The Creed of Compassion-Islamic Teachings & Answering Doctrinal Misconceptions

Issue No.106- The blood which comes from the gums or other parts of the mouth and gets mixed with the saliva and disappears in it is ṭāhir and in this case, it is permissible to swallow it.

Issue No.107-If the blood which dies under the skin or nail due to being smashed is no longer called blood, it is ṭāhir. However, if it is still called blood, as long as it is under the skin or nail, it will not harm ghusl, wuḍū and prayer. However, if the bruise is punctured and it is not harmful or very difficult to remove the blood, it should be removed. But if it is difficult to take it out one must wash around it and pass a wet hand over a piece of cloth placed on it in order to make wuḍū and ghusl, and, as a recommended precaution, tayammum should also be performed.

Issue No. 113- Animals that “zoologically” belong to the dog family (canidae) or pig family (suidae), like some sorts of wild animals, are not treated as dogs and pigs, unless they are known to be dog or pig according to the common view (‘urf ).

Issue No. 115- One’s body becomes najis if it comes into direct wet contact with a dog or pig.

Issue No. 116- The prey hunted and carried by a hunting dog becomes ṭāhir after being rinsed by water and there is no problem in using it.

Issue No.238- If najis dust settles on the body, clothes, carpet, etc., and both are dry, or the wetness in one is not to an extent that it will reach the other, they do not become najis, and it is sufficient that they are shaken off. However, if one is wet, it will become najis. And if one doubts whether or not the dust has been najis, or doubts whether the object has been wet or not, it will be ṭāhir.

Issue No.243- When two just persons or even one says that something has become ṭāhir, it should be accepted. The same ruling is applied when a person who has the najis object in his possession says so, and also when one knows that a Muslim has rinsed a najis object, but does not know whether correctly or not.

Issue No.244- If one gives his clothes to a Muslim laundry to be washed and made ṭāhir, and he confirms that he has done so, his word is accepted.

Issue No.246- It is not permissible to eat and drink or perform wuḍū or ghusl using containers, utensils and water-skins which are made of dead animal hide or of an original najis animal like the dog and pig. However, there is no problem in using those containers for other purposes in which ṭahārah is not required (such as irrigation and watering animals), though they should not be used at all as a recommended precaution.

Issue No.247- It is haram to eat and drink from gold and silver utensils and generally, it is haram to use them as utensils. As a matter of fact, as an obligatory precaution, it is not permissible to use them for the purpose of decoration or any other purpose either.

Issue No.250- There is no harm in using utensils which are gold-plated or silver-plated.

Issue No. 1268- ‘Justice’ is an inner state of fearing Allah; a state that prevents one from committing major sins and repeating minor ones. When we associate with someone and we do not see him committing any sin, it is an indication of him being just. This is called ‘apparent goodness’ which expresses the above mentioned inner state of a person.