The Creed of Compassion-Islamic Teachings & Answering Doctrinal Misconceptions

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).

Issue no. 223- If the blood of a human being or of a blood-gushing animal is transferred to the body of a non-blood gushing animal, and it is considered as its blood, the blood becomes ṭāhir. This process is called “intiqāl”.

Issue No.228- Consequential ṭahārah means for a najis object to become ṭāhir as a consequence of something else becoming ṭāhir. The details of this issue will follow.

Issue No.239- The faeces and urine of an animal which is accustomed to eating human excrement is najis and its meat is haram too, and in order to make it ṭāhir it must be fed with ṭāhir food until it is no longer called a faeces-eating animal. The following animals need to be prevented from eating human faeces for the following specified periods: - Camels for forty days; - Cows for thirty days; - Sheep for ten days; - Water fowl for five days; - Hens for three days.For other animals, it would be sufficient if they are no longer called faeces-eating animal.

Issue No.234- If the body of an animal becomes najis, it will become ṭāhir when the original najāsah is removed. For example, if the beak of a bird is stained with blood, or if an animal sits on something najis, its body will become ṭāhir once the blood and the najāsah are removed.

Issue No.242- When a Muslim’s body, clothes or any other thing which is in his possession become najis with him being aware of it, and that Muslim leaves afterwards, if it is probable that he made them ṭāhir, they will be ṭāhir provided that they are things in which ṭahārah is necessary, like clothes in which one performs prayer, or food and utensils.

Issue No.256- Wuḍū means to wash the face and arms, and to wipe the front part of the head and the top of the feet, in the manner that will be explained in the following issues.

Issue No.257- What is meant by the face lengthwise, is the distance between the upper part of the forehead, from the hair line, down to the end of the chin, and its breadth should be the distance between the thumb and middle finger; if even a small part of this area is left out, the wuḍū will be void. Thus, in order to ensure that the prescribed area has been fully washed, one should also wash a bit of the adjacent parts to this area.

Issue No.263- After washing the face, one should first wash the right arm and then the left, from the elbow to the tips of fingers.