Imam Khamenei - Purity - Index
This is the index for the Purity section of Practical Laws of Islam according to the teachings of Imam Khamenei
Rules of Purity
Rules Concerning the Different Types of Water
Purity: Does the Upper Part of Flowing Qalīl Water Remain Pure After Najāsah Contact Below?
Purity: Is Wringing Necessary When Purifying Najis Clothes in Kurr or Running Water?
Purity: Can Najis Clothes Be Purified by Squeezing Them Inside Kurr or Running Water?
Purity: Is Extracting Used Water Necessary When Purifying a Najis Carpet with Tap Water?
Purity: Is Wudūʾ or Ghusl Valid with Naturally Hard or Salty Water?
Purity: Is Certainty Required for Water to Be Treated as Kurr?
Purity: Must Parents Rely on a Child’s Word About Purity Before Puberty?
Purity: Is Milky-Colored Water Adulterated and Valid for Wudūʾ and Purification?
Purity: What’s the Difference Between Running Water and Kurr Water in Purification?
Purity: Is Wudūʾ Valid with Water Collected from the Vapor of Boiled Salty Water?
Purity: Does Walking Purify the Foot or Shoe While Najis Material Is Still Present?
Purity: Can Asphalt Roads Purify the Soles of Feet or Shoes?
Purity: Is the Sun a Purifier in Islamic Law? What Are Its Conditions?
Purity: How to Purify Najis Clothes That Discolour the Water When Washed?
Purity: Does Water Used for Ghusl Become Najis If Drops Fall Back into the Vessel?
Purity: Does Chemical Transformation Purify Najis Oil Through Metamorphosis?
Purity: Are Steam Drops Falling from a Bathhouse Roof Pure for Ghusl?
Purity: Does Treated Sewage Water Become Pure Through Filtration and Metamorphosis?
Rules of the Lavatory
Purity: Can Nomads Use Pebbles or Wood for Purifying After Urination When Water Is Scarce?
Purity: What Is the Ruling on Purifying Urinary Outlet and Anus with Qalīl Water?
Purity: Is Istibrā’ Obligatory If It Causes Harm or Prolongs Healing?
Purity: What Is the Ruling on Involuntary Discharge After Istibrā’ and Its Effect on Past Prayers?
Purity: What Are the Different Types of Wet Discharges and Their Rulings?
Purity: Is It Obligatory to Adjust a Toilet Seat Slightly Deviated from the Qiblah?
Purity: What Is the Duty of Someone with Continuous Urine Discharge Despite Treatment?
Purity: Is It Permissible to Expose One’s Private Parts for Job-Related Medical Exams?
Purity: How Many Washes Are Required to Purify the Urinary Outlet After Urination?
Rules of Wuḍū’
Purity: Is Wudūʾ for Maghrib Valid for Touching the Qur’an and Praying ‘Ishā’?
Purity: Can One Wipe Over Artificial Hair in Wudūʾ if Removal Is Difficult?
Purity: Does Pouring Water on the Face a Third Time Invalidate Wudūʾ?
Purity: Can the Face and Hands Be Immersed More Than Twice During Wudūʾ?
Purity: Do Natural Body Oils Prevent Water from Reaching the Skin in Wudūʾ and Ghusl?
Purity: Is Wudūʾ Valid If the Toes Weren’t Fully Wiped, and Must Past Prayers Be Repeated?
Purity: What Is the ‘Kaʿb’ in Wudūʾ and Where Should Foot Wiping End?
Purity: Is It Permissible to Use Spring Water for Purification If It Passes Through Usurped Land?
Purity: Is Using a Water Pump Against Regulations Permissible, and Is Purification with It Valid?
Purity: How Soon Before Prayer Time Can Wudūʾ Be Performed for the Prayer to Remain Valid?
Purity: Is It Mustaḥabb to Wipe the Underside of the Toes During Wudūʾ?
Purity: Does Opening and Closing the Faucet During Wudūʾ Affect Its Validity?
Purity: What Are the Rules for Using Water and Hand Direction in Wudūʾ Wiping?
Purity: Is Wudūʾ Valid with Nail Polish and Wiping Over Transparent Socks?
Purity: Can Urinary Incontinent War-Wounded Attend Jumuʿah and Prayers with Special Wudūʾ?
Purity: Can Worshippers Use Wudūʾ Water Not Funded by the Masjid for Friday Prayer?
Purity: Is One Wudūʾ Sufficient for Multiple Prayers If Not Annulled?
Purity: What Is the Wiping Ruling for Someone Unable to Remove Medical Shoes for Wudūʾ?
Purity: If Only Dirty Water Is Found, Should One Perform Wudūʾ or Tayammum?
Purity: Is Wudūʾ Mustaḥabb on Its Own and Valid Before Prayer Time?
