وَغَسْلُهُ بِالْمَاءِ أَفْضَلُ
Translation: Washing it with water is preferable.
Water better removes the substance and lingering traces of impurity, and is therefore preferred.
Permission to cleanse with stones and the superiority of washing with water are different rulings: one establishes sufficiency, the other preference.
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Istinja: Methods, Preference and Juristic Differences
وَغَسْلُهُ بِالْمَاءِ أَفْضَلُ
Translation: Washing it with water is preferable.
Water better removes the substance and lingering traces of impurity, and is therefore preferred.
Permission to cleanse with stones and the superiority of washing with water are different rulings: one establishes sufficiency, the other preference.