or three. But their opinion is not supported by these blessed ahadith.
