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Can we make instinja with tissue paper / toilet paper?

· 15 Rabiʻ II 1441 AH1 min readFatwa 43912English

Question

Can we make instinja with tissue paper / toilet paper? Jazak Allah

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

In principle, a person can suffice on using tissue paper during istinja as long as the impurity is not 2,75 cm (approximately the size of a five-rand coin).[1] If the impurity goes beyond the private parts then it is Fardh (compulsory) to use water.

And Allah Ta’ala Knows best

M. Akhtar

Student Darul Iftaa
Phoenix, KZN, South Africa

Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

[1] الدر المختار وحاشية ابن عابدين (رد المحتار) (1/ 337)

أَقُولُ: وَالتَّحْقِيقُ أَنَّهُ إنْ تَجَاوَزَ عَنْ مَوْضِعِهِ بِالْقِيَامِ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ الدِّرْهَمِ أَوْ جَفَّ بِحَيْثُ لَا يُزِيلُهُ الْحَجَرُ فَلَا بُدَّ مِنْ الْمَاءِ إذَا أَرَادَ إزَالَتَهُ

الدر المختار شرح تنوير الأبصار وجامع البحار (47:ص)

(وعفا) الشارع (عن قدر درهم) وإن كره تحريما، فيجب غسله، وما دونه تنزيها فيسن، وفوقه مبطل فيفرض

(1/ 338) الدر المختار وحاشية ابن عابدين (رد المحتار)

ثُمَّ اعْلَمْ أَنَّ الْجَمْعَ بَيْنَ الْمَاءِ وَالْحَجَرِ أَفْضَلُ، وَيَلِيهِ فِي الْفَضْلِ الِاقْتِصَارُ عَلَى الْمَاءِ، وَيَلِيهِ الِاقْتِصَارُ عَلَى الْحَجَرِ وَتَحْصُلُ السُّنَّةُ بِالْكُلِّ وَإِنْ تَفَاوَتَ الْفَضْلُ كَمَا أَفَادَهُ فِي الْإِمْدَادِ وَغَيْرِهِ

1)/ (335فتاوى عثماني

احسن الفتاوى (2/107)

Answered by
M. Akhtar
Checked & approved by
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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