Istinja /ref> is the Islamic term for the action of using water to clean oneself after urinating and/or defecating.
Istinja is obligatory; this means removing whatever has been passed from the genitals or the rectum with water. Toilet paper and other clean implements like stones can be used in addition to water to aid in purifying the area. Istijmar is the equivalent action just using stones, toilet paper, or anything else that is pure without the water.
The aim of this is to remove the impurity and maintain hygiene in accordance with Islamic law and principal.
Water is standard for toilet hygiene within Muslim homes and countries, where a series of vessels that carry water (such as the '' tabo/cebok'' in
Maritime Southeast Asia
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, the ''buta'' in West Africa, or '' lota''/'' bodna'' in the Indian subcontinent) and internationally, the ''shattaf''
bidet shower
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, are used instead of, or in addition to, toilet roll.
Ritual purity
The istinja is part of Islamic hygienical jurisprudence and general ritual purity of body and soul in Islam.
The
Quran
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Wudu
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Tayammum
Tayammum ( ar, تيمم) is the Islamic act of dry Ritual purification using a purified sand or stone (clean stone) or clean Mud, which may be performed in place of ritual washing (''wudu'' or ''ghusl'') if no clean water is readily available or ...
Bidet
A bidet ( or ) is a bowl or receptacle designed to be sat on in order to wash one's genitalia, perineum, inner buttocks, and anus. The modern variety has a plumbed-in water supply and a drainage opening, and is thus a plumbing fixture subjec ...