Taharah (Purity)

Purity (Arabic: طهارة‎, Tahara(h) ) is an essential aspect of Islam. It is the opposite of najis, things which are considered ritually impure are in the state of najāsa.

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Urine . Taharah (Purity)

What steps can I take to maintain ritual purity while using a urine bag?

Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi, Sayyed Mohammad al-Musawi is originally from Iraq and heads up the World Ahlul Bayt Islamic League in London. Other than being involved in various humanitarian projects, he frequently responds to... Answered 10 months ago

Try to keep the urine inside the bag only and away from your body and clothes. If any drop of urine touches your body or cloth, you try to wash it to keep your ritual purity which is compulsory for your Prayers.

Wassalam.

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Shahada . Sunni . Mosque . Taharah (Purity)

What should I do if I took Shahada in a Sunni mosque without being in a state of purity, but now acknowledge Shia as the true path?

Zaid Alsalami, Shaykh Dr Zaid Alsalami is an Iraqi born scholar, raised in Australia. He obtained a BA from Al-Mustafa University, Qom, and an MA from the Islamic College in London. He also obtained a PhD from... Answered 1 year ago

Bismihi ta'ala

There is nothing you need to do, as far as this. Congratulations on joining the Ark of Salvation, the Ark of Ahlul Bayt (a.s.).

And Allah knows best

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Dog . Saliva . Body . Taharah (Purity)

Is it necessary to purify oneself if dog saliva has entered the body due to any reason? If so, how can one do so?

Bismihi ta'ala

If you mean on surface of body, yes, it needs to be purified, but if you mean inside body, like you swallowed dog's saliva, then nothing needs to be done.

And Allah knows best

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Toilet . Taharah (Purity)

Is it necessary to clean the inside of the anus with the left hand and remove any stool, or is it permissible to only wash the outside area?

Only the outer part is to be cleaned.

Wassalam.

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Prophets . Qur'an . Taharah (Purity) . Sunni-Shi'a . Imamah

The Quran contains evidence for the status and purity of the Prophets. Where does it talk about the status and purity of the Shia Imams?

Allah (SWT) Has ordered us in Quran : O you who believe , Obey Allah and obey the Messenger and your divine leaders. Sura 4, verse 59.

'This verse is very clear that it is obligatory to obey Allah absolutely and always, and to obey the Messenger absolutely and always and the divine leaders absolutely and always. This means that all their orders are according to Allah and the Messenger Hesse it is obligatory to obey them as we are ordered to obey Allah and the Messenger. This means that these divine leaders are fully pure and never commit any sin otherwise if they possibly commit any sin then Allah will never Order us to obey a person who might commit a sin as such order can lead to commit a sin which is impossible.

'Sura 33, verse 33 is also clear that Ahlul Bayt are fully purified from any sin or error.

'With out the fact of the infallibility of Ahlul Bayt (Aas) it will be possible to follow any sinful act of the leaders. This is impossible to order Muslims to obey a sinner. Allah says in Quran: : My promised authority will never reach to sinners. Sura Baqara, verse 124, which is very clear that divine leaders can never be sinners.

Wassalam.

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Shoes . Najis . Urine . Taharah (Purity) . Clothing

If my shoes become Najis from animal urine or suchlike on the road and get dry by themselves, what is rule for purity when later water drops fall on them and my clothes touch the shoes with that wetness?

If the down side of the shoes becomes Najis, then walk ten steps after removal of the Najis item, lower part of the shoes becomes Tahir.

'If the upper part of the shoes becomes Najis, you must wash it with water after removing the Najis item if any.

Wassalam.

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Salah (Prayers) . Wudu (Ablution) . Taharah (Purity)

For a person who works in a public office where tissue paper is used in the washroom instead of water, can they perform prayers by making Wuzoo just after attending the washroom?

Bismihi ta'ala

As Muslims, we do istinja`, or wash ourselves after using the toilet, not only because it is more hygienic and cleaner, but also to stay in the state of taharah, especially for salat.

This is necessary, wherever you may be, even in public office, if you are there regularly. You can use a water bottle, and it does not need to be excessive amount of water as well.