Purity: What Should a Doubtful Person Do About Wudūʾ When Visiting Holy Sites or Praying?
Purity: Is It Necessary for Water to Flow Over the Hands in Wudūʾ?
Purity: In Wiping the Head, Must the Moisture Reach the Skin or Is Wetting the Hair Enough?
Purity: What Are the Rulings on Artificial Nails in Wudūʾ, Ghusl, and Prayer?
Purity: Is a Time Gap Between Washing or Wiping Parts in Wudūʾ or Ghusl Permissible?
Purity: What Is the Wudūʾ and Prayer Ruling for Someone with Continuous Gas Discharge?
Purity: Are Acts of Worship Valid for Those Who Refuse to Pay Shared Service Costs?
Purity: Can One Perform Wudūʾ as Caution After Ghusl Before Prayer?
Purity: Is a Child’s Wudūʾ Affected by Invalidators, and Can They Touch the Qur’an?
Purity: What If a Washed Body Part Becomes Najis Before Completing Wudūʾ?
Purity: Is Wiping Valid If Water Drops Remain on the Feet During Wudūʾ?
Purity: Is Wiping the Right Foot Obligatory If the Right Hand Is Amputated?
Purity: What Is the Wudūʾ Ruling for Someone with a Wound or Fracture?
Purity: What Is the Wudūʾ Ruling for Someone Wounded on Wiping Areas?
Purity: What If One Learns Their Previous Wudūʾ Was Invalid After Completing a New One?
Purity: How Should Wudūʾ Be Performed with a Continuously Bleeding Wound?
Purity: Does Hair or Eyebrow Dye Affect the Validity of Wudūʾ or Ghusl?
Purity: Does Ink on the Hands Invalidate Wudūʾ by Blocking Water?
Purity: Does Contact Between Hand and Face Moisture Invalidate Wiping in Wudūʾ?
Purity: What Should Someone Do If They Spend Excessive Time on Wudūʾ for Certainty?
Purity: What Is the Ruling on Discharge After Wudūʾ When Unsure If It’s Urine or Semen?
Purity: What Is the Difference Between Men’s and Women’s Wudūʾ?
The Rules for Touching the Names of Allah, the Glorious, and the Verses of the Qur’an
Purity: What Is the Ruling on Using Pronouns Referring to Allah, like in ‘Bismihī Taʿālā’?
Purity: Is It Permissible to Touch the Abbreviation ‘A.’ for Allah Without Wudūʾ?
Purity: Is It Permissible to Write ‘A.’ Instead of the Name ‘Allah’?
Purity: Can One Avoid Writing ‘Allah’ Fully to Prevent Touching Without Wudūʾ?
Purity: Must a Blind Person Have Wudūʾ to Read the Qur’an in Braille?
Purity: Is Touching Names Like ‘Abdullah’ or ‘Habībullah’ Without Wudūʾ Permissible?
Purity: Can Menstruating Women Wear a Necklace with the Prophet’s (S) Name?
Purity: Is Touching Qur’anic Words Without Purity Prohibited Outside the Muṣḥaf?
Purity: Is It Permissible to Use Dishes with Qur’anic Verses for Eating?
Purity: Is It Ḥarām to Touch the Emblem of the Islamic Republic Without Wudūʾ?
Purity: What Is the Ruling on Printing and Using the Emblem of the Islamic Republic of Iran?
Purity: What Is the Ruling on Using Qur’anic Verses or Allah’s Name on Stamps and Publications?
Purity: Is It Permissible to Use or Discard Newspapers Containing Allah’s Name or Qur’anic Verses?
Purity: Is It Permissible to Touch Engraved Words on Rings Without Wudūʾ?
Purity: What Is the Ruling on Disposing of Papers with Allah’s Name or Qur’anic Verses?
Purity: What Are the Proper Islamic Methods for Erasing or Destroying Sacred Texts?
Purity: Is Shredding or Altering Sacred Texts Enough to Nullify Their Sanctity?
Rules of the Ghusl of Janābah
Purity: Does Semen Entering the Womb Without Penetration Cause Janābah for Women?
Purity: Is Ghusl Obligatory After a Vaginal Medical Examination?
Purity: Is Ghusl Obligatory If Only Penetration Occurs Without Ejaculation or Orgasm?
Purity: When Does Ghusl Become Obligatory for Women Due to Emission or Sexual Arousal?
Purity: Is It Permissible to Read or Watch Sexually Arousing Content?
Purity: Is Ghusl Valid If Semen Exits the Vagina Afterward, and Does It Cause Janābah Again?
Purity: Excessive Doubts About Ghusl of Janābah Leading to Hardship
Purity: Must a Woman Perform Two Ghusls After Menstruation and Janābah?
Purity: Validity of Ghusl with Soap or Chalk Traces on Nails
Purity: Is Wetness Found After Sleep Considered Semen Without Its Signs?
