Is it permissible to insert a finger into the anus to aid defecation when constipated?
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The people of knowledge have explicitly stated the impermissibility of inserting a finger into the anus during ' (washing after defecation) to expel waste. This is because it is an act of the most wicked people, it is forbidden, unlawful, and it causes hemorrhoids.
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