Impurity and Cleaning
1,570 questions
What is the ruling on the impurity-related obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) concerning cats and household possessions, and how can this OCD be dealt with, knowing that it has led to abandoning prayer?
Is it permissible to pray in clothes that have been splattered with a part of toothpaste containing alcohol, when it has left no trace?
Must one wash underwear if a yellow stain is found after washing it with soap, while doubting whether it is semen?
What is the ruling on women's discharges in terms of purity and impurity? Is it permissible for a woman to adopt the view that these discharges are not impure, and would she be sinful for doing so? How can she perform Umrah and Tawaf while observing the rules of purity from these discharges?
Is faint, unclear brownish moisture on the sheet the mother sat on during her menstrual period considered vaginal discharge mixed with blood, even if it doesn't resemble blood?
What should one do if impurity occurs during prayer and cannot be removed?
Is it necessary to wash the private parts with water after the discharge of vaginal fluids before performing ablution (Wudu), and does the ruling differ if the cause was sexual intercourse or a wet dream?
Are the impure chemical substances present in cleaning agents such as Tide, Clorox, and dish soap considered to affect the purity of clothes and kitchenware washed with them?
Is the transfer of impurity from the anus to the hand and then its return to the anus via water considered a form of waswas (whispers/religious obsessive thoughts)?
Are the parts touched by a hand contaminated with semen in the toilet considered impure, even though water reaches them, and do they become pure after drying?
Is it permissible to see the awrah of the father-in-law in order to clean him and prepare him for wudu and prayer due to his incapacitation and poor eyesight, given the presence of his children who are reluctant to help him?
What is the ruling concerning the chair sat upon by a sister who disregards ritual purity, and the chairs sat upon by employees, and is it permissible to rely on the principle: "Certainty is not removed by doubt, and the default status of things is purity," and to sit anywhere in the home or at work and pray in the same clothes despite doubts about their purity?
Is a bed considered pure or impure if it is highly likely that urine has stained it under the outer covering, and how can it be purified if it is difficult to determine the exact spot of the impurity or to wash it?
Does a small amount of blood from a permissible animal (halal), such as sheep, that gets on one's clothes, nullify ablution (wudu')? And is it permissible to pray in those clothes?
Is it necessary to wash or sprinkle all the clothes that a person suffering from waswas previously wore due to his lack of knowledge about the ruling on madhy (pre-seminal fluid), especially since he wears underwear? And does the ruling of "nothing is obligatory if one is not certain that madhy reached the outer clothes" apply to him?
What is the ruling on adopting the Maliki method for removing ritual impurity (najāsa)? And is the daily drop of madhiy (pre-seminal fluid) considered among that which is minor (yasīr)? And am I permitted to adopt the Maliki view regarding the pardon for something that exits by itself daily?
Is it possible to remove impurity from a bed by pouring water on it and wiping it with a clean towel, then repeating the process, or does the impurity transfer to an adjacent spot with the wiping? And does impurity transfer from a dry object to wet clothes upon contact? What are your directives for someone suffering from scrupulosity regarding purity and impurities?
Is it permissible to pray in clothes that have been splattered with the droplets of water with which an impurity was washed, after a strong presumption that the impurity has been removed?
What should we do if blood falls on the Qur’an from a wound or a nosebleed, and we try to remove it with water but a trace of the blood remains, and the page of the Qur’an is slightly perforated?
Is it permissible to follow the fatwa that states there is no need to pay attention to urine drops that exit after urinating, performing ablution, and praying, without changing clothes, due to suffering from continuous and unceasing dripping, the inability to determine a fixed time for it to stop, and the difficulty of performing prayers on time outside the home?
Do the mouths and noses of cats become impure if they eat from a dog's food? And is it obligatory to wash them seven times, one of which is with earth? And do the hand and clothes become impure by touching these cats afterward, knowing that cats lick themselves and no trace of the food remains?
Is it valid to consider the thick white discharge resembling wady, which is not confirmed to have exited after urination or slightly before it, as normal and pure discharge?
Is it obligatory to wash the base of the Western toilet before and after use if there is doubt about water impurity on it, and does this doubt necessitate treating everything in the bathroom as potentially impure, especially since I had overcome obsessive doubts regarding purity?
Are small drops of urine, from which it is difficult to purify oneself, and whose trace on the garment does not exceed the size of three lentil seeds, considered among the excused impurities? What if some of these drops come down after putting on one's undergarment without knowledge; is it then necessary to inspect the undergarment? What is the guidance and advice regarding the scrupulosity concerning purity resulting from these drops? Is the towel used to wipe the private part after washing considered impure, and what is the ruling on using it multiple times after urine drops have fallen on it?