If you do not wash yourself, then no, you cannot pray in such a state, especially if it is after urinating. Your option is to either wait until you go back home, wash yourself, and then pray, or do as recommended above, and pray on time.

And Allah knows best.

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Toilet . Najis . Doubt . Taharah (Purity)

I sometimes get doubts about my state of purity from when I go to the toilet. I try to analyze what happened and try and most of the time come to the conclusion that nothing Najis got on me, but I still get doubts. Am I considered ritually clean?

Simply, everything is Taahir for you unless and until you know for sure that it is Najis. This is a rule in jurisprudence based on a narration of Ammar from Imam Jafar Al-Sadiq (AS) stating : Everything is ritually clean till you know that it is ritually unclean. (Wasaa'il al-Shia, V.2, Section 37 on Nijasah).

Your doubt in this matter does not make any difference. You are ritually clean because you are just doubting and not sure that your body became Najis.

Wassalam.

Toilet . Najis . Doubt . Taharah (Purity)

Bismihi ta'ala

We have covered the topic of waswasah and doubts in tahara a few times, and you are able to search in the Q&A on the topic of waswasah and taharah.

The simple rule of thumb is because you are doubting, you consider it all to be tahir. Nothing more.

Please watch this clip, which is a part of a lesson I gave on taharah and najasah. Hope it will be of benefit.

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Istihadha . Blood . Sawm (Fasting) . Taharah (Purity) . Salah (Prayers)

If a female in medium or excessive Istihadha does not fast or pray because blood releases every moment while she prays and she cannot maintain her purity consistently, how does she make up for the fast and prayers?

She must perform Ghusl and Wudhu and pray and fast. Ghusl is obligatory before Fajr for medium Istihadha.bin excessive istihadha Ghusl is obligatory three times; before Fajr prayer and before Dhuhr prayer and before Maghrib prayer.

She is not allowed to leave fasting or leave praying just because of Istihadha.

'Wassalam.

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Qur'anic Verse . Taharah (Purity) . Ahl al-Bayt . Sunni-Shi'a

A Sunni has asked where in the Quran it says that God has created everything for the love of the Ahlulbait (as) since verse 33:33 merely talks about their purity. How should I respond?

The question of : where is Quran is not proper if Muslims understand the Quranic order ( Obey Allah, obey the Messenger and your divine leaders)(4:59).

You can ask this person: Where it says in Quran to pray morning prayers in two Rak'ats, Dhuhr in four, Assr in four, Maghrib in three and Isha is four? The answer is: The Prophet Muhammad (SAWA) said that and Quran ordered us to obey him.

The Prophet (SAWA) said in Hadeeth al-Kisaa' which is narrated by many authentic narrators in Sunni and Shia books that Allah has created the universe for love of Ahlul Bayt (AS).

Wassalam.

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Menstruation (Haidh) . Taharah (Purity) . Najasa (Impurity) . Ahl al-Bayt

Is it true that all 14 infallibles were conceived in a state of purity, just like Prophet Isa was conceived, and that they never experienced any state of impurity during their lives such as menstruation or the state of Janabah?

Allah (SWT) Has kept every Infallible totally pure, and kept any type of impurity far away from them, not that Allah has removed impurity from them, but kept them far away from any impurity i.e. Allah did not allow any impurity whatsoever to come near any Infallible. Quranic verse 33:33 stated: In fact, Allah wants to keep impurity away from you O, Ahlul Bayt إنما يريد الله ليذهب عنكم الرجس أهل البيت

There is a big difference between ليذهب عنكم to drive away any impurity from coming near you, and ليذهب منكم which means to drive away impurity from you which can mean driving away any existing impurity. Allah (SWT) never said that, but He said ليذهب عنكم which means that Ahlul Bayt never had any impurity, and Allah kept impurity far away from coming near them.

All the existence of the Infallible is absolute pure in the highest level which can never be compared with ordinary pious people.

These facts are very clear in Quran and the authentic Hadeeths. After believing in these facts, we do not need to go into details of the personal life of the Infallible, which are not necessary for us as it has nothing to do with our faith and practice and our responsibility to be sincere and humble servants of Allah and obedient followers of the Prophet (SWT) and Ahlul Bayt(AS).

Wassalam.