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59 Questions

I am not sure if the ground at my school is Najis and sometimes in PE outside or during break I sit on the ground. Do my clothes or part of my body become impure?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

No. Everything is Tahir for you until you know for sure that it is Najis. As you are not sure that the ground is Najis, you can consider it as Tahir.

Wassalam.
When any part of our body or cloth is impure can we freely touch the impure area while doing our routine work even if sweat comes on our hands or body and touches those impure areas?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Yes, we are allowed to touch any part of our body even if it is impure, but if our hand or the impure part was wet, then our hand becomes impure also and needs to be washed with water to be pure again before performing Prayers.

Wassalam.
Can a vet do Wudhu and pray on time while being in a state of impurity due to handling of dogs or does he have to wait to get back home and bathe and pray all the Qadha namaz together?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Touching any Najis item including dogs or its urine etc does need Ghusl at all. You need to wash the part which touched the Najis item with water, then perform Wudhu and pray. It is a sinful act to delay performing the Prayer till it's time goes. Performing the Qadha namaz will not omit the sin of not praying within the time of the prayer.

You must perform your Namaz within its time under any circumstance.

Wassalam.
I was impure before the start of Ramadan and did not know that I had to do Ghusl and fasted throughout the whole month. Are my fasts still valid or will I have to make them up?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Taharah is a real condition شرط واقعي in Prayers and fasting. Any worship which requires Purity (Taharah) is invalid if it was done with out purity.

If you could not learn basic rules of Ghusl and never been informed that Ghusl is obligatory in certain cases, which is very rare now a days, then the rule is different. But if you knew about Ghusl and it becomes obligatory in certain situations, and you did not know that it applies on you, and you fasted with out Ghusl, then you need to perform the obligatory Ghusl then perform every worship which was performed with out Ghusl.

You can read the verdict of Ayatullah Sustani as follows:

Ruling 1593. If a junub in the month of Ramadan forgets to perform ghusl and remembers after one day, he must keep a qaḍāʾ fast for that day; and if he remembers after a few days, he must keep a qaḍāʾ fast for all the days that he is certain to have been junub on. For example, if he does not know whether he was junub for three or four days, he must keep qaḍāʾ fasts for three days.

Wassalam.