Is it permissible to insert a finger into the anus to aid defecation when constipated?
The people of knowledge have explicitly stated the impermissibility of inserting a finger into the anus during istinja' (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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