taharah-- Issues of Removing Impurities!!

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Taharah

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Issues of Removing Impurities

·         The prophet s.a.w used to use his right hand for eating and his left hand for cleaning impurities (toilet, nose , any impurity on the body) Abu Dawud #1,0032 #1,0033.

·         If a baby (while still on milk , not yet introduced to any wheat, solid food) urinates then cleaning that area with water is enough ; BUT ONLY IF THE CHILD IS MALE.

·         This ruling doesn’t apply to the a female child. The ‘hikmat’ behind this is : that the way and the form of the male child’s urine is different from the female child. A female child’s urine is concentrated( thicker) and collects on a single place. Where as the male child ‘s urine is in the form of a shower and more easy to clean. [Muslim 002,#0563].

·         If a person has a discharge or semen on his clothes, then that person can wash that “part” of the clothes and continue to pray ; BUT IT SHOULD NOT LEAVE A MARK ON THE CLOTHES.

·         The prophet s.a.w used to go to pray after aisha (r.a.) used to wash the clothes (with semen) with the drops of water still visible on it. [Bukhari 4,229,231,232,233]

·         We can use the utensils and eat the food cooked by the “People of the Book” ( Christians and Jews), as long as we are sure that the food cooked doesn’t contain any forbidden ingredient and the utensils are clean. If in doubt, the we can wash them.[ Tirmizi].

·         When a man enters the mosque, he should check his shoes. If there is any filth on it , then he should rub the shoes on the ground, clean them in this manner and pray while still wearing his shoes. [ this is incase a person needs to pray in his shoes, due to the ground being wet, or it being too cold or too hot and their being no janamaaz] [Abu Dawud 2,0650]

·         If a dog puts his mouth in a utensil, then its necessary to wash the utensil 7 times. The first time with sand. [Muslim 2,0549,0546,0548,0550]. The hikmat behind using sand is, that the saliva of the dog has certain bacteria that only sand can kill.

·         One has to cleanse oneself, after both sexual intercourse and menses. One should wash with water and if no water available then sand should be used for tayamum.

·         If there is any spot of menstrual blood is on the clothes, then wash with water and clean the area. The rest of the clothes are clean and one can pray in them once the menses period is over.

·         If our clothes get spoiled (and we clean the spot) or don’t get spoiled, WE CAN PRAY IN THEM AFTER OUR MENSES ARE OVER. WE DON’T HAVE TO WASH THEM BEFORE WEARING

·         A dead animal’s skin can be purified by the process of tanning.

·         The ground purifies itself, as it absorbs and the sun dries but the rest of the filth.

·         If the ground is cemented, then as long as we cant smell or see any filth we can pray on it. if we see any filth, then we can remove it and pray.

·         If any ignorant person urinates in a mosque or any other person, then we should not scold or beat the person. We should clean the area, and explain to the person the etiquettes. [Bukhari 73#54,149]

·         If a mosquito falls in any liquid( cool or cold not hot) then we can dip the mosquito once again in the liquid, take it out and drink the liquid. Allah has made an antidote for the virus which the mosquito carries in one wing. [ Bukhari 54 #537, 71 #673]. Its not a fard to drink the liquid, but if in need one can.

·         We can food cooked by a “HINDU” as long as we are sure that they are clean and not using any forbidden ingredient. We should treat them as the prophet s.a.w treated the residents of Makkah.

·         While cleaning bathrooms and washing clothes of children (spoiled by urine  etc), if no big sprays of the filth on us , then we can pray in the same clothes. If we feel that any TINY sprays of water have come on our clothes, then we can clean that part and pray.

·         If drops of urine fall on any part of the body, then washing ONLY that part is enough.

Narrated Abu Huraira: A bedouin urinated in the mosque, and the people rushed to beat him. Allah's Apostle ordered them to leave him and pour a bucket or a tumbler (full) of water over the place where he has passed urine. The Prophet then said, " You have been sent to make things easy (for the people) and you have not been sent to make things difficult for them."   Bukhari(Book #73, Hadith #149)