The Creed of Compassion-Islamic Teachings & Answering Doctrinal Misconceptions

Issue No. 97- Small pieces of skin which peel from the lips or other parts of the body are ṭāhir. However, if they are removed with force, they should be avoided as an obligatory precaution.

Issue No. 100- Meat sold at Muslim markets or given as a gift by a Muslim is ṭāhir and halal, and it is not necessary to investigate. However, if one knows that the Muslim obtained it from a non-Muslim and has not investigated enough, it should be avoided, however, hide which is brought from non-Muslim countries is ṭāhir, though it is not permissible to perform prayer in it.

Issue No. 101- All food and non-food objects imported from non-Muslim countries like butter, oil, cheese, and all kinds of medicine, soap, polish, fabrics, perfumes, etc., are ṭāhir, provided that one is not sure about them being najis.

Issue No.108- If one cannot discern whether it is dead blood under the skin, or the flesh has turned that colour because of being hit, it is ṭāhir.

Issue No.109- The yellowish substance that sometimes appears around a wound or on scratched skin, is ṭāhir provided that, it is not known to be blood or being mixed with blood.

Issue No.110- The red skin, which appears after washing a wound or while healing, is ṭāhir, unless one is certain that there is blood in it.

Issue No.112- An animal which is born through mating with a dog or pig, or through one of these two mating with another animal, but is not called a dog or pig itself, is ṭāhir.

Issue No. 114- A mixed breed animal born from a wolf and dog is ṭāhir, given that it is more similar to a wolf rather than a dog.

Issue No. 117- It is permissible to consume gelatine that is derived from animals whose meat is halal. One should refrain from consuming gelatine derived from non-halal animals, unless dire circumstances necessitate it.

Issue No. 125- The alcohols that are not originally drinkable or are poisonous are not najis, but if they are diluted and turn into an intoxicating beverage, they are haram to drink and najis as an obligatory precaution.

Issue No. 127-If raisins or currants are added to food in a way that water penetrates into them and the water inside boils, it becomes haram, though is not najis therefore one may put them aside and eat the rest of the food. However, frying or adding them to steamed rice and the like has no problem. In case of dates however, if the juice mixes with the food in a way that it disappears after boiling, there is no problem but if it boils and does not disappear it is not permissible to eat.

Issue No. 133- Having sexual intercourse with a woman during menstruation or fasting in the month of Ramadan is haram and one’s sweat, in this case, is treated as the sweat of haram janābah as an obligatory precaution.