What does Istinthat mean?

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Discover the meaning of the term Istinthat (اسْتِنْثار) in Islamic vocabulary.

Definition Istinthat

Istinthat according to Al-Kulliyat (Al-Kafawi)

Istinchak: drawing into the nose what is in it by breath. Proof it is not istinchak: it is related the Prophet, in ablution, drew up water thrice, each time doing istinthar. From Abou Hourayra: the Prophet said: « when one of you performs ablution, let him put water in his nose doing istinthar ». And in another hadith: « when you have drawn up, expel », with the hamza joined and cut; al-Azhari disapproved the cutting, so in al-Maghrib. Fainting among the faqihs: the mind overcome, including drunkenness; among physicians: the brain’s ventricles filled with cold thick phlegm; in the theologians’ bounds: oblivion befalling man with the organs’ languor for a cause.

Istinthat according to Mu'jam al-Mustalahat al-Fiqhiyya

Az-Zahabi l’Abi said: it is placing the forefinger and thumb of the left hand on the nose and returning the water from the nostrils by the nose’s breath. In Ghorar al-Maqala: its origin is nathra, the nostril; so named for its issuing from the nostrils, as idtiba’ is said from the word of the two flanks. Also said: so named because the water scatters when your nasal breath casts it. A scholar was asked: does the water not scatter on your clothes at ablution? He answered: I control not the water’s scattering. Ach-Chawkani said: it is the expulsion of water from the nose after drawing up. Ibn al-A’rabi and Ibn Qoutayba say: istinthar is istinchak. The linguists say: taken from nathra, the nose’s tip.

Istinthat according to Maqalid al-'Ulum (As-Suyuti)

Drawing up water then expelling it by the nose’s breath.

Istinthat according to At-Ta'rifat al-Fiqhiyya (Al-Barkati)

It is istinchak, that is, putting water in the nathra, that is, the nose.

Istinthat according to Al-Qamus al-Fiqhi

Casting the water and the hurt from the nose after drawing up, pulling it by the nasal breath to cleanse the inside, so it issues by the breath of the two nostrils, with or without the hand’s aid. This is the famous view held by the majority of linguists, traditionists and jurists. Istinchak: the word of Ibn Qoutayba, Ibn al-A’rabi and al-Farra. An-nouthar: what scatters of the thing. An-nithar: what is scattered in the cups of joy, sweets or moneys. An-nathra: the nose. The space between the two lips facing the nose’s ridge. The sneeze.

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