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

1. Purity: Does the Upper Part of Flowing Qalīl Water Remain Pure After Najāsah Contact Below?

2. Purity: Is Wringing Necessary When Purifying Najis Clothes in Kurr or Running Water?

3. Purity: Can Najis Clothes Be Purified by Squeezing Them Inside Kurr or Running Water?

4. Purity: Is Extracting Used Water Necessary When Purifying a Najis Carpet with Tap Water?

5. Purity: Is Wudūʾ or Ghusl Valid with Naturally Hard or Salty Water?

6. Purity: Is Certainty Required for Water to Be Treated as Kurr?

7. Purity: Must Parents Rely on a Child’s Word About Purity Before Puberty?

8. Purity: Is Milky-Colored Water Adulterated and Valid for Wudūʾ and Purification?

9. Purity: What’s the Difference Between Running Water and Kurr Water in Purification?

10. Purity: Is Wudūʾ Valid with Water Collected from the Vapor of Boiled Salty Water?

11. Purity: Does Walking Purify the Foot or Shoe While Najis Material Is Still Present?

12. Purity: Can Asphalt Roads Purify the Soles of Feet or Shoes?

13. Purity: Is the Sun a Purifier in Islamic Law? What Are Its Conditions?

14. Purity: How to Purify Najis Clothes That Discolour the Water When Washed?

15. Purity: Does Water Used for Ghusl Become Najis If Drops Fall Back into the Vessel?

16. Purity: Can a Clay Oven Mixed with Najis Water Be Purified?

17. Purity: Does Chemical Transformation Purify Najis Oil Through Metamorphosis?

18. Purity: Are Steam Drops Falling from a Bathhouse Roof Pure for Ghusl?

19. Purity: Does Treated Sewage Water Become Pure Through Filtration and Metamorphosis?

Rules of the Lavatory

1. Purity: Can Nomads Use Pebbles or Wood for Purifying After Urination When Water Is Scarce?

2. Purity: What Is the Ruling on Purifying Urinary Outlet and Anus with Qalīl Water?

3. Purity: Is Istibrā’ Obligatory If It Causes Harm or Prolongs Healing?

4. Purity: What Is the Ruling on Involuntary Discharge After Istibrā’ and Its Effect on Past Prayers?

5. Purity: What Are the Different Types of Wet Discharges and Their Rulings?

6. Purity: Is It Obligatory to Adjust a Toilet Seat Slightly Deviated from the Qiblah?

7. Purity: What Is the Duty of Someone with Continuous Urine Discharge Despite Treatment?

8. Purity: How Is Istibrā’ Performed Before Washing the Anus?

9. Purity: Is It Permissible to Expose One’s Private Parts for Job-Related Medical Exams?

10. Purity: How Many Washes Are Required to Purify the Urinary Outlet After Urination?

11. Purity: How Is the Anus Purified After Defecation?

Rules of Wuḍū’