Purity: Ghusl Guidance for One Unable to Afford Bathhouse Access
Purity: Validity of Ghusl with Reused Qalīl Water After Janābah
Purity: The Ruling on Wuḍū’ Invalidation During Ghusl al-Janābah
Purity: Ruling on Post-Urination Discharge Resembling Semen Without Arousal
Purity: Combining Multiple Ghusls: One Intention for Several Obligations
Purity: Is Order Between Body Parts Necessary in Janābah Ghusl?
Purity: Is Washing Before Intention Allowed in Sequential Ghusl?
Rules of an Invalid Ghusl
Purity: Ruling on Missed Prayers and Fasts Due to Ignorance of Ghusl
Purity: Ruling on Missed Ghusl and Worship Due to Ignorance of Janābah
Purity: Doubt About Order in Ghusl: Is Qaḍā’ of Prayers Required?
Purity: Ghusl Done in Wrong Order: Are Past Prayers and Fasts Valid?
Purity: Can a Junub Person Recite Verses with Obligatory Prostration?
Rules of Tayammum
Purity: Is Tayammum Valid on Wall-Fixed Surfaces Like Soil or Stone?
Purity: Does One Repeat Tayammum for Janābah After Wudū’ Is Invalidated?
Purity: Can One With Incontinence Perform Tayammum for Mustaḥabb Ghusl?
Purity: Acts Permissible After Tayammum for Janābah in Place of Ghusl
Purity: Tayammum After Unclear Sleep Discharge When Short on Time
Purity: Ruling on Frequent Involuntary Semen Emissions Without Pleasure
Purity: Tayammum for Fajr Due to Fear of Sickness from Ghusl
Purity: Ruling on Tayammum Using Gypsum, Limestone, and Bricks
Purity: Is Prayer Valid If Tayammum Was Done Mistakenly Due to Time Shortage?
Purity: Fasting in Janābah Without Ghusl in Cold, Public Conditions: Is Tayammum Allowed?
Rules Pertaining to Women
Purity: Am I a Sayyid Through My Mother and What’s the Ruling on Bleeding Until Age 60?
Purity: Ruling on Nadhr Fast Invalidated by Onset of Menstruation
Purity: Ruling on Spotting After Certainty of Menstrual Purity
Purity: Ruling on Delaying Menses with Medication for Ramadan Fasting
Purity: Ruling on Minor Bleeding During Pregnancy: Is Ghusl Required?
Purity: Ruling on Extended Bleeding Due to Contraceptives After Regular Menstruation
Purity: Can Menstruating or Postnatal Women Enter Shrines of the Imams’ Descendants?
Purity: Does Post-Abortion Bleeding Count as Postpartum Bleeding?
Purity: Ruling on Post-Menopausal Bleeding and a Woman’s Duty
Rules of the Dead
Purity: Must the Deceased Be Washed and Shrouded by Someone of the Same Sex?
Purity: Ruling on Home Ghusl for the Deceased Without an Executor or Adult Heirs
Purity: Can a Bleeding Deceased Person Be Buried Immediately After Death?
Purity: Are Decades-Old Human Bones Najis and Permissible to Touch?
Purity: Can One Use Their Own Shroud for a Deceased Relative?
Purity: Rulings on Medical Use and Burial of Muslim Corpses and Organs
Purity: Using a Personal Shroud for Worship and Burial: Is It Permissible?
Purity: Is It Permissible to Display an Ancient Muslim Woman’s Skeleton for Educational Purposes?
Purity: Can Villagers Restrict Burials in a Public Non-Endowed Graveyard?
Purity: Is Sprinkling Water on Graves Mustaḥabb Only on Burial Day or Always?
Purity: Is Night Burial of the Deceased Prohibited in Islam?
Purity: Must a Blood-Stained Shroud Be Replaced Before Burial?
Purity: Is It Permissible to Exhume a Body Buried with a Blood-Stained Shroud After Three Months?
Purity: Islamic Ruling on Constructing Two-Storied Graves for Land Optimization
Purity: Ruling on a Deceased Child in a Well When the Body Cannot Be Retrieved
Purity: Is Mourning with Ritual Chest Beating Permissible for Non-Imams and Servants of Islam?
Purity: Can Women Attend Funeral Ceremonies and Carry the Coffin?
Purity: Is It Permissible to Borrow for Extravagant Mourning Customs?
Purity: Does Death by Mine Explosion Qualify as Martyrdom in Islamic Law?
Purity: Ghusl or Tayammum for Guards Martyred During Travel in Conflict Zones?
Purity: Can One Unqualified for Congregational Prayer Lead Funeral Prayers?
Purity: Is One Killed for Upholding Islamic Law or Jaʿfarī Jurisprudence Considered a Martyr?
