Impurity and Cleaning
1,557 questions
What are the impurities that are excused and their quantity, and does moisture transmit impurity?
What is the ruling on praying on a prayer rug that has been exposed to leaked rainwater mixed with cat feces and dirt, and has been cleaned by drying or with a wet towel?
What is the ruling on praying in a garment that has been stained by madhi (pre-seminal fluid) and has dried?
How can a sponge sofa that has been urinated on be purified?
What is the ruling on walking on dry dirt mixed with sewage water, and is the dirt ritually impure (najis) or pure (tahir)?
Does moisture coming from inside a husband's penile opening count as impurity that necessitates purifying clothes and bedding, especially after touching and verifying it in the context of obsessive-compulsive disorder?
Is my prayer valid if I merely perform ablution when a pathological discharge occurs and I am unable to remove the impurity from my clothes?
What is "tajammur," and does it suffice over the use of water for purification?
Does touching an uncircumcised child invalidate the prayer of someone who is praying?
Is cleaning the tongue part of the Sunnah?
How can the clothing of one who has experienced a wet dream be pure, according to many scholarly opinions, knowing that the emission of pre-seminal fluid often precedes the seminal emission, and it can be copious?
Does the defilement of wet impurity transfer to the body or any other object only if the transferred amount is large enough for the impurity to drip from it?
1- Is it permissible to use the hide and hair of a dead animal (carrion)?
Must a wife purify herself from the effect of semen that touches her while she is menstruating?
What is the meaning of the desire that causes pre-seminal fluid (madhy) to be discharged, and is unwanted sexual thought that has been dismissed considered thinking about sexual intercourse, and how does one differentiate between pre-seminal fluid and vaginal discharge if both are clear secretions, and must prayer be repeated if secretions (pre-seminal fluid or discharge) are found after prayer and it is not known when they were discharged, and is it necessary to perform istinja’ (washing with water), wudu’ (ablution), and prayer merely upon thinking of something that leads to the discharge of pre-seminal fluid, even if nothing is felt or seen, and is what is found in the underwear the determining factor or merely the thought, and must pre-seminal fluid be discharged every time one thinks, and is it necessary to inspect after thinking, or does one perform wudu’ and pray directly if nothing is felt?
Does a child's body become impure by touching urine mixed with water flowing from the tap during bathing, and is it necessary to close the tap to allow the impure water to drain before completing the bath?
Are the sticky vaginal secretions, over which urine passes, purified merely by water passing over them, or is it obligatory to perform istinja' from them given that they have been contaminated by urine? And is it sufficient to perform istinja' only from the visible part over which the urine has passed?
Is the water remaining on the left hand after Istinja’ (ablution after defecating or urinating) considered impure, and is it obligatory to wash the part of the body it touches, or does this fall under the category of Waswasah (obsessive whispering)?
Is it permissible to pray on a wet prayer rug underneath which there is dry impurity whose trace has been removed, according to the Maliki school of thought?
Is it sufficient to merely wash a ritually impure hand that has a wound, without rubbing the wound itself? And if I wash the hand and doubt the purity of the water, does the wound water become impure, and must the hand be rewashed?
Is that which the worshippers stepped on with their shoes after exiting the restrooms onto the mosque carpet considered pure, and how can the carpet at home be purified if a child urinates on it?
How do those who consider alcohol impure respond to the Companions spilling it in the streets after it was forbidden, despite the fact that discarding impurities in the streets is prohibited, and given that the noble verse mentioned Maysir (gambling) and Ansab (altars), neither of which are inherently impure substances?
Are coffee, tea, or food stains, or gasoline considered impurities that necessitate purification before prayer, and what is the ruling on the prayer of one who prayed with any of these on his clothes?
If a dog sniffs the clothes of a praying person without licking them, do they become impure?