Those who said that after defecating one should clean oneself with water

Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said (addressing the women): "Tell your husbands to use water after urinating or defecating, for the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to do so; I feel shy to say this to the men."

Ibn Sirin said that Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) used to instruct the women: "Tell your husbands to clean themselves with water after relieving themselves."

Furay'ah (who was the wife of Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him)) said: "Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) used to clean himself with water."

Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Whenever the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) went to the toilet, I and another boy of my age would carry a vessel of water and a short spear. He (peace and blessings be upon him) used to clean himself with water."

Abu al-Najashi said: "I was with Sayyiduna Rafi' bin Khadij (may Allah be pleased with him) on a journey, and he used to clean himself with water."

Anas bin Sirin said that whenever Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) entered the toilet, he would call for a vessel of water and ushnan (a cleansing herb).

Ibrahim said: "It has reached me that whenever the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) entered the toilet, he would perform ablution or wash his hands with water."

Abu Sa'id, the freed slave of Abu Usayd, said: "Whenever Sayyiduna Abu Usayd (may Allah be pleased with him), who had taken part in Badr, went to the toilet, I would bring him water and he would clean himself with it."

Mutarrif bin Abdullah said: A Bedouin told me: "I kept the company of Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him), and I liked all his manners and habits except one!" I asked: "What habit is that?" He said: "When he came out of the toilet, he would clean himself with water."

Al-Zuhri said that Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) cleaned himself with water, sitting between two saddles, and the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) began to laugh and say: "He is washing like a woman?"

Yahya bin Abi Kathir said that Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) used to clean himself with ushnan water.

Mujamma' bin Ya'qub narrated that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Uwaym bin Sa'idah: "What kind of purification do you practise for which Allah Almighty has praised you?" They said: "We wash our private parts with water."

Muhammad bin Yusuf bin Abdullah bin Salam said: When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came to Quba, he said: "Allah Almighty has praised your purification; what is it that you do?" The narrator said: By this he meant the words of Allah Almighty: "In it are men who love to purify themselves, and Allah loves those who purify themselves." The people of Quba replied: "O Messenger of Allah! We found it written in the Torah that istinja is done with water."

Al-Sha'bi said: When this verse was revealed, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O people of Quba! For what exactly has Allah Almighty praised you?" They said: "Every one of us, when he comes out of the toilet, cleans himself with water." The verse is: "In it are men who love to keep themselves pure, and Allah loves those who keep themselves pure."

Abu Ja'far said that this verse was revealed concerning the people of Quba: "In it are men who love to keep themselves pure, and Allah loves those who keep themselves pure."

Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said to the women: "Tell your husbands to wash the traces of excrement from their bodies; I feel shy to tell them this myself."

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "The people before you used to pass hard stool like camel droppings, while you pass soft stool, so after cleaning with stones, use water."