Can One Use Toilet Paper of Any Kind?
Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel
Question
If toilet paper contains animal-derived or animal by-products, also it is said to contain animal gelatine or alcohol used for fragrance, if one was to use it while you’re doing wudu, does it invalidate it? Even if you are not, does it make you impure? I appreciate your help, sorry for all the questions, but I don’t really have anyone to talk to about this.
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate.
I pray you are in good faith and health.
Using toilet paper of any kind will not affect your wudu or its validity. The ingredients of tissue paper are fine, and it goes through a thorough change as an end product. One does not have to worry. Rest assured.
[Tahtawi, Hashiya al-Tahtawi ’ala Maraqi ‘l-Falah]
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Wassalam,
[Mawlana] Ilyas Patel
Checked and Approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Mawlana Ilyas Patel is a traditionally-trained scholar who has studied in the UK, India, Pakistan, Syria, Jordan, and Turkey. He started his early education in the UK. He went on to complete the hifz of the Quran in India, then enrolled in an Islamic seminary in the UK, where he studied the secular and ‘Aalimiyya sciences. He then traveled to Karachi, Pakistan. He has been an Imam in Rep of Ireland for several years. He has taught hifz of the Quran, Tajwid, Fiqh, and many other Islamic sciences to children and adults onsite and online extensively in the UK and Ireland. He taught at a local Islamic seminary for 12 years in the UK, where he was a librarian and a teacher of Islamic sciences. He currently resides in the UK with his wife. His interest is a love of books and gardening.
