The Creed of Compassion-Islamic Teachings & Answering Doctrinal Misconceptions

Issue No.86- It is makrūh to suppress one's urge of urine or stool, and if it is injurious to one's health, it will not be permissible on the basis of obligatory precaution.

Issue No. 90- The urine and faeces of a faeces-eating animal [1] are najis as an obligatory precaution, and likewise, of an animal that is penetrated by a human being.

Issue No. 95- Those parts of a dead body which don’t bear life (contain soul and feeling), e.g., wool, hair and nails, are ṭāhir. However, one should, as an obligatory precaution, avoid the bones and parts of the teeth and horns containing life (that hurt if damaged).

Issue No. 96- If flesh, or any other part of the body which contains soul and feeling, no matter how small, is cut off from the body of a living human being, or a living blood-gushing animal, it will be najis.

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.