Impurity and Cleaning
1,570 questions
What is the ruling on the prayer of one who removed clothes with dry impurity on them, then prayed?
Do the feet and furnishings of a house become impure due to children's urine that is wet on them, or due to worshippers passing with wet or moist feet from wudu on the mosque carpets?
Is it permissible to walk with socks over a dry place that was previously defiled with urine and not washed, then pray with these same socks, knowing that the walking was accidental?
Is it obligatory to wash the entire penis after transparent drops – possibly pre-seminal fluid (madhy) – are discharged following urination, and is this related to lower back pain? And is it obligatory to wash the penis if no pre-seminal fluid (madhy) is discharged before performing ablution (wudu')?
Is smooth ground, such as bathroom floors and tiles, purified by the sun, wind, and dryness, or is it necessary to pour water on it? And is impurity on smooth objects such as mirrors and knives purified by wiping?
Is it sufficient to sprinkle a small amount of water on madhy (pre-seminal fluid) that gets on clothes and the male organ to purify them, given that the water might become impure upon contact with madhy?
Must the child be purified, along with the bathroom and whatever the child touched, if he touched his private parts after relieving himself?
What is the ruling on purifying clothes defiled with urine on a dry bathroom floor, and is the bathroom floor and what comes after it considered defiled by the transfer of water that touched the clothes to it, and what should be done about that?
What is the ruling on the prayer of one who prayed while a wound in his mouth was bleeding and had not completely stopped? And is placing a handkerchief with traces of impurity in one's pocket considered a mistake? And is it permissible to pray with the congregation in this situation?
What is the ruling regarding the purity of the inner part of clothing? Is it sufficient to purify only the outer part due to difficulty and hardship, and to avoid combining prayers for someone whose clothes are repeatedly contaminated by children's urine?
Is it obligatory to wash the male organ with a specific intention after the emission of pre-seminal fluid (madhy), or is it sufficient for water to cover it during the recommended ritual bath (ghusl)?
What is the ruling concerning things touched by the hand after it has touched a trace of urine, a trace that was slight and unconfirmed?
What should I do if I find a very small dry spot on my underwear, with no trace on the glans, and I suspect it came from the penis, or is it soap residue?
Did the clothes of the woman performing the ritual become impure when she sat in the car while wet after her bath, in the same spot where her five-year-old nephew had sat after urinating and not cleaning himself, and must she repeat the Tawaf and Sa'i because of that?
What is the ruling on contaminated water spray scattering onto inner garments when relieving oneself in the bathroom, and must they be washed, or is it sufficient to wash only what was felt?
Do droplets of water that splash from the water become impure when a ritually impure spot on fabric or marble is being purified, and what is the quantity of water required for purification?
Is wudu obligatory upon feeling the urge to relieve oneself?
What is the ruling on making wudu with the water called "ماء غريب ماء اللقاح" (ma' gharib, ma' al-liqah)?
How can sticky semen be removed from clothing, given that it leaves a white stain, and that the two methods mentioned in the Sunnah (washing it while wet and rubbing it off when dry) are not sufficient to remove it?
Is the act of pouring water seven times over something intended for washing (like clothes or meat), while counting and uttering the two Shahadas, with the intention of purifying it from impurity or dirt, considered a Bid'ah (innovation) that was not authentically reported from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, or the Companions?
What is the ruling on praying on grass irrigated with sewage water, whether it is dry or wet?
Did the Prophet (peace be upon him) prohibit performing ablution in the place of istinja' (cleaning oneself after relieving oneself)?
Do the use of perfumes and deodorants containing alcohol affect the validity of the prayer or the purity of clothes? Does spraying them on the body invalidate the prayer? What is the ruling for one who prayed with them unknowingly?
Is it sufficient to wash severe impurities with soap and water without rubbing them by hand again after applying the soap to complete purification?