1. Purity: Is Wudūʾ for Maghrib Valid for Touching the Qur’an and Praying ‘Ishā’?

2. Purity: Can One Wipe Over Artificial Hair in Wudūʾ if Removal Is Difficult?

3. Purity: Does Pouring Water on the Face a Third Time Invalidate Wudūʾ?

4. Purity: Can the Face and Hands Be Immersed More Than Twice During Wudūʾ?

5. Purity: Do Natural Body Oils Prevent Water from Reaching the Skin in Wudūʾ and Ghusl?

6. Purity: Is Wudūʾ Valid If the Toes Weren’t Fully Wiped, and Must Past Prayers Be Repeated?

7. Purity: What Is the ‘Kaʿb’ in Wudūʾ and Where Should Foot Wiping End?

8. Purity: What Is the Ruling on Performing Wudūʾ in Government-Built Facilities in Other Islamic Countries?

9. Purity: Is It Permissible to Use Spring Water for Purification If It Passes Through Usurped Land?

10. Purity: Is Using a Water Pump Against Regulations Permissible, and Is Purification with It Valid?

11. Purity: How Soon Before Prayer Time Can Wudūʾ Be Performed for the Prayer to Remain Valid?

12. Purity: Is It Mustaḥabb to Wipe the Underside of the Toes During Wudūʾ?

13. Purity: Does Opening and Closing the Faucet During Wudūʾ Affect Its Validity?

14. Purity: What Are the Rules for Using Water and Hand Direction in Wudūʾ Wiping?

15. Purity: Is Wudūʾ Valid with Nail Polish and Wiping Over Transparent Socks?

16. Purity: Can Urinary Incontinent War-Wounded Attend Jumuʿah and Prayers with Special Wudūʾ?

17. Purity: What Is the Wudūʾ Ruling for Someone Without Hands?

18. Purity: Can Worshippers Use Wudūʾ Water Not Funded by the Masjid for Friday Prayer?

19. Purity: Is One Wudūʾ Sufficient for Multiple Prayers If Not Annulled?

20. Purity: Can Wudūʾ Be Performed Before Prayer Time Begins?

21. Purity: What Is the Wiping Ruling for Someone Unable to Remove Medical Shoes for Wudūʾ?

22. Purity: If Only Dirty Water Is Found, Should One Perform Wudūʾ or Tayammum?

23. Purity: Is Wudūʾ Mustaḥabb on Its Own and Valid Before Prayer Time?

24. Purity: What Should a Doubtful Person Do About Wudūʾ When Visiting Holy Sites or Praying?

25. Purity: Is It Necessary for Water to Flow Over the Hands in Wudūʾ?

26. Purity: In Wiping the Head, Must the Moisture Reach the Skin or Is Wetting the Hair Enough?

27. Purity: What Are the Rulings on Artificial Nails in Wudūʾ, Ghusl, and Prayer?

28. Purity: Is a Time Gap Between Washing or Wiping Parts in Wudūʾ or Ghusl Permissible?

29. Purity: What Is the Wudūʾ and Prayer Ruling for Someone with Continuous Gas Discharge?

30. Purity: Are Acts of Worship Valid for Those Who Refuse to Pay Shared Service Costs?

31. Purity: Can One Perform Wudūʾ as Caution After Ghusl Before Prayer?

32. Purity: Is a Child’s Wudūʾ Affected by Invalidators, and Can They Touch the Qur’an?

