يُجْزِئُ فِيهِ الْحَجَرُ وَالْمَدَرُ وَمَا قَامَ مَقَامَهُمَا
Translation: A stone, a dry lump of earth, and comparable cleansing materials suffice.
Hajar means stone, and madar a dry clod of earth. The material must be clean and capable of actually removing filth.
The phrase “what serves the same purpose” concerns an equivalent cleansing function, not the name of the material alone.
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Istinja: Methods, Preference and Juristic Differences
يُجْزِئُ فِيهِ الْحَجَرُ وَالْمَدَرُ وَمَا قَامَ مَقَامَهُمَا
Translation: A stone, a dry lump of earth, and comparable cleansing materials suffice.
Hajar means stone, and madar a dry clod of earth. The material must be clean and capable of actually removing filth.
The phrase “what serves the same purpose” concerns an equivalent cleansing function, not the name of the material alone.