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

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

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

English:

Question #327:

Please answer the following questions:
i. What is the rule for Muslim students intermingling and shaking hands with students belonging to the deviant Bahā’ī sect at the primary, secondary, and high school levels, irrespective of whether they are boys or girls, mukallafs or not, within or outside the school?
ii. What should be the behavior of the teachers vis-à-vis students who either declare that they are Bahā’īs or are known to be such?
iii. What is the rule pertaining to using things used by all the students, such as drinking-water taps, latrine taps, pitchers, soap, etc., knowing that the body and hands are wet?

Answer #327:

All followers of the deviant Bahā’ī sect are considered najis and their coming into contact with something requires observing the rules of purity for matters in which the state of purity is required. But the behavior of the headmasters and teachers with Bahā’ī students should be in accordance with the regulations and Islamic ethics

-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Rules of Non-Muslims