The location of difficulty, so the likelihood of difficulty is taken into account rather than its actuality, just as istijmar is permitted over a flowing river. As for madhy (pre-seminal fluid), it is a customary and frequent occurrence; it may even be more frequent in some people than urine. 'Ali ibn Abi Talib (11), may Allah be pleased with him, said: "I was a man who experienced much madhy, and the Prophet -may Allah bless him and grant him peace- said: 'That is the fluid of the stallion (ma' al-fahl), and every stallion has fluid.'" Sahl ibn Hunayf (11) also said: "I was a man who experienced much madhy, and I would perform ghusl (full ablution) frequently due to it." For this reason, Malik made wudu' (ablution) mandatory because of it, whereas he does not make it mandatory for rare occurrences; thus, it is not part of our specific issue. It is mandatory to wash the penis and the testicles because of it according to one of the two narrations, as an act of worship ('tabu'udan'). The other [narration] is that it is not mandatory, and the command of the Prophet -may Allah bless him and grant him peace- to wash it is for recommendation (istihbab), by analogy with other things that exit [the body]. And Allah knows best.
Section: One should not perform istijmar with his right hand, due to the statement of Salman in his hadith: "He has forbidden us from performing istinja' with our right hand." Narrated by Muslim (12). Abu Qatadah also narrated that the Messenger of Allah -may Allah bless him and grant him peace- said: "None of you should hold his penis with his right hand, nor wipe himself after using the toilet with his right hand." Agreed upon (13). If he is performing istinja' from excrement, he takes the stone with his left hand and wipes with it. If he is performing istinja' from urine, and the stone is large, he takes his penis with his left hand and wipes with it. And if it is small, and it is possible for him to...
(11) The hadith of ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib and the hadith of Sahl ibn Ḥunayf, may Allāh be pleased with them both, will come in the chapter on what invalidates purification, issue 42. (12) In: The Chapter on Istiṭāba, from the Book of Purification, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 1/224. And on the authority of someone other than Salmān, it was recorded by al-Nasāʾī, in: The Chapter on the Prohibition of Istinjāʾ with the Right Hand, from the Book of Purification, al-Mujtabā min al-Sunan 1/40; and al-Dārimī, in: The Chapter on the Prohibition of Istinjāʾ with the Right Hand, from the Book of Purification, Sunan al-Dārimī 1/172; and Imām Aḥmad, in: al-Musnad 5/300, 310, 437. (13) Recorded by al-Bukhārī, in: The Chapter on the Prohibition of Istinjāʾ with the Right Hand, from the Book of Wuḍūʾ, Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1/50; and Muslim, in: The Chapter on the Prohibition of Istinjāʾ with the Right Hand, from the Book of Purification, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 1/225; and Abū Dāwūd, in: The Chapter on the Dislike of Touching the Penis with the Right Hand, from the Book of Purification, Sunan Abī Dāwūd 1/8; and al-Tirmidhī, in: The Chapter on Istinjāʾ with the Right Hand, from the Chapters on Purification, ʿĀriḍat al-Aḥwadhī 1/32; and al-Nasāʾī, in: The Chapter on the Prohibition of Touching the Penis with the Right Hand when Relieving Oneself, and the Chapter on the Prohibition of Istinjāʾ with the Right Hand, from the Book of Purification, al-Mujtabā 1/26, 39, 40; and Ibn Mājah, in: The Chapter on the Dislike of Touching the Penis with the Right Hand and Istinjāʾ with the Right Hand, from the Book of Purification, Sunan Ibn Mājah 1/113; and al-Dārimī, in: The Chapter on the Prohibition of Istinjāʾ with the Right Hand, from the Book of Purification, Sunan al-Dārimī 1/172; and Imām Aḥmad, in: al-Musnad 5/295, 296, 300, 310, 311.
