وَأَنَّ مَنِ اسْتَطَابَ بِأَكْثَرَ مِنْ ثَلَاثَةٍ بِشَفْعٍ لَا بِوِتْرٍ غَيْرُ عَاصٍ فِي فِعْلِهِ، إِذْ تَارِكُ الِاسْتِحْبَابِ غَيْرِ الْإِيجَابِ تَارِكُ فَضِيلَةٍ لَا فَرِيضَةٍ
And whoever used more than three even stones for istinja and did not use an odd number, then he will not be sinful because he has left a non-obligatory, recommended, and superior act, not an obligatory one.