Istinja
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Istinja[1] (Arabic: استنجاء)[2] means cleaning whatever has been passed from the front or back passages with water, toilet paper, nowadays in same cases people who live in remote, isolated, impoverished areas where water scarcity for example, they can use stones, or anything else that is pure and can clean the impurity (Najasat) apart from bones and dung, such as tissue paper, or any clean pieces of paper.
This is to be done when something impure is emitted, of stools or urine. but if nothing has come out apart from passing wind, then it is not obligatory to do instinja.
The Muslim not only must doing istinja before lota (vessel) for prayer, istinja' with water[3] is obligatory every time something is discharged from the bowel and bladder,[4] such as urine or faeces. but it is not necessary for the sleeper or one who passes wind to perform Istinja, because Istinja is only prescribed for the removal of impurity (najasa), and there is no impurity in this situation.
Ritual Purity
The istinja is part of Islamic hygienical jurisprudence and general ritual purity of body and soul in Islam.
The Quran says: "...wherein are men who love to purify themselves. Allah loveth the purifiers."[Quran 9:108]
References
See also
- Ghusl
- Tahir
- Wudu
- Tayammum
- Tabo (hygiene)
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