Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, narrates this statement of the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him: "When a person uses stones, he should do so in an odd number, because Allah Almighty is Odd and He loves the odd. Have you not seen? The heavens are seven, the days are seven, the circuits of Tawaf are seven." Then the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, mentioned some other things as well.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrate this statement of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "Whoever performs ablution should put water into his nose, and whoever uses stones (for cleaning) should do so an odd number of times." (Imam Ibn Hibban, may Allah have mercy on him, says:) The word "istinshar" means to expel water from the nose, and "istinsaq" means to draw water into the nose. The statement of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), "Whoever performs ablution should do istinshar," means that he should do istinsaq. Thus, the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) here used the initial word "istinsaq" for the concluding act, which is "istinshar," because istinshar only occurs when it is preceded by istinsaq. And "istijmar" means to attain purity, that is, to remove impurity from both exits.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, narrates this statement of the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him: "When a person performs ablution, he should rinse his nose with water and clean it, and whoever uses stones (for cleaning), he should do so in an odd number."

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I am to you like a father. When any of you goes to relieve himself, he should neither face the Qiblah nor turn his back towards it, and he should not clean himself with his right hand." (Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah [may Allah be pleased with him] states) The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) used to command the use of three stones. He forbade cleaning oneself with dung or decayed bones.

Lady Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: I never saw the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) fasting during the (first) ten days of Dhul-Hijjah. Whenever he would return after relieving himself, he would use water.

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: When the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) came out after relieving himself, I and a boy from the Ansar would bring a vessel of water, and the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) would perform istinja (cleaning) with it.

Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said (to the women): Tell your husbands to perform istinja (cleaning) with water, because I feel shy to speak to them about this matter. The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) used to do so.

Yusuf bin Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates from his father: I presented myself in the service of Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), and I heard her saying that when the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) would come out of the toilet, he used to say: "Ghufranak" (meaning: I seek Your forgiveness).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: I spent the night at the house of my maternal aunt, Sayyida Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her). I saw the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) get up, he relieved himself, then he washed his face and then went back to sleep.