33. Purity: What If a Washed Body Part Becomes Najis Before Completing Wudūʾ?

34. Purity: Is Wiping Valid If Water Drops Remain on the Feet During Wudūʾ?

35. Purity: Is Wiping the Right Foot Obligatory If the Right Hand Is Amputated?

36. Purity: What Is the Wudūʾ Ruling for Someone with a Wound or Fracture?

37. Purity: What Is the Wudūʾ Ruling for Someone Wounded on Wiping Areas?

38. Purity: What If One Learns Their Previous Wudūʾ Was Invalid After Completing a New One?

39. Purity: How Should Wudūʾ Be Performed with a Continuously Bleeding Wound?

40. Purity: Is It Makrūh to Dry the Limbs After Wudūʾ?

41. Purity: Does Hair or Eyebrow Dye Affect the Validity of Wudūʾ or Ghusl?

42. Purity: Does Ink on the Hands Invalidate Wudūʾ by Blocking Water?

43. Purity: Does Contact Between Hand and Face Moisture Invalidate Wiping in Wudūʾ?

44. Purity: What Should Someone Do If They Spend Excessive Time on Wudūʾ for Certainty?

45. Purity: Do Tattoos Invalidate Ghusl, Wudūʾ, or Prayer?

46. Purity: What Is the Ruling on Discharge After Wudūʾ When Unsure If It’s Urine or Semen?

47. 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

1. Purity: What Is the Ruling on Using Pronouns Referring to Allah, like in ‘Bismihī Taʿālā’?

2. Purity: Is It Permissible to Touch the Abbreviation ‘A.’ for Allah Without Wudūʾ?

3. Purity: Is It Permissible to Write ‘A.’ Instead of the Name ‘Allah’?

4. Purity: Can One Avoid Writing ‘Allah’ Fully to Prevent Touching Without Wudūʾ?

5. Purity: Must a Blind Person Have Wudūʾ to Read the Qur’an in Braille?

6. Purity: Is Touching Names Like ‘Abdullah’ or ‘Habībullah’ Without Wudūʾ Permissible?

7. Purity: Can Menstruating Women Wear a Necklace with the Prophet’s (S) Name?

8. Purity: Is Touching Qur’anic Words Without Purity Prohibited Outside the Muṣḥaf?

9. Purity: Is It Permissible to Use Dishes with Qur’anic Verses for Eating?

10. Purity: Is Wudūʾ Obligatory for Typing Qur’anic Verses?

11. Purity: Is It Ḥarām to Touch the Emblem of the Islamic Republic Without Wudūʾ?

12. Purity: What Is the Ruling on Printing and Using the Emblem of the Islamic Republic of Iran?

13. Purity: What Is the Ruling on Using Qur’anic Verses or Allah’s Name on Stamps and Publications?

14. Purity: Is It Permissible to Use or Discard Newspapers Containing Allah’s Name or Qur’anic Verses?

15. Purity: Is It Permissible to Touch Engraved Words on Rings Without Wudūʾ?

16. Purity: What Is the Ruling on Disposing of Papers with Allah’s Name or Qur’anic Verses?

17. Purity: Must One Check Exam Papers for Divine Names Before Disposing Them, and Is Discarding Partially Used Paper Extravagant?

