Method of going to Toilet?
Question
Can you please give the Method of going to the toilet (preferably Hanafi way). 1. What do you do if you are in university and u need to got to the toilet. 2. What happens if you do stool and wash your hind and then accidentally touch a part of your body with you?re your left hand. 3. Can you explain what you do when you find water on the toilet seat. 4. What if you have a limited amount of water to wash the hind, how can you successfully wash. 5. Can you trim your lower genital hairs if you think that urine might spill onto them.
Answer
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and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
FATWA DEPT.
The aspect of Istinjaa and cleanliness is indeed a very important issue. A person should exercise extreme precaution in matters related to this. In the Hadith, Nabi (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) has warned us, 'Stay away from urine because generally the Adhaan of Qabr is attained through it.'
Allah Ta'ala praises the people of Qubaa thus, 'In it are men who love to clean and to purify themselves, and Allah loves those who make themselves clean and pure (i.e. who clean their private parts with dust (which has properties of soap) and water from urine and stool after answering the call of nature).'
According to an Aayat, when this Aayat was revealed, Nabi (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) sent for Umaym ibn Saa'ida and asked him what is the purification Allah has praised you for. He replied, 'O Rasul of Allah (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam), no man or woman comes out from relieving himself/herself except that he washes his private parts.' Nabi (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) said, This is it.' (Ibn Kathir vol.2 pg.397; Qadeemi)
If the university toilets have water, then you should cleanse yourself with the water. If there is no water, you should make arrangements for water by keeping a container there. The water on the toilet seats may be wiped with tissue paper before using the toilet. If any impurities touched the private parts, that may be washed during Istinjaa, hence, there is no need to remove the lower genital hairs.
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