Impurity and Cleaning
629 questions
Is it permissible to wipe a child’s private parts with the right hand when changing a diaper if one is not skilled at wiping with the left hand?
What is the ruling on traces of impurity remaining after cleaning oneself with water (istinja') following defecation, knowing that it is a light color that appears on a white tissue and requires time to remove with water, and is prayer valid with it?
Is it permissible to suffice with istijmar using tissues without using water to remove impurity after relieving oneself in places where water is unavailable or the restrooms are unclean, and do clothes become impure if they are stained by water that falls on them after istijmar?
What is the correct way to purify clothes from urine splashes, and is wiping, reciting Bismillah, and the Tashahhud sufficient instead of washing them? What is the ruling on exaggerating in Istinja’ (cleaning oneself after relieving oneself) and washing inner garments and the private parts due to fear of Waswas (obsessive whispering), and what is the correct way to get rid of this Waswas?
Is a specific order required when washing the penis and testicles [for a male] or the vulva [for a female], and does a state of ritual impurity necessitate re-washing the penis and testicles or the vulva before ablution, and is continuity (al-muwalat) obligatory between them?
What is the ruling on prayer when impurity (feces) is discovered on undergarments after the prayer, knowing there is difficulty in using the toilet outside the home and fear of impurity, and how can one use the toilet anywhere without difficulty, and what should one do if clothes are soiled with impurity outside the home?
Is it permissible to urinate standing up and then cleanse with two tissues, followed by washing the head of the penis seven times with water, knowing that sitting on the toilet might be difficult due to its uncleanliness?
Is it correct to say "Bismillah" (in the name of Allah) and "Al-Basmalah" (the full "Bismillah Al-Rahman Al-Rahim") when performing Istinja' (washing after defecating or urinating), and is the doer sinful if it is not correct?
What is the ruling on one who performs istinja' but does not perform wudu' until a long time has passed?
Is the 'Umrah valid with two light drops of blood on the 'Ihram due to a fallen tissue that was placed on a pilonidal sinus wound?
Is rubbing necessary when cleaning oneself after urinating?
Is it permissible for a worshiper – who adheres to the Maliki school of thought – to continue praying with a single ablution despite the emission of drops of urine after relieving oneself, or drops of prostatic fluid (madhy) after defecating, without purifying or renewing the ablution, in order to alleviate hardship and act upon facilitation, especially since he finds great difficulty in what is mentioned on some other websites due to the need to change and purify clothes and wait a long time before prayer?
How can the saying that three wipes are obligatory for Istinja' with water be reconciled with performing Istinja' from urine or feces with water? And is Istinja' from urine with water performed by pouring water on the penis or its head only, or is it necessary to press on the head of the penis until any remaining urine comes out? What is the limit of transgression that necessitates washing what exceeds the usual exit point? And what should one do if the excreted matter transgresses the usual place while on a journey where there is insufficient water for anything but drinking or ablution, or where there is no water at all?
Are the white or black substances that accumulate under the nails after showering impure, given that they result from dry sweat mixing with impurities on the bed? And does the dirt around the nipple prevent water from reaching the skin?
Is it obligatory for a person afflicted with chronic flatulence to clench the anal sphincter throughout ablution and prayer for fear of passing wind, or is it permissible to relax it?
Is it sufficient to use tissues instead of water for ablution (wudu') and prayer (salat)?
What is the difference between humidity and wetness?
Does pushing back flatulence invalidate wudu' if it occurs immediately after finishing it, with the fear of wasting time if it is repeated?
What is the ruling on performing ablution from faucets in a mosque lavatory when it is known that the water hose there has touched impurities, and is it obligatory to wash every faucet after using it in this situation?
Is the water that comes out of the penis after cleaning it from urine, being residual cleaning water, impure or pure?
Do the droplets of water splattered from the Western toilet, the contamination of which cannot be discerned, affect the purity of the seat and the adjacent floor? And is pondering over such minor issues considered a praiseworthy precaution or an exaggeration and a form of scrupling?
Does the hand become impure and require washing when an insect generated in impurity is killed on it? And what is the criterion for insects generated in impurity: does it include any place in the bathroom, or is it restricted to the place of defecation itself?
What should a worshipper do if something comes out of his urethra but does not reach the outside, and this recurs, and the fluid is urine or something else?
Do a car and household furnishings become impure after someone urinates on the car's cloth seats and it dries, knowing that the questioner's father has already sold the car?