Impurity and Cleaning
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What is the correct method of istinja’ (cleaning oneself after urinating or defecating) for women, especially if urine splashes various areas such as the anus and between the labia due to a medical condition, and is it permissible to suffice with toilet paper in this case?
Do clothes stained with prostatic fluid become pure merely by sprinkling them with water, or is it necessary to remove the impurity itself by washing?
Would I be sinful for invalidating my prayer or someone else's prayer if I felt too awkward to inform them of being defiled by an impurity because of me?
Did Al-Shawkani and Ibn Hazm Al-Dhahiri affirm that vomit is not impure? And did the Malikis affirm that vomit is not impure if it has not changed from its original state? And was the ruling on the impurity of vomit based on a hadith that Al-Nawawi declared void and Al-Shawkani deemed weak?
What is the ruling on using the right hand for istinja and relieving oneself due to the inability to use the left hand to completely cleanse oneself from impurities?
Is the method used for ghusl from janabah correct, which includes the intention of removing both minor and major ritual impurity and janabah, and purifying oneself from impurities, and washing the private parts first, then covering the entire body with water and soap while repeating the intention, followed by washing specific parts of the body, then rinsing the mouth and nose and performing wudu while repeating the intention for each step, and repeating wudu if there is doubt about touching the penis? And what is sufficient ghusl?
What is the ruling regarding someone who finds transparent, brownish stains from the effect of excrement on his clothes in every prayer or every two prayers, and is this considered سلس ( سلس البول - urinary incontinence or سلس الغائط - fecal incontinence) or is there another reason for it?
What is the ruling on water splashing from a Western toilet bowl during istinja, and is it obligatory to purify areas that water does not reach by flowing down to the ground?
What are the parameters for excusing the touching of impurities during sexual intercourse or foreplay with one's wife, and is sexual intercourse permissible in the presence of impurities?
Is it obligatory to wash money if it has been afflicted by a slight impurity, or is it overlooked, and what is the ruling on what has been spent from it before purifying it?
Is any bathing sufficient for ritual bathing (ghusl) from major ritual impurity (janabah), or is it necessary to specify the intention for it? And must the intention be uttered before purifying oneself (istinja'), or is merely sprinkling water on the organ sufficient?
What is the ruling on dealing with yellow stains, or those that resemble feces, found on carpets and cushions, given the doubt as to whether they are ritually impure (najāsa) or something else, and the inability to distinguish due to their old age and lack of odor? And what is required if wet feet have stepped on them, and the impurity might spread throughout the house, knowing that there are children who might be responsible for these stains?
How should a woman act who drags her garment when passing through streets filled with discolored and foul-smelling sewage, and is it permissible for her to lift her garment slightly to get through the road?
Is the aforementioned ablution - which includes washing the hands three times, then washing the private parts, then washing the hands three times, then rinsing the mouth and sniffing water into the nose, then washing the face and hands up to the elbows three times, then wiping the head and ears, then washing the feet three times - correct, and what is meant by istinja' (washing the private parts) before ablution?
What is the ruling on the presence of yellowish discharge with an unpleasant odor after performing istinja' (ablution after defecation) and ensuring purity, and is it obligatory to always check for it? What are the implications if it is found after prayer or in a place where performing istinja' is difficult, and how should one deal with it?
Is it necessary for urine to be expelled from the body during ablution?
Is it possible to purify clothes that have become ritually impure by washing each piece under the tap with the addition of a cleaning liquid, and is it permissible to wear them wet afterward? What is the ruling on placing a clothesline with pure clothes on an impure ground? Is it necessary to unfasten ribbons or buttons before washing ritually impure clothes?
If a person feels that droplets of urine have reached his body, but does not know the quantity, then forgets to check or purify, is it permissible for him to assume that the impurity is slight and excusable, and to consider his prayers valid and his clothes and sitting places pure?
What is the ruling on interlacing the fingers when washing the hands in wudu? Is it permissible to wash limbs immediately after wudu without the intention of adding them to wudu? And how should the head be washed in wudu, and is it permissible to start from the front of the head and return in the same manner?
Is it permissible for a person afflicted with a disease that causes pus and blood to constantly exit from the anus, thereby contaminating their undergarments, to pray, given their struggle and exhaustion from changing clothes for each prayer?
Is wiping with a dry محرمة after urinating sufficient, or is washing necessary to avoid the obsessive thought of drops falling onto one's underwear?
Is the prayer of one who performed ablution and led the prayer as an imam after a light sleep in the mosque, not knowing whether he had nullified his ablution or not, valid, as well as the prayer of the congregants, especially since if he had remembered a fatwa by a colleague sheikh – stating that cleansing after passing wind is only required if a sound occurs – he would have performed ablution as a precaution?
What is the ruling of Islamic law regarding feeling as if a release of wind has occurred during prayer, when it has not actually occurred, and does this invalidate the prayer, or must it be repeated?
Is it permissible to wear underwear that is not white? Must one change underwear when faint yellow or brown stains appear? What is the ruling on prayer and ablution in this situation? Is it obligatory to make up previous prayers if those stains were impure and invalidated purification?