18. Purity: Which Holy Names Cannot Be Touched Without Wudūʾ?

19. Purity: What Are the Proper Islamic Methods for Erasing or Destroying Sacred Texts?

20. Purity: Is Shredding or Altering Sacred Texts Enough to Nullify Their Sanctity?

Rules of the Ghusl of Janābah

1. Purity: Can One in Janābah Pray with Tayammum if Time Is Short, or Should They Delay and Perform Ghusl?

2. Purity: Does Semen Entering the Womb Without Penetration Cause Janābah for Women?

3. Purity: Is Ghusl Obligatory After a Vaginal Medical Examination?

4. Purity: Is Ghusl Obligatory If Only Penetration Occurs Without Ejaculation or Orgasm?

5. Purity: When Does Ghusl Become Obligatory for Women Due to Emission or Sexual Arousal?

6. Purity: Is It Permissible to Read or Watch Sexually Arousing Content?

7. Purity: Is Ghusl Valid If Semen Exits the Vagina Afterward, and Does It Cause Janābah Again?

8. Purity: Excessive Doubts About Ghusl of Janābah Leading to Hardship

9. Purity: Is Ghusl of Janābah Valid During Menstruation?

10. Purity: Must a Woman Perform Two Ghusls After Menstruation and Janābah?

11. Purity: Validity of Ghusl with Soap or Chalk Traces on Nails

12. Purity: Is Ghusl Valid if Najāsah Is Removed During It?

13. Purity: Is Wetness Found After Sleep Considered Semen Without Its Signs?

14. Purity: Ghusl Guidance for One Unable to Afford Bathhouse Access

15. Purity: Tayammum in Place of Ghusl Due to Medical Harm

16. Purity: Is Facing the Qiblah Required During Ghusl?

17. Purity: Validity of Ghusl with Reused Qalīl Water After Janābah

18. Purity: The Ruling on Wuḍū’ Invalidation During Ghusl al-Janābah

19. Purity: Ruling on Post-Urination Discharge Resembling Semen Without Arousal

20. Purity: Combining Multiple Ghusls: One Intention for Several Obligations

21. Purity: Do Non-Janābah Ghusls Substitute for Wudū’?

22. Purity: Is Flowing Water Necessary in Janābah Ghusl?

23. Purity: Is Order Between Body Parts Necessary in Janābah Ghusl?

24. Purity: Is Washing Before Intention Allowed in Sequential Ghusl?

25. Purity: Must Women Wash All Hair in Ghusl for Validity?

Rules of an Invalid Ghusl

1. Purity: Ruling on Missed Prayers and Fasts Due to Ignorance of Ghusl

2. Purity: Ruling on Missed Ghusl and Worship Due to Ignorance of Janābah

3. Purity: Ruling on Prayers After Discovering Invalid Ghusl

4. Purity: Doubt About Order in Ghusl: Is Qaḍā’ of Prayers Required?

5. Purity: Ghusl Done in Wrong Order: Are Past Prayers and Fasts Valid?

6. Purity: Can a Junub Person Recite Verses with Obligatory Prostration?

Rules of Tayammum

1. Purity: Is Tayammum Valid on Wall-Fixed Surfaces Like Soil or Stone?

2. Purity: Does One Repeat Tayammum for Janābah After Wudū’ Is Invalidated?

3. Purity: Can Tayammum for Ghusl Permit Masjid Entry?

4. Purity: Can One With Incontinence Perform Tayammum for Mustaḥabb Ghusl?

5. Purity: Acts Permissible After Tayammum for Janābah in Place of Ghusl

6. Purity: Tayammum After Unclear Sleep Discharge When Short on Time

7. Purity: Duty of One Who Becomes Junub on Successive Nights

8. Purity: Ruling on Frequent Involuntary Semen Emissions Without Pleasure

9. Purity: Tayammum for Fajr Due to Fear of Sickness from Ghusl

10. Purity: Method of Tayammum for Wudū’ and Ghusl

11. Purity: Ruling on Tayammum Using Gypsum, Limestone, and Bricks

12. Purity: Must the Forehead and Hands Be Pure for Tayammum?

13. Purity: What If Neither Wudū’ Nor Tayammum Is Possible?

14. Purity: Can Tayammum Replace Wudū’ Due to Skin Condition?

15. Purity: Is Prayer Valid If Tayammum Was Done Mistakenly Due to Time Shortage?

16. Purity: Fasting in Janābah Without Ghusl in Cold, Public Conditions: Is Tayammum Allowed?

Rules Pertaining to Women

1. Purity: Am I a Sayyid Through My Mother and What’s the Ruling on Bleeding Until Age 60?

2. Purity: Ruling on Nadhr Fast Invalidated by Onset of Menstruation

3. Purity: Ruling on Spotting After Certainty of Menstrual Purity

4. Purity: Ruling on Delaying Menses with Medication for Ramadan Fasting

5. Purity: Ruling on Minor Bleeding During Pregnancy: Is Ghusl Required?

6. Purity: Ruling on Extended Bleeding Due to Contraceptives After Regular Menstruation

7. Purity: Can Menstruating or Postnatal Women Enter Shrines of the Imams’ Descendants?

8. Purity: Does Post-Abortion Bleeding Count as Postpartum Bleeding?

9. Purity: Ruling on Post-Menopausal Bleeding and a Woman’s Duty

