Impurity and Cleaning
1,570 questions
Is the bathroom floor impure, and does one become impure if they touch a table or a basin in the bathroom that does not touch the floor?
Does "irāqah" (إراقة) mean to pour gently or forcefully when removing impurities, as in the hadith of the Bedouin who urinated in the mosque, and the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, commanded, "Pour a bucket of water over it"?
Is washing the private parts during ritual ablution considered an innovation (bid‘ah) if there is no impurity on them, or is it among the recommended (mustahabb) practices?
Must one wash the buttocks, the testicles, the penis, and the muscle connecting the penis to the buttocks if they are splattered with urine spray during urination?
What is meant by the statement of some scholars that the impurity of alcohol is a spiritual impurity, especially since the four imams and the Zahiris consider its impurity to be physical?
Is it obligatory for the questioner to leave the accommodation she shares with her sister and her husband, due to her suspicion about the purity of everything and her clothes, because her sister's children do not take precautions against impurities when using the bathroom, and because her sister's husband urinates standing up, which causes drops of urine to be found on the toilet seat and the automatic washing machine, and because the children sometimes enter the bathroom barefoot after their father exits?
Does forgetting to wipe the head necessitate repeating the ablution, and what is the difference between the conditions for the validity of ablution and its pillars?
How should a female patient with obsessive-compulsive disorder deal with yellow or brown spots resembling urine or feces on carpets and pillows, knowing that they are old and odorless, and that she has stepped on them with wet feet? Does the rest of the carpet and her clothes become impure when she wipes them?
Is it sufficient to sprinkle water on the urine of a child who feeds on milk and herbs to purify the bed and mattress (including the cotton or sponge inside them), and does the same ruling apply to madhy (pre-seminal fluid) that gets on the mattress?
Do clean clothes become impure when mixed with clothes whose impurity is doubtful, and can clothes whose impurity is doubtful be considered clean to get rid of obsessive doubts?
Is it permissible to plug the anus of the deceased female with cotton if stool continues to exit during her ritual washing?
Is the impurity of blood transferred from an impure surface to a pure surface only when blood is seen on the pure surface?
Is it necessary to repeat prayers that were performed while wearing underwear that had yellowing and stains on it after being washed, knowing that there are obsessive thoughts concerning its purity?
What is the ruling on touching one of the legs without being certain whether it is the ritually impure right leg or the left leg, and is it obligatory to wash both of them as a precautionary measure?
Is an infant's vomit impure? And does its ruling differ based on whether the infant is male or female?
Does one have to purify the house and its rooms for prayer after a young man from among the people of innovation brought a dog into the house and refused to remove it, based on the Maliki and Shia view that impurity applies only when a dog licks a vessel? And does one have to change clothes when touching or being licked by a dog?
What should I do when urine splatters onto my clothes during urination and I cannot precisely identify the contaminated part, and it is difficult for me to change or wash my clothes at my workplace, which affects performing prayers on time or with the congregation?
Is it necessary to perform ghusl with water only, or with water and soap, to purify the body from urine splatter that has fallen on it?
Do foul odors remaining after washing the place of menstruation affect a woman's ritual purity and the validity of her prayer, and what must she do?
What is the ruling on using the bidet (shattafa) if some feces fall onto the basin and water splashes back onto the posterior? What is the ruling on small paper particles remaining from tissues after cleaning oneself (istinja') from urine? What is the ruling on cockroaches, flies, and their eggs in the bathroom, and are they considered impure (najis) if they touch impurity and then move to other places? What is the ruling on water droplets that splash from the water used for istinja' onto the body and the floor, and must everything touched by these droplets be purified? What is the ruling on water droplets scattered on the rim of the toilet after flushing, and are they considered pure (tahir) or impure (najis)?
Does clothing become impure upon touching a table that was impure and has since dried?
What should I do if someone whose clothes are ritually impure sits next to me, whether that impurity transfers to me or not? And does a buckle or anything pure become ritually pure simply by being washed with water while wet, or must it be wiped with a tissue?
Is it permissible to perform Istinja' with juice or modern cleaning agents such as sanitizers, alcohol, or cologne? Or is it permissible with sin? And what is the ruling if the discharge exceeds the usual place?
What is the ruling on using a spirit-based (alcoholic) impure shoe polish if it touches clothing, and what alternative is available?