The Creed of Compassion-Islamic Teachings & Answering Doctrinal Misconceptions

Issue No. 117- It is permissible to consume gelatine that is derived from animals whose meat is halal. One should refrain from consuming gelatine derived from non-halal animals, unless dire circumstances necessitate it.

Issue No. 125- The alcohols that are not originally drinkable or are poisonous are not najis, but if they are diluted and turn into an intoxicating beverage, they are haram to drink and najis as an obligatory precaution.

Issue No. 127-If raisins or currants are added to food in a way that water penetrates into them and the water inside boils, it becomes haram, though is not najis therefore one may put them aside and eat the rest of the food. However, frying or adding them to steamed rice and the like has no problem. In case of dates however, if the juice mixes with the food in a way that it disappears after boiling, there is no problem but if it boils and does not disappear it is not permissible to eat.

Issue No. 133- Having sexual intercourse with a woman during menstruation or fasting in the month of Ramadan is haram and one’s sweat, in this case, is treated as the sweat of haram janābah as an obligatory precaution.

Issue No. 132- It is a recommended precaution to avoid the sweat of a junub out of haram means and in order to observe this precaution, it is better to perform ghusl with tepid water so that the body does not perspire. This is in the case where a person performs ghusl with less than kurr water, but if he performs ghusl with kurr water and the like, there will be no problem. However, after performing ghusl, one should, as a recommended precaution, rinse the whole body once.

Issue No. 134- The sweat of the junub out of haram janābah refers to the body's perspiration both during and after the haram act, before performing ghusl.

Issue No. 135- If a person who is junub out of haram janābah makes tayammum instead of ghusl due to not having water or due to the shortage of time or any other circumstances, and performs prayer his prayer is valid. However, as an obligatory precaution, he should not offer prayer so long as perspiration exists on his body or clothes but there is no problem with the perspiration after he has done tayammum.

Issue No.137-An object which was previously ṭāhir and one doubts whether or not has become najis, will be considered as ṭāhir. If an object was previously najis and one doubts whether or not it has become ṭāhir will be considered as najis.

Issue No.137-An object which was previously ṭāhir and one doubts whether or not has become najis, will be considered as ṭāhir. If an object was previously najis and one doubts whether or not it has become ṭāhir will be considered as najis.

Issue No.138- If a person knows that out of two containers, or two pieces of clothing which are available to him, one that he cannot identify has become najis, he must refrain from both. But, for instance, if one does not know whether it is his own shirt that became najis, or someone else’s shirt that is not available to him, then it is not necessary to refrain from using his own shirt.

Issue No.139- Those who have waswās [1] must not pay attention to their own certainty in matters related to ṭahārah and najāsah; rather they must observe those cases in which ordinary people become certain about something being ṭāhir or najis, and act accordingly. The best way to be released from obsession is to ignore it.

Issue No.140- Excessive precaution in the issues relating to ṭahārah and najāsah is discouraged by the sharia and impermissible as an obligatory precaution if it leads to obsession.