Impurity and Cleaning
1,570 questions
Is a fox to be measured against a dog concerning impurity and the prohibition of angels entering the home?
What is the ruling on one who suffers from drops of urine leaking onto his clothes after urination, and does that affect his purity and acts of worship?
Is it permissible to step on a spot where water has been poured to purify it from urine while it is still wet, and is the wetness resulting from walking on it considered pure?
Is it permissible to wash undergarments that have become impure along with other clothes in the same basin, and what is the ruling on praying in clothes that became impure unknowingly?
Is the man's fluid that exits a woman after intercourse considered impure, and does it necessitate redoing ablution, or is it sufficient to wash the private parts, and if it exits during prayer, is it necessary to redo ablution for the obligatory prayer?
Is it permissible to perform ablution (wudu) and pray with a garment that has been splattered with drops of urine, then only the soiled spot is cleaned without washing the entire garment? And what is the way to avoid soiling the garment with drops of urine during istinja (cleaning oneself after relieving oneself)?
Is it sufficient to wash a vessel with water only after a dog has licked from it to remove the substance of impurity, or is it obligatory to wash it seven times, one of them with earth, to purify it?
Why is urine considered impure after leaving the body, even though it was pure while inside, and what is the religious and scientific explanation for that?
What is the ruling on the residue of fingerprints remaining on things, and what is the ruling on cleaning one's hands after touching them, especially if the person is afflicted with obsessive thoughts?
How does a woman get rid of the obsessive thoughts (waswas) concerning repeated removal of impurities and istinja’ (cleaning oneself after urinating or defecating) that cause her pain and spasms, and how can she be reassured about the validity of her ablution (wudu’)? Is it sufficient to perform istinja’ with water alone, or must paper be used to remove the white discharge expelled by the uterus? And must she wash her private parts after urinating during menstruation?
What is the ruling on prayers performed using alcoholic perfumes about which there is doubt? Is the profit from selling them lawful? And is the default ruling for perfume permissibility or prohibition?
What is the ruling on praying when passing over furnishings upon which a child sits who does not cleanse himself after urinating?
Is what the girl afflicted with obsessive thoughts (waswās) does regarding purification (ṭahāra) and ritual bathing (ghusl) correct, in terms of not inspecting her clothes and checking for discharges, and not performing ghusl when the color of her clothes changes due to scratching at night, and her doubt about her purity during prayer?
What is the ruling on using a medication that contains gelatin of unknown origin to treat constipation, after becoming aware of the presence of gelatin in it?
Does dry impurity not affect dry purity, and does wet purity not get affected by dry impurity, regarding the impurity of urine?
Is a garment considered impure if a son touches it after touching his urine, and no trace of the urine appears on the garment?
What is the opinion regarding Al-Shawkani's statement that praying in a ritually impure garment makes the worshiper negligent of an obligation and not that the prayer is invalid, considering that purity is a condition for obligation and not a pillar?
Is it sufficient to wash underwear with the intention of purification from urine, without mentioning the name of Allah, and is there a different method of purification for paper stained with urine than washing clothes?
Does the house become impure from wash water that was contaminated with urine and then wiped with?
Is the spray scattered during ablution considered najas, or pure water, given the presence of residual urinary wetness after washing?
Does perfume applied to the body and clothes conflict with purity (tahara) and prayer (salat)? And if it is impure, how can a woman adorn herself and wear perfume for her husband?
Is it obligatory to wash clothes bought in a European country – where dogs are prevalent – before wearing them, and does one become impure if one steps on water of unknown origin in these places?
Does an expiation become obligatory upon one who performed ghusl with goat's blood out of ignorance of the Shar'i ruling?
Does fasting become invalid merely by feeling a tickle while wiping the penis after urination, without the emission of semen and with the intention of cleaning?