The Creed of Compassion-Islamic Teachings & Answering Doctrinal Misconceptions

Issue No. 111-Dogs and pigs are najis, including their hair, paws, nails and any moisture they may have.

Issue No. 123- All alcoholic beverages which intoxicate a person are najis as an obligatory precaution, but narcotics like hemp and hashish which cause intoxication but are not originally liquid, are ṭāhir, even when water is mixed with them and they become liquid. However, it is still haram to use them.

Issue No. 128- The alcoholic beverage called beer that is extracted from barley is haram and its najāsah is like that of wine. However, the drink extracted from barley for medicinal properties which is called ‘malt beverage’ and is not intoxicating at all is ṭāhir and halal.

Issue No.136- There are three ways to prove the najāsah of something:1. If one is sure that something is najis; but if one presumes that something is najis even if it is very likely, it will not be sufficient. Therefore, eating in public places that one sometimes strongly suspects to be najis, is allowed, unless one is sure about their najāsah.2. If the one who is in possession of something such as a landlord, salesperson or a servant says that it is najis.3. If two just persons or even one testifies so.

Issue No.143- If something ṭāhir comes in contact with a najis object and one of them is wet, the ṭāhir object will become najis. However, if both are dry or the wetness is so little that it does not reach the other, the ṭāhir object will remain ṭāhir (unless it touches the dead body of a human being before the ghusl of dead body has been performed on it; in this case, the obligatory precaution is to avoid it even though it is dry).

Issue No.154- First: Eating and drinking najis objects is haram, and it is also haram to feed children original najāsah such as intoxicants. Moreover, as an obligatory precaution, one must avoid feeding children najis food. However, it is not necessary to stop a child who makes his food najis with najis hands.

Issue No.158- Second: It is haram to make the script and pages of the Holy Qur'an najis, and if it becomes najis, it should be made ṭāhir immediately. The same ruling applies to the cover of the Holy Qur'an becoming najis, given that it entails its desecration.

Issue No.169- Water which is ṭāhir and unmixed makes every najis object ṭāhir, provided that:1. The water does not become “mixed water” while washing the najis object.2. It does not take on the smell, colour or taste of the najāsah.3. The original najāsah is removed with rinsing. For instance, if there is blood in it, it must be washed enough that the blood is gone. Of course, there are also other conditions for less than Kurr water that will be pointed out later.

Issue No.85- It is makrūh (disliked) to relieve oneself:1. Under fruit trees.2. On roads where people come and go, even though no one may see him.3. Around houses.4. While facing the sun or the moon, but if one covers the private parts, it would not be makrūh. 5. Taking longer than needed.6. While talking, unless necessary. But remembrance of Allah (swt) through utterance is encouraged at all times.7. To urinate while standing.8. To urinate in water, especially in stationary water.9. To urinate in the burrows of animals.10. To urinate on a hard land that causes splashing, and in the face of the wind.

Issue No.208- In order for the sun to make the earth and the roof ṭāhir, the following conditions must be fulfilled:First: It should be sufficiently wet, and if it is dry, it should be made wet so that the sun is what dries it.Second: The original najāsah should be removed beforehand.Third: The sun should shine directly on it and not from behind a cloud and the like unless the cloud is so thin that it does not serve as an impediment for shining. However, there is no harm if the sun shines through glass.Fourth: Only the sun should make it dry. Therefore, if it dries it together with wind or some other heat, it will not become ṭāhir unless it is so little that it is said “the sun dried it”.

Issue No.212- If an original najāsah undergoes such a change that it takes on a new name and is no longer called by its previous name, it will become ṭāhir. Such a change is called “istiḥālah” (transformation) such as a dead dog in a salt-marsh that transforms into salt. In addition, when a najis object changes completely, for example, if najis wood burns down into ashes, or najis water changes into vapour, it becomes ṭāhir. However, if only the shape is changed like najis wheat that is made flour, it does not become ṭāhir.

Issue No.215- If liquor becomes vinegar by itself, or by mixing it with something, it becomes ṭāhir; this is called "inqilāb" (change).