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When someone is Najis with urine or faeces, and they are in the shower, do they become Tahir by simply standing under the shower once, after the actual Najasa is removed, or must they step out from the shower and re-enter to wash twice?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

After the Najasat is removed, shower water falling on the Najis areas is enough immediately to make your body Taahir with out need to go out of the shower and re enter.

Wassalam.
I bought a cat recently and didn’t know the previous owners were feeding him food that contained pork. Does that fact make the bowl or glass used by me to feed the cat Najis? Do I have to get rid of the cat even if I don't feed it pork?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

You do not need to get rid of the cat. The bowl and all items are not Najis unless you have an evidence that it had wet Najis item in it. If you know that it is Najis, then just washing it with water will make it Taahir.

Wassalam.
I understand that the type of alcohol used in hand gel and wipes is different from the alcohol that intoxicates, but are we allowed to use such alcohol gel and wipes and does that cause the hands to become Najis?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Leading scholars like Ayatullah Khoei and Ayatullah Sistani and many others say that  this artificial alcohol which does not intoxicate is not Najis.

Wassalam.
I understand that the type of alcohol used in hand gel and wipes is different from the alcohol that intoxicates, but are we allowed to use such alcohol gel and wipes and does that cause the hands to become Najis?
Abbas Di Palma

as salam alaikum

some Muslim scholars have considered alcohol to be najis resorting to some sort of qiyas, by saying that alcohol is the "spirit" of wine or other reasoning. However we do not find any direct evidence in the Qur'an and Sunnah to establish the najasah of non-beverage alcohol, and even alcohol in itself as some says, that is found in gel and wipes. Therefore it is permissible to use gel and wipes containing alcohol for hygienic purposes and hands won't get najis.

With prayers for your success.