Impurity and Cleaning
1,570 questions
Is filth (al-qadhar) intended to mean only ritual impurity (al-najāsa)?
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 forbidden to pray in clothes to which the fur and hair of a domestic cat have adhered, especially since it is difficult to avoid that?
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?
What is the ruling on doubting the impurity of a car seat due to a child's urine, or its impurity from the humidity of rain or cold liquids?
Is it permissible to perform ablution (Wudu') and ritual bathing (Ghusl) in a shower (hammam) that was urinated in after it has been cleaned, and what is the best way to clean it?
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?
Is meat and broth rendered impure if blood gushes out and touches the leg of a sheep, then touches the meat before the hand dries, and will whatever is in the kitchen become impure as a result? And will soap become impure if a wet impure hand touches it? And what should I do about touching damp places like the sink that may be contaminated with soap or impurity? And what is the ruling on things that my mother's hand touched after touching my wet impure clothes, especially if some of them are damp and do not dry, and must the bucket with which I wiped be washed?
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?
Does semen transfer from clothes it has touched to other objects, making them impure, which affects the validity of prayer if these objects are used?
How do we determine what is considered impure? Are human saliva, mucus, tears, sweat, dust, sand, and clay also considered impure? Does water become impure by mixing with a pure substance? Is it obligatory to remove dust, an unknown stain, or clay from a paper containing verses and the name of Allah? Does the persistence of such on it constitute disrespect?
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?
Does the hand become impure when washing the male organ with water without seeing any impurity on it? And is it permissible to insert the impure hand into a bucket to wash it if the water in the bucket does not change?
How can a sofa stained with menstrual blood be purified? Does dry impurity transfer from it to guests? Is it necessary to re-perform the ritual bath (ghusl) for menstruation if clothes stained with menstrual blood are touched after purification, or is it sufficient to wash only the impure spot? And if clothes from previous cycles are worn, is a specific intention required when performing ghusl, one that includes purification from both major and minor ritual impurity for every hair on the body? What should be done when a part of the hand or clothes becomes impure with urine; should only the impure part be washed or the entire thing?
Is underwear purified simply by washing it with water if it has been soiled by urine or feces and the color of the impurity remains while it is still wet? And is it permissible to pray in it before it dries?
Is a prayer rug considered impure after drops of water from a wet tissue fall onto the floor, and do other things that touched that prayer rug become impure, and is the water that fell from the tissue pure or impure?
What is the ruling on purifying a mobile phone if it becomes defiled, and is a slight impurity that may affect it excused?
Is the smell of stool impurity in clothes excused if it has no color?
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?
Does the place become defiled, along with everything the person touches, if the device fell into the toilet and was not properly purified, and then the person touched it with a wet hand?
Is it obligatory to inspect clothing to ensure it has not been spattered with urine after relieving oneself, or is it sufficient to remove only what one feels? What is the ruling on the prayer of someone who prayed while fearing that his clothes might have been spattered with urine? And what is the ruling on things he touched thereafter?
Is the iron rust found on a worshipper's clothes excused, knowing that its color on the garment is like the color of excrement?
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?