Cleansing after Defecation

حدثني سَلَمَةُ بن شَبِيبٍ حدثنا الْحَسَنُ بن اَعْيَنَ حدثنا مَعْقِلٌ وهو بن عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ الْجَزَرِيُّ عن أبي الزُّبَيْرِ عن جَابِرٍ قال قال رسول اللّٰهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم الِاسْتِجْمَارُ تَوٌّ ورمى الْجِمَارِ تَوٌّ وَالسَّعْيُ بين الصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةِ تَوٌّ وَالطَّوَافُ تَوٌّ وإذا اسْتَجْمَرَ أحدكم فَلْيَسْتَجْمِرْ بِتَوٍّ

Jabir stated: “God’s Messenger said: ‘Cleaning with mud-stones after defecation should be once only; the rami of the columns should be once; the sa‘i between Ṣafa and Marwa should be once; the ṭawaf should be once. When anyone of you cleans yourself with mud-stones after defecation, he should do it once only.’”[1]

Following is the schematic illustration of the isnad of this narrative’s variants:

Abu al-Zubayr Muhammad ibn Muslim ibn Tadrus al-Makki (d. 116 AH) is a mudallis and variants have his ‘an‘anah.[2] Also though Abu al-Zubayr is regarded as trustworthy by many authorities, here is the jarh recorded on him by al-Mizzi:[3] In the opinion of Nu‘aym ibn Hammad, Ayyub al-Sakhtiyani regards him to be weak and in the opinion of Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Sufyan ibn ‘Uyaynah regards him to be weak. Ibn Abi Hatim’s opinion about him is: yuktabu hadithuhu wa la yuhtajju bihi. Abu ‘Adi says that though he is reliable yet he has reported some narratives from ḍu‘afa’.

Shu‘bah has regarded Abu al-Zubayr to be ḍa‘if as well.[4]

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