The Creed of Compassion-Islamic Teachings & Answering Doctrinal Misconceptions

Issue No.43- If rain falls on an original najāsah and ricochets elsewhere, it is necessary as an obligatory precaution to avoid it.

Issue No.51- If the quantity of the water which is pumped out from deep, semi-deep or ordinary wells amounts to kurr, it can make najis objects ṭāhir, but if it is less than kurr, as long as the water is flowing continuously, it will be treated as well water and if it comes in contact with a najāsah, it will not become najis.

Issue No.52- If an original najāsah falls into well water, causing its smell, colour or taste to change, and later this change vanishes by itself, the well water will not become ṭāhir, unless fresh water springs from it and mixes with it.

Issue No.53- Mixed water (which was defined at the beginning of this chapter) like rosewater, fruit juice, etc., does not make any najis thing ṭāhir, and wuḍū and ghusl with it will not be valid either.

Issue No.53- Mixed water (which was defined at the beginning of this chapter) like rosewater, fruit juice, etc., does not make any najis thing ṭāhir, and wuḍū and ghusl with it will not be valid either.

Issue No.54- If mixed water comes in to contact with a najis thing, it will become najis, except in three cases:1) When it falls on a najis thing from above; for example, if rosewater is poured on a najis hand from a sprinkler, the rosewater in the sprinkler does not become najis.2) When it goes upward with force, like in a fountain; in this case, only the part which touches the najāsah will become najis.3) When the quantity of the mixed water is so much that it is said that najāsah has not reached it. For example, if there is a large pool of mixed water, and a najis thing falls in a corner of it, or if a najis thing comes in to contact with one end of a very long oil pipe, in such cases the rest will not become najis.

Issue No.55- When najis mixed water is mixed with kurr or flowing water in a manner that it can no longer be called mixed water, it becomes ṭāhir.

Issue No.61- The half-consumed water of najis animals like the dog and pig is najis. However, the half-consumed of animals whose meat is haram, like the cat and wild animals, is ṭāhir, though it is makrūh (disliked) to consume.

Issue No.62- It is recommended (mustaḥab) that drinking water be completely clean, and it is haram to drink dirty water which causes disease. It is also better for washing water to be clean, and one should avoid using dirty and foul-smelling water as much as possible.

Issue No.63- It is obligatory to cover one’s private parts in the lavatory and at all times from other people, whether they are one’s maḥrams (like a sister and mother) or not, mature [1] or not. Similarly, it is obligatory to cover one’s private parts even from a discerning child [2]. However, this ruling does not apply to married couples.

Issue No.70- It is haram to relieve oneself in the following places:1) In alleys and roads used by people.2) At a place which is endowed (given as waqf) exclusively for its beneficiaries, like some religious schools that are dedicated for students, or mosques whose toilets are exclusively for those who perform their prayers therein.3) On the graves of Momineen or anywhere else regarded as disrespectful to the momeneen or any other sanctities.

Issue No.73- The Urine outlet cannot be made ṭāhir without water. Washing with a hose connected to tap water is treated as washing with flowing water. Similarly, if one uses less than kurr water, it will be sufficient to wash it once, though it is better to wash it twice.