[Machine] Surahqa bin Malik came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and asked him about performing istinja (ritual cleansing after using the bathroom). The Prophet ﷺ ordered him to take a strong wind and face away from the Qibla (direction of prayer) without directly facing it, and to use three stones for istinja, not containing any filth, or three twigs, or three clots of dust. Abu Abdullah al-Hafiz, Abu Bakr ibn al-Hasan al-Qadi, and Abu Abdullah al-Sulami informed us that Abu al-Abbas Muhammad ibn Ya'qub narrated to them, who was narrated by Abu Uthbah, who was narrated by Baqiah, who was narrated by Mubashir bin Ubaid, who was informed by al-Hajjaj bin Artat, mentioning it. Abu Bakr al-Harithi said: Abu al-Hasan al-Daraqutni al-Hafiz did not mention it except through Mubashir bin Ubaid, who is abandoned in hadith. The sheikh said: Qutaybah narrated from Anas bin Malik as marfu (a saying of the Prophet ﷺ). And this is what is mentioned.  

قَدِمَ سُرَاقَةُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَسَأَلَهُ عَنِ التَّغَوُّطِ فَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَسْتَعْلِيَ الرِّيحَ وَأَنْ يَتَنَكَّبَ الْقِبْلَةَ وَلَا يَسْتَقْبِلَهَا وَلَا يَسْتَدْبِرَهَا وَأَنْ يَسْتَنْجِيَ بِثَلَاثَةِ أَحْجَارٍ وَلَيْسَ فِيهَا رَجِيعٌ أَوْ ثَلَاثَةِ أَعْوَادٍ أَوْ ثَلَاثِ حَثَيَاتٍ مِنْ تُرَابٍ أَخْبَرَنَاهُ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْقَاضِي وَأَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السُّلَمِيُّ قَالُوا نا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا أَبُو عُتْبَةَ ثنا بَقِيَّةُ ثنا مُبَشِّرُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ حَدَّثَنِي الْحَجَّاجُ بْنُ أَرْطَاةَ فَذَكَرَهُ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْحَارِثِيُّ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ الدَّارَقُطْنِيُّ الْحَافِظُ لَمْ يَرْوِهِ غَيْرُ مُبَشِّرِ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ وَهُوَ مَتْرُوكُ الْحَدِيثِ قَالَ الشَّيْخُ وَرَوَى قُتَيْبَةُ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ مَرْفُوعًا وَذَلِكَ يَرِدُ