The Creed of Compassion-Islamic Teachings & Answering Doctrinal Misconceptions

Issue No.226- If one knows that the blood coming out of a mosquito’s body has not yet become a part of its body, the blood will be najis.

Issue No.227- The blood that a leech sucks from the body of a human being is not ṭāhir, because it is not counted as part of its body.

Issue No.229- If liquor changes into vinegar, the part of the container up to which the liquor or the grape juice had reached due to boiling will also become ṭāhir. The cloth or anything which is placed on it, and usually becomes wet with the liquor will also become ṭāhir.

Issue No.235- The inner parts of the human body (like the inside of the mouth or nose), become ṭāhir after the removal of a najāsah. Hence, if gums bleed and the blood disappears in saliva or he spits the blood out rinsing the mouth will not be necessary. Therefore, in general if something comes into contact with a najāsah in someone's inner parts it does not become najis. However, if artificial teeth become najis they should be rinsed, as a recommended precaution.

Issue No.236- If some particles of food remain in one's mouth or between the teeth and then blood comes out, as long as he does not know whether or not the blood has reached those particles, they are ṭāhir. Furthermore, if blood reaches them they do not become najis it however would be haram to eat them unless the blood disappears in the food.

Issue No.251- It is permissible to use a utensil made of other metals combined with gold or silver if it is not called a gold or silver utensil. However, it is haram if only gold and silver are mixed together.

Issue No.255-What is called white gold should be treated as red and yellow gold. However, platinum, which is a completely different metal, is permissible to use.

Issue No.258- If the fingers of a person are larger or smaller than normal, he should see how much of their faces ordinary people normally wash and follow accordingly. Similarly, if he has hair on his forehead, or the frontal part of his head is bald, he should wash his forehead as is usually washed by people.

Issue No.260- Those who have a beard, if the skin of the face is visible from under the hair, one should make the water reach the skin, and if it is not visible, it is sufficient to wash the hair, and it is not necessary to make the water reach beneath the hair.

Issue No.262- It is not obligatory to wash the inside of the nose, nor the parts of lips and eyes which cannot be seen when closed.

Issue No.265- If a person makes his hand wet, and passes it over his face and arms, it is not sufficient unless the moisture on the hand is so much so the water flows and falls down.

Issue No.268- For wuḍū, it is obligatory to wash the face and the arms once, and the obligatory precaution is to not wash for the second time, and washing three times or more is haram. “Once” here means to wash the face or arms thoroughly whether it is with one handful of water or several; when washing is finished it is counted as one time.