Chapter One: Purity and impurity > Causes of breaking wudu < 31_Cleaning oneself in the lavatory: Ash-Shafii and Ahmad consider it obligatory to clean oneself with water, but it is reported from Malik that if someone prays without having used water in the lavatory, his prayer is still valid. Abu Hanifa says that it is Sunna and not mandatory. That is also reported from Malik. Abu Hanifa says that if someone prays without cleaning himself with water, his prayer is valid, but he considers that all impurities larger than the size of a Baghli dirham must be removed. Ash-Shafii and Ahmad say that it is not permitted to use fewer than three stones for cleaning oneself, even if cleaning is achieved by fewer than that. Abu Hanifa and Malik say that what is considered is cleanliness. If that is achieved with one stone, it is not recommend to exceed it. Ash-Shafii and Ahmad say that it is not permitted to use bones or dung. Abu Hanifa and Malik say that it is, but that it is recommended not to use them. Taken from a Book: The Mercy in the difference of the Four Schools of Islamic Law By Al-Qadi As-Safadi (Muhammad Ibn Abd Ar-Rahman As-Safadi) This book is the first translation into English of a well-known and widely used, six hundred year old Classical Arabic text, its author; Qadi Safadi of Damascus designed it for his contemporaries as a reference book to acquaint the followers of the four schools of Fiqh with the rulings of the other schools, so that needless antagonism and misunderstandings did not spring up out of ignorance and prejudice. The need for such a book is even more pressing in the present circumstances, and this excellent and succinct book which covers the whole spectrum of the Deen is a timely and much needed addition to the Islamic source material available in the English Language.
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