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Is touching a small amount of impurity intentionally excused according to Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, such as one who intentionally contaminates himself with a drop of urine or intentionally kills an insect on his clothes?

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Slight impurities are excused if it is difficult to guard against them. This is the view held by Sheikh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, such as mouse droppings in food, street mud, stable dust, and splatters from a butcher's blood or a wounded person's blood. What is meant by "slight" is what is considered slight عرفًا (customarily), but this does not apply to someone who deliberately contaminates themselves with impurities.

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