Impurity and Cleaning
1,557 questions
Is it obligatory to wash the hands and mouth with water and earth now, after years of unintentionally touching and consuming pork, given that the traces of impurity, such as color, taste, and smell, have vanished, and does this affect the validity and acceptance of prayers?
Does the impurity of feces transfer to outer clothing, household furnishings, and sitting areas through sweat, even if there is no trace or color of the impurity on them?
Does the excretion of very small worms from the anus—accompanied by feeling them but not seeing them, and not knowing whether they came out with wetness or not—necessitate istinja' according to those who say they nullify ablution?
Is hair plucked from a human body impure or pure?
What is the ruling regarding a wall painted with mastic mixed with water used for istinja' (ablution after defecating or urinating) in an unpurified vessel, and then the drips are reapplied to the wall? And how is it purified?
How can one ascertain the transfer of the effect of impurity from a wet impure garment to a pure garment? Is a strong presumption sufficient? What is the ruling on brief contact? Does the fatwa include the transfer of impurity to and from the body and inanimate objects? What is the ruling on recalling the impurity of something without recalling its cause? Must the pure garment be dry?
How can clothes be stained by semen before being stained by prostatic fluid (madhy), given that prostatic fluid (madhy) is inevitably discharged before semen, and prostatic fluid (madhy) is impure while semen is pure, based on Aisha's narration in Sahih Muslim that she used to rub semen off the garment of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah's prayers and peace be upon him?
Do clothes become impure and ablution be nullified if a small part of the clothing enters the urinary tract during istinjaa (cleaning oneself after urinating or defecating)?
Is it necessary to re-wash the penis and testicles with the intention of purification from madhy (pre-ejaculatory fluid), if the intention was not present during the first washing?
What are the consequences of leaving the trace of urine—which exited after relieving oneself due to movement—to dry without cleansing it, given that ritual purity is not obligatory for prayer at that time?
What is the ruling on touching something that has become ritually impure (najis) with wine and pork, and does this impurity transfer to clothes or dry surfaces?
Do faucets, door handles, and water basins become pure through drying, and is it a condition to verify the removal of the impurity by drying, and what if verifying the removal of the impurity is not possible?
Does impurity transfer to laundry, carpets, the floor, and the clothesline due to the presence of a baby's feces in the washing machine, and how are they purified?
Is merely wiping away splattered toilet water with water sufficient? And if its location cannot be determined, is wiping still obligatory? Also, is it necessary to change outer clothes if they come into contact with inner clothes that have urine on them, but no trace of it is visible?
What is the ruling on eating Egyptian fesikh?
What should one do who forgot whether he purified a ritually impure place, or who is not predominantly certain about the ritual purity or impurity of a specific place?
Is it necessary to wash a room and its contents if an insect that was in the bathroom fell on them, and it is feared that it carried impurity?
Is it obligatory to wash clothes suspected of being contaminated with madhy (pre-seminal fluid), and what is the ruling on performing ghusl (ritual bath) afterward, given that one does not know the appearance of madhy?
Is it necessary to change bedding that has been stained with sexual fluids, and is ghusl or wudu required for one who has been stained with those fluids?
What is the ruling regarding the white spots a young man finds on his underwear, even though he does not feel them being discharged? And is what he does, placing a piece of cloth over his private parts and changing it for every prayer, permissible?
What is the ruling on swimming in a large pool for someone who has impurity on their clothes?
Is it permissible to shower in a shared bathroom where children urinate, and does pouring water over most of its floor purify it? And is it obligatory to wash drops of urine that fall on the feet before performing ablution for ritual purification (ghusl) or for prayer?
What is the evidence that repeated oaths about the same thing, without expiation, require only one expiation?
Is it permissible to perform ablution (wudu') and ritual bathing (ghusl) with used water, and does it remove ritual impurity (hadath) and cleanse from physical impurities (najasa)?