10. Purity: Ruling on Blood Spots from Contraceptive Pill Use

Rules of the Dead

1. Purity: Must the Deceased Be Washed and Shrouded by Someone of the Same Sex?

2. Purity: Ruling on Home Ghusl for the Deceased Without an Executor or Adult Heirs

3. Purity: Can a Bleeding Deceased Person Be Buried Immediately After Death?

4. Purity: Are Decades-Old Human Bones Najis and Permissible to Touch?

5. Purity: Can One Use Their Own Shroud for a Deceased Relative?

6. Purity: Rulings on Medical Use and Burial of Muslim Corpses and Organs

7. Purity: Using a Personal Shroud for Worship and Burial: Is It Permissible?

8. Purity: Is It Permissible to Display an Ancient Muslim Woman’s Skeleton for Educational Purposes?

9. Purity: Can Villagers Restrict Burials in a Public Non-Endowed Graveyard?

10. Purity: Is Sprinkling Water on Graves Mustaḥabb Only on Burial Day or Always?

11. Purity: Is Night Burial of the Deceased Prohibited in Islam?

12. Purity: Must a Blood-Stained Shroud Be Replaced Before Burial?

13. Purity: Is It Permissible to Exhume a Body Buried with a Blood-Stained Shroud After Three Months?

14. Purity: Rulings on Burial of a Pregnant Woman and the Unborn Child in Case of Death During Childbirth

15. Purity: Islamic Ruling on Constructing Two-Storied Graves for Land Optimization

16. Purity: Ruling on a Deceased Child in a Well When the Body Cannot Be Retrieved

17. Purity: Is Mourning with Ritual Chest Beating Permissible for Non-Imams and Servants of Islam?

18. Purity: Ruling on Nighttime Graveyard Visits for Spiritual Reflection Despite Karāhah(Being Disliked)

19. Purity: Can Women Attend Funeral Ceremonies and Carry the Coffin?

20. Purity: Is It Permissible to Borrow for Extravagant Mourning Customs?

21. Purity: Does Death by Mine Explosion Qualify as Martyrdom in Islamic Law?

22. Purity: Ghusl or Tayammum for Guards Martyred During Travel in Conflict Zones?

23. Purity: Can One Unqualified for Congregational Prayer Lead Funeral Prayers?

24. Purity: Is One Killed for Upholding Islamic Law or Jaʿfarī Jurisprudence Considered a Martyr?

25. Purity: Funeral Rites and Mourning for a Muslim Executed for Drug Trafficking

26. Purity: Does Touching a Flesh-Covered Bone Amputated from a Living Person Require Ghusl?

27. Purity: Does Touching a Separated Organ from a Dead Body Require Ghusl?

28. Purity: Is It Obligatory to Face the Dying Muslim Toward the Qiblah?

29. Purity: Does Touching Gum Tissue from an Extracted Tooth Require Ghusl?

30. Purity: Does Touching a Buried Martyr Require Ghusl Like a Corpse?

31. Purity: Is Ghusl Required After Touching Cadavers in Medical Dissection?

32. Purity: Is It Permissible to Exhume a Martyr’s Body for Reburial in His Hometown?

33. Purity: Does Filming Inside a Grave Without Digging Count as Exhumation?

34. Purity: Is It Permissible to Demolish Graveyard Structures and Relocate Human Remains?

35. Purity: What Should Muslims Do If a Graveyard Is Illegally Demolished?

36. Purity: Can a Deceased Father's Grave Be Reused With Official Permission?

37. Purity: Conditions for Demolishing and Repurposing a Muslim Cemetery

38. Purity: Can an Endowed Cemetery Be Repurposed with Marji‘’s Permission?

39. Purity: Ruling on Mistakenly Reusing a Grave with No Remains Present

40. Purity: How to Handle Graves Blocking Road Construction Without Violating Islamic Law

Rules of Najis Substances

1. Purity: Is blood pure?

2. Purity: Is Blood from Self-Inflicted Injury in Mourning Ceremonies Considered Pure?

3. Purity: Is a Faint Bloodstain Left After Washing Considered Najis?

4. Purity: Ruling on Blood Spots Found in Eggs

5. Purity: Ruling on Sweat of a Junub Person and Filth-Eating Animal

6. Purity: Are Water Drops from a Corpse Before Final Ghusl Considered Pure?

7. Purity: Are Dead Skin Cells from the Body Considered Pure or Najis?

8. Purity: Is Sweat and Saliva Najis After Consuming Pig Out of Necessity?

9. Purity: Ruling on Using Brushes Made from Pig’s Hair for Painting and Sketching

10. Purity: Ruling on Eating and Purity of Meat Imported from Non-Islamic Countries

11. Purity: Ruling on Leather and Animal Products Imported from Non-Muslim Countries

12. Purity: Rules on Najis Clothes with Semen and Informing Others Before Washing

13. Purity: Ruling on Semen-Like Discharge After Istibrā’ and Prayer Requirements

14. Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Rules of Najis Substances

