The Private Cleaning
For the validity of the prayer it is obligatory to make Istinja, which is a specific cleaning of oneself from every wet material emitted from the eliminatory outlets like urine or feces. Istinja is performed using pure and purifying water, or a solid, dry, uprooting and unrespectable material, like a stone or a paper. If one wishes to perform istinja by water than when cleaning oneself from feces than one pours the water on the outlet than one rubs with one's left hand until the najas filth is removed. This makes the place pure. If one is performing istinja with rocks or the like such as toilet paper. One must wipe the outlet three times, if three wipes are not enough to clean the area one wipes more until the place becomes clean. Without using water it is not enough to wipe less than three times, even if the place becomes clean after two wipes for example. For the istinja without water to be valid it is a condition that it must take place before the najas filth dries. If the emitted najas dries than using water becomes obligatory. It is recommended to enter the bathroom with the left foot and to leave it with the right foot, contrary to the way you enter the Masjid, it is recommended to enter the Masjid and your house with the right foot first and to leave it with the left foot. It is also recommended upon entering the bathroom to say 'Bismillah'
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