Purity

✅ Answer: Please pay attention to the following narrations:

1 عَنْ إِبْرَاهِیمَ بْنِ أَبِی مَحْمُودٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الرِّضَا یَقُولُ یُسْتَنْجَی وَ یُغْسَلُ مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهُ عَلَی الشَّرْجِ وَ لَا یُدْخَلُ فِیهِ الْأَنْمُلَةُ.

📚 Al-Kafi, Vol. 3, p. 17

Ibrahim ibn Abi Mahmud said: 'I heard Imam Ridha (peace be upon him) say: 'Whatever of the feces is visible and apparent on the anus ring is to be removed and washed, and the finger should not be inserted inside!''

2 عَنْ عَمَّارٍ عَنْ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ فِی حَدِیثٍ قَالَ: وَ إِنْ خَرَجَ مِنْ مَقْعَدَتِهِ شَيْءٌ وَ لَمْ يَبُلْ فَإِنَّمَا عَلَيْهِ أَنْ يَغْسِلَ الْمَقْعَدَةَ وَحْدَهَا وَ لَا يَغْسِلُ الْإِحْلِيلَ وَ قَالَ إِنَّمَا عَلَيْهِ أَنْ يَغْسِلَ مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا وَ لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ أَنْ يَغْسِلَ بَاطِنَهَا

📚 Al-Tahdhib, Vol. 1, p. 45

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said in a hadith: 'If only something comes out of the anus but he does not urinate, it is his duty to wash only the anus and he does not wash the private part,' and he said: 'It is his duty to wash what is apparent and visible from the anus, and it is not his duty to wash its inner and hidden part!'

3 عَنْ مُصَدِّقِ بْنِ صَدَقَةَ عَنْ عَمَّارٍ عَنْ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لَهُ الرَّجُلُ یُرِیدُ أَنْ یَسْتَنْجِیَ کَیْفَ یَقْعُدُ قَالَ کَمَا یَقْعُدُ لِلْغَائِطِ وَ قَالَ إِنَّمَا عَلَیْهِ أَنْ یَغْسِلَ مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهُ وَ لَیْسَ عَلَیْهِ أَنْ یَغْسِلَ بَاطِنَهُ.

📚 Al-Kafi, Vol. 3, p. 18

Ammar said: 'I said to Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): 'A person wants to perform istinja' (i.e., to wash the place of feces and remove the feces), how should he sit?' The Imam said: 'The same way he sits for defecating!'

And he said: 'Indeed, it is his duty to wash what is apparent and visible from it, and it is not his duty to wash its inner and hidden part!'

✅ Based on the above narrations and others, for washing the place of feces, whatever of the feces is apparent and visible on the outer part of the anus ring is washed, and what is hidden and inside and can only be washed by inserting a finger, there is no need to wash it.

Therefore, to perform istinja', we sit in the same way as we sit for defecating (i.e., on the heels) and wash those parts of the anus that are visible and apparent in such a state, and those parts that are not apparent and are hidden in this state of sitting, there is no need to wash them.

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَی مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

وَ عَجِّلْ لِوَلِیِّکَ الْفَرَجَ وَ الْعَافِیَةَ وَ النَّصْر

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