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Impurities (Nijaasaat)

1- Urine

2- Stool

3- Semen

4- Dead body

5- Blood

6- Dogs

7- Pigs

8- Obstinate infidels (Kafir-ul-Mu'anid)

9- Wine and any other intoxicating drink

10- Beer

11-The sweat of a camel which eats impure things like stool

Issue 30: Urine and stool of human being and of the animals whose meat is illegal to eat and whose blood gushes out forcefully when their jugular veins are slit are impure.

Issue 31: The urine and stool of the animals whose meat is legal (Halaal) to eat, like cows and sheep, and whose blood does not gush out forcefully when their jugular veins are slit, are pure.

Issue 32: The urine and stool of the animals such as donkeys and horses, whose meat is Makruh (legally disapproved) to eat, are pure.

Issue 33: Droppings of the birds, whose meat is illegal, like crows, are pure.

Issue 34: The urine and stool of the animals which eat impurities and of those which have been subjected to copulation by human being, and also of those fed and grown on pig's milk are impure.

Issue 35: Semen of human being and of those animals, whose blood gushes out forcefully when their jugular veins are slit, is impure.

Issue 36: An animal which has died a natural death is called a “dead” animal.

Issue 37: The dead body of an animal whose blood does not gush out when its jugular vein is slit, such as fish, is pure.

Issue 38: The lifeless parts of the dead body of animals with gushing blood (when their jugular veins are slit) such as hair and horn are pure provided that the animal is not one which is basically impure, i.e., a dog or a pig. However, the living parts of such animals, like their flesh and skin, are impure.

Issue 39: The small pieces of skin, which peel from lips and other parts of the body of human being, are pure.

Issue 40: Liquid medicines, perfumes, ghee, soap and wax polishes which are imported from non-Islamic countries are pure if one is not certain of their being impure.

Issue 41: Meat, ghee, or hide of an animal which is likely to have been slaughtered according to the Islamic laws, is pure and permissible (Halaal) to eat. However, if such things are obtained from an infidel (Kafir) or a Muslim who him or herself has obtained it from an infidel and has not investigated whether the animal was slaughtered according to the Islamic laws, it is forbidden to eat them although they are considered pure. If such things are obtained from Muslim markets, or from a Muslim, but we are not certain whether they themselves have got these things from an infidel, or if it is likely that they have investigated about the animal whether it was slaughtered according to the Islamic laws, it will be permissible to eat the meat etc., even if it is obtained from an infidel, provided that the Muslim who obtains the meat etc., handles it the way legal (Halaal) meat is handled, for instance, sells it for the purpose of eating.

Issue 42: The dead body of a human being (except for the lifeless parts such as hair, nails and teeth) is impure even if they have just died and the body is not cold yet.

Issue 43: The dead body of a human being will be pure when given a ritual bath (Ghusl).

Issue 44: One who battles in the way of Allah to safeguard Islam, and is killed in the battlefield and departures at the same place, their dead body is pure and does not need ritual bathing and shrouding.

Issue 45: The blood of a human being and of every animal whose blood gushes out forth when its jugular vein is cut, for instance, of a sheep or chicken, is impure.

Issue 46: The blood of an animal, whose blood is not such gushing kind as mentioned in the previous issue, as of fish or mosquitoes is pure.

Issue 47: If an animal whose meat is allowed (Halaal) to eat, is slaughtered according to the Islamic laws, and its blood flows out as to the usual amount, the remaining blood in its body is pure, but if the blood flows back into the body of the animal because of breathing or its head being in a higher position, it will be impure.

Issue 48: If a very small drop of blood falls into a boiling food, the whole dish and the contents are impure. Boiling, fire and heat do not purify impurities.

Issue 49: The blood seen in some eggs, is not impure, but the obligatory precaution is to avoid eating those eggs; and if the blood is vanished while beating the yolk or otherwise, it is allowable to eat the yolk.

Issue 50: A Kafir (infidel) is one who denies God (an atheist), or one who ascribes partners to God and denies the uniqueness of Allah (a poly theist), or does not believe in the Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), being God's messenger, or doubts any of these. Obstinate infidels are absolutely impure; but the infidels who are not obstinate (including most of the infidels) are pure, and the same is the case with those infidels who fight with Muslims for reasons other than Islam and Islamic beliefs, that is, they are not obstinate[1] infidels and religious antagonists, so they are pure.

Issue 51: If parents and grand parents of an immature child are obstinate infidels, that child is also impure, and if one of these is a Muslim, the child will be pure.

Issue 52: Even the hair, bones, nails, paws, and any moisture and liquid substance of the body of a dog or a pig, which lives on the land is impure.

However, seals and porpoises are pure.

Issue 53: Wine or any other beverage, which causes intoxication, is impure, but things like hemp and hashish are pure even if they are diluted with a liquid.

Issue 54: All types of alcohol that are used for industrial purposes and in medical treatments, or those we doubt whether they are intoxicating beverages, or we doubt it whether their formulas contain any intoxicating agents, are pure and there is no need for investigation.

Issue 55: “Beer” which is prepared from barely, is impure, but the non-alcoholic beverage which is prepared from barely under the supervision of the specialists and is called “barely water”, is pure.

Issue 56: The sweat of the body of a person who has had an orgasm or become Junub through a forbidden act is not impure. However, the obligatory precaution is to avoid saying prayers with clothes or body which is contaminated with that sweat.

Issue 57: If a man has sexual intercourse with his wife at a time when it is forbidden (for instance, while fasting in Ramadhan), the obligatory precaution is to avoid saying prayers in the sweat of his body.

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[1]- By obstinate infidel we mean one who denies Islam despite knowing that Islam is the true religion, or doubts its rightfulness, intentionally and antagonistically refuses to investigate it and denies Islam.

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