Purity: Funeral Rites and Mourning for a Muslim Executed for Drug Trafficking
Purity: Does Touching a Flesh-Covered Bone Amputated from a Living Person Require Ghusl?
Purity: Does Touching a Separated Organ from a Dead Body Require Ghusl?
Purity: Is It Obligatory to Face the Dying Muslim Toward the Qiblah?
Purity: Does Touching Gum Tissue from an Extracted Tooth Require Ghusl?
Purity: Does Touching a Buried Martyr Require Ghusl Like a Corpse?
Purity: Is Ghusl Required After Touching Cadavers in Medical Dissection?
Purity: Is It Permissible to Exhume a Martyr’s Body for Reburial in His Hometown?
Purity: Does Filming Inside a Grave Without Digging Count as Exhumation?
Purity: Is It Permissible to Demolish Graveyard Structures and Relocate Human Remains?
Purity: What Should Muslims Do If a Graveyard Is Illegally Demolished?
Purity: Can a Deceased Father's Grave Be Reused With Official Permission?
Purity: Conditions for Demolishing and Repurposing a Muslim Cemetery
Purity: Can an Endowed Cemetery Be Repurposed with Marji‘’s Permission?
Purity: Ruling on Mistakenly Reusing a Grave with No Remains Present
Purity: How to Handle Graves Blocking Road Construction Without Violating Islamic Law
Rules of Najis Substances
Purity: Is Blood from Self-Inflicted Injury in Mourning Ceremonies Considered Pure?
Purity: Is a Faint Bloodstain Left After Washing Considered Najis?
Purity: Ruling on Sweat of a Junub Person and Filth-Eating Animal
Purity: Are Water Drops from a Corpse Before Final Ghusl Considered Pure?
Purity: Are Dead Skin Cells from the Body Considered Pure or Najis?
Purity: Is Sweat and Saliva Najis After Consuming Pig Out of Necessity?
Purity: Ruling on Using Brushes Made from Pig’s Hair for Painting and Sketching
Purity: Ruling on Eating and Purity of Meat Imported from Non-Islamic Countries
Purity: Ruling on Leather and Animal Products Imported from Non-Muslim Countries
Purity: Rules on Najis Clothes with Semen and Informing Others Before Washing
Purity: Ruling on Semen-Like Discharge After Istibrā’ and Prayer Requirements
Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Rules of Najis Substances
Purity: Are Droppings of Ḥalāl Animals and Birds Like Cows and Chickens Najis?
Purity: Ruling on Purity of Areas Around Najāsah After Washing with Water
Purity: Must a Guest Inform the Host About Making Something Najis?
Purity: Ruling on Wuḍū’ After Wearing Leather Shoes from Non-Slaughtered Animal
Purity: Ruling on Purity of a Child’s Wet Hand, Saliva, and Leftover Food When Frequently Najis
Purity: Ruling on Water That Touches Gums Affected by Internal Bleeding
Purity: Ruling on Cosmetics Allegedly Made from Human Placenta or Fetal Material
Purity: Is Caution Over Minute Fibers from Najis Clothes Necessary?
Purity: Ruling on Purity of Clothes Washed at Laundries Used by Non-Muslims
Purity: Purity of Clothes Washed in a Fully Automatic Washing Machine
Purity: Do Clothes Become Najis from Splashing Water Used in Washing?
Purity: Ruling on Water Splashing from Garbage Vans: Pure or Najis?
Purity: Is Water Collected in Street Potholes Pure or Najis?
Purity: Ruling on Visiting Family Who Are Careless About Purity (Ṭahārah) and Impurity (Najāsah)
Purity: Islamic Legal Rulings on Vomit in Terms of Purity (Ṭahārah) and Impurity (Najāsah)
Purity: Ruling on Contact with One Najis Object Among Multiple Objects
Purity: Food Handled by a Person of Unknown Religion in Presence of Moisture
Purity: Living in a House Frequently Made Najis by a Careless Person
Rules of Intoxicants
Purity: Ruling on Boiled Grape Juice Before Two-Thirds Evaporation
Purity: Ruling on Boiling Unripe Grapes Mixed with Ripe Ones
Purity: Ruling on the Use of White Alcohol for Medical Purposes and Its Effect on Prayer
Purity: Ruling on Using Kefir (kafīr) Containing Small Amounts of Alcohol
Purity: Rulings on the Purity and Identification of Intoxicating Alcohol
Purity: Ruling on Soft Drinks Like Coca-Cola and Pepsi That May Contain Alcohol
Purity: Is Investigation Necessary When Buying Food from a Non-Muslim?
Purity: Ruling on Using Alcohol in Atropine Sulfate Spray for Defense Purposes
Obsession and Its Treatment
Purity: Struggling with Obsessive Doubts About Purity: A Call for Relief and Guidance
Purity: Purity, Motherhood, and Obsessive Doubts: Seeking Relief While Staying True to Faith