15. Purity: Are Droppings of Ḥalāl Animals and Birds Like Cows and Chickens Najis?

16. Purity: Ruling on Purity of Areas Around Najāsah After Washing with Water

17. Purity: Must a Guest Inform the Host About Making Something Najis?

18. Purity: Does Indirect Contact Make Things Najis?

19. Purity: Ruling on Wuḍū’ After Wearing Leather Shoes from Non-Slaughtered Animal

20. Purity: Ruling on Purity of a Child’s Wet Hand, Saliva, and Leftover Food When Frequently Najis

21. Purity: Ruling on Water That Touches Gums Affected by Internal Bleeding

22. Purity: Ruling on Food Contacting Coagulated Blood in Gums

23. Purity: Ruling on Cosmetics Allegedly Made from Human Placenta or Fetal Material

24. Purity: Is Caution Over Minute Fibers from Najis Clothes Necessary?

25. Purity: Degree of Wetness That Causes Najāsah to Transfer

26. Purity: Ruling on Purity of Clothes Washed at Laundries Used by Non-Muslims

27. Purity: Purity of Clothes Washed in a Fully Automatic Washing Machine

28. Purity: Do Clothes Become Najis from Splashing Water Used in Washing?

29. Purity: Ruling on Water Splashing from Garbage Vans: Pure or Najis?

30. Purity: Is Water Collected in Street Potholes Pure or Najis?

31. Purity: Ruling on Visiting Family Who Are Careless About Purity (Ṭahārah) and Impurity (Najāsah)

32. Purity: Islamic Legal Rulings on Vomit in Terms of Purity (Ṭahārah) and Impurity (Najāsah)

33. Purity: Ruling on Contact with One Najis Object Among Multiple Objects

34. Purity: Food Handled by a Person of Unknown Religion in Presence of Moisture

35. Purity: Living in a House Frequently Made Najis by a Careless Person

Rules of Intoxicants

1. Purity: Are alcoholic beverages Najis?

2. Purity: Ruling on Boiled Grape Juice Before Two-Thirds Evaporation

3. Purity: Ruling on Boiling Unripe Grapes Mixed with Ripe Ones

4. Purity: Ruling on Medicines and Products Containing Alcohol

5. Purity: Ruling on the Use of White Alcohol for Medical Purposes and Its Effect on Prayer

6. Purity: Ruling on Using Kefir (kafīr) Containing Small Amounts of Alcohol

7. Purity: Rulings on the Purity and Identification of Intoxicating Alcohol

8. Purity: Ruling on Soft Drinks Like Coca-Cola and Pepsi That May Contain Alcohol

9. Purity: Is Investigation Necessary When Buying Food from a Non-Muslim?

10. Purity: Ruling on Using Alcohol in Atropine Sulfate Spray for Defense Purposes

Obsession and Its Treatment

1. Purity: Struggling with Obsessive Doubts About Purity: A Call for Relief and Guidance

2. Purity: Purity, Motherhood, and Obsessive Doubts: Seeking Relief While Staying True to Faith

Rules of Non-Muslims

1. Purity: Are the People of the Book Najis or Pure?

2. Purity: Are People of the Book Who Acknowledge the Prophet (s) but Follow Ancestral Practices Considered Non-Muslims in Terms of Purity?

3. Purity: Ruling on Purity of One Who Believes in God but Does Not Pray

4. Purity: Who Are the People of the Book (Ahl al-Kitāb) and What Are the Limits of Social Relations with Them?

5. Purity: Ruling on the Purity of the ‘Aliyyullāhī Sect

6. Purity: Ruling on the ‘Aliyyullāhī Sect’s Divine Claims About Imam ‘Alī (a.)

7. Purity: Ruling on Donating Votive Offerings to ‘Aliyyullāhī Centers

8. Purity: Ruling on the Purity of the Ismā‘īlī Sect and Their Beliefs

9. Purity: Ruling on Purity of Rented Houses and Hotels in Non-Muslim (Buddhist) Areas

10. Purity: Ruling on Sabeans of Khuzestan as People of the Book

11. Purity: Ruling on Purity and Prayer in a House Built by Non-Muslims

12. Purity: Ruling on Employment with Non-Muslims and Receiving Wages

13. Purity: Ruling on Consuming Dairy Products from the Ahl-e-Ḥaqq Sect

14. Purity: Ruling on Prayers and Consuming Food from Ahl-e-Haqq (Yarsan) Followers

15. Purity: Ruling on Gifts and Money Received from a Communist Relative

16. Purity: Rulings on Interaction with Bahā’ī Students and Shared Facilities in Schools

17. Purity: Duty of Believing Men and Women Toward the Deviant Bahā’ī Sect and Its Societal Impact

18. Purity: Ruling on Consuming Food Offered by Followers of the Deviant Bahā’ī Sect

19. Purity: Ruling on the Purity (Ṭahārah) of Bahā’īs Living in One’s Neighborhood

20. Purity: Ruling on the Purity of Shared Bus and Train Seats Used by Muslims and Non-Muslims

21. Purity: Ruling on Consuming Food Prepared by Non-Muslims While Studying Abroad

22. Purity: Permissibility of Forming Ties and Eating Food of a Muslim Employed by Non-Muslims

23. Purity: Ruling on Family Ties and Purity Status of a Repentant Apostate

24. Purity: Ruling on One Who Rejects Essential Tenets of Islam

25. Purity: Are Apostasy and Warring Non-Muslim Punishments Political or Fixed Divine Laws?