Impurity and Cleaning
1,557 questions
Is it permissible to continue investing in a company that will add a forbidden activity, while disposing of the forbidden portion of the profit, or is it obligatory to exit the investment entirely?
How can clothes be purified from madhy (pre-seminal fluid) when its location is not precisely identified, taking into consideration travel circumstances and the inconvenience that would result from washing the garment?
How are clothes and vessels purified from the impurity of dogs, and is impurity transferred merely by touching a dry dog vessel?
Does the ruling on sufficing with submerging the place in water to purify impurity differ from that in Istinja (ablution after defecation/urination)?
Does a son touching his ill father's penis for the purpose of cleaning it after defecation invalidate the fast?
Does cleaning a cat's rear after it relieves itself invalidate ablution?
When is it obligatory to perform Istinja (cleansing after defecation or urination), what are the cases in which it is not required, and does passing wind necessitate it?
Is it sufficient to rub a shoe on wet ground to remove impurity, just as it is sufficient to rub it on dry ground?
Is it permissible to use 70% ethyl alcohol as a disinfectant before washing hands with water and soap?
Is he required to wash the penis and testicles with the intention of purification from madhy (pre-seminal fluid) as a precaution before performing ghusl for janabah (major ritual impurity) for someone from whom madhy was discharged, then semen? And does ghusl for janabah purify from madhy without washing the penis and testicles beforehand? And is intention a condition for purification from madhy according to those who deem washing the penis and testicles obligatory?
Is it obligatory to wash the entire garment if urine spatters on it, or is it sufficient to wash only the affected area? And does the impurity spread throughout the entire garment if left unwashed?
What should I do about the hardship of repeatedly purifying the house from impurities due to my father and my sister's children not taking precautions, knowing the jurisprudential rules and being certain of the transfer of impurity?
Does the dryness of impure clay purify something other than the ground, such as carpets, and is impurity transferred to whoever walks on it if it dries on the carpet?
What is meant by "the removal of the reason for the concession" in the context of pardoning impurities? And does the mentioned obligation to wash them mean a fard (obligatory duty) that invalidates the prayer if left undone, or is it merely recommended (mustahabb)?
What is the ruling on dealing with what is considered ritually impure carrion, such as chicken or products containing it, when this causes hardship due to family members touching it and then touching other things afterwards?
Is the abundance of street mud, whose impurity is certain according to all jurists, excused?
Is the earth pure, and is it permissible to measure the purity of sandals by rubbing them, analogous to a car tire that passes over sewers?
Does wiping the impurity with a tissue before installing a protective screen on a mobile phone remove it, or must it be removed and what is beneath it cleaned?
Must prayers be repeated due to the discovery of a semen stain after every prayer for which ablution was performed, given that one did not check his clothes throughout the day?
What is the ruling on the transfer of impurity from a dark carpet that has dried impurity on it, the trace of which is not visible, when one walks on it with a wet foot? And is it permissible to adopt the view of the Malikis that the ruling [of impurity] does not transfer if the substance of the impurity has ceased to exist? And is it sufficient to wash the entire carpet with a steam mop instead of washing with water?
Is the hand that washes the anus impure?
What is the ruling on the scab formed over wounds; is it pure or not, knowing that it does not come off with washing and no color or taste transfers from it?
Is the statement of the three Imams (Hanafi, Maliki, and Hanbali schools) that impurity does not transfer from an impure object to a pure one in the presence of wetness the view of the majority, and why do some scholars issue fatwas according to the Shafi'i view that it transfers absolutely without mentioning the difference of opinion? And does the measure of wetness according to the Hanbalis equate to that of the Hanafis? And what is incumbent upon someone who becomes certain of the presence of impurity after a long period of treating the place as pure, and upon someone whose house became impure due to their lack of caution, and upon someone who was unaware that water becomes impure upon meeting an impurity, so they washed impure clothes with pure clothes and then hung them to dry?
Is yellowish discharge considered impure in all schools of thought, and is it obligatory to perform istinja' (purification with water) after it, or is wiping with tissues sufficient?