Ṭahārah
17 fatwas in Fiqh.
- The ruling on yellowish or brownish discharge after becoming pure If a woman has nifās [postnatal bleeding], becomes pure within ten days, and then, four days later, sees ṣufrah [yellowish discharge] or kudrah [brownish discharge]…
- How long does a woman’s postnatal bleeding last? I am asking about a woman, a first-time mother, who gave birth to a daughter. Fifty days have passed and her bleeding has not stopped. Should she pray or not?
- The ruling on a man in wuḍūʾ touching his wife What is the ruling if a woman touches her husband? Must he perform wuḍūʾ or not?
- How to Perform Tayammum I hope Your Eminence will explain to us the correct way of performing tayammum [dry ablution with clean earth].
- Does the ghusl for janābah suffice for the Friday ghusl? Does the ghusl for janābah [major ritual impurity] suffice in place of the ghusl for Jumuʿah?
- Wuḍūʾ for someone with urinary incontinence A man with urinary incontinence says that when the prayer time comes in and he performs wuḍūʾ, no more than two drops of urine come out after the wuḍūʾ, and this…
- The ruling on a menstruating woman touching the Qurʾān We are students at a girls’ school. In the Qurʾān lesson the teacher tells us to recite the Qurʾān while we are excused, and we are too shy to tell him, so we recite out…
- May a menstruating woman recite the Noble Qurʾān? Is it permissible for a woman to recite the Noble Qurʾān during the days of her excuse? And may she recite the Noble Qurʾān when she goes to bed, and recite Āyat…
- When the period for wiping over leather socks begins and ends Your Eminence, our Shaykh, we would like clarification of when wiping over the khuffs [leather socks] begins and when it ends. Is it from the first ḥadath [state of…
- How many times the head is wiped in wuḍūʾ: the correct view One scholar says that the head is wiped with water once, and another says three times. Which is correct?
- The categories of water and the ruling on each A discussion arose about the categories of water. Some hold that water falls into two categories, pure and impure; others hold that it falls into three: purifying, pure…
- Wuḍūʾ with water clouded by mud and weeds A group of us went out into the open country and sat by a pool of water. The water was clouded with mud and some weeds. Is it permissible to perform wuḍūʾ for the prayer…
- Obsessive doubts about wuḍūʾ A questioner says: After I urinate — may Allah honour you — drops of urine come out of me for a few minutes and then stop. I put tissues inside the opening of the penis.…
- How to wipe over socks, and the conditions for doing so How is wiping over socks done, and what are its conditions?
- Does the white discharge a woman experiences break wuḍūʾ? A sister from Abhā, who signs herself Ṣ. Ṣ. Ṣ., asks: Does the white fluid that comes out of a woman while she is pure from menstruation break wuḍūʾ?
- What is the ruling on shaking hands with a non-maḥram woman, and does it break wuḍūʾ? The brother M. R. Y., from Darʿā in Syria, says in his question: I was at a gathering where a shaykh was present with us. After a little while a woman came in and shook…
- Does ghusl for janābah or other reasons suffice in place of wuḍūʾ? Brother ʿ. Ṣ. S., from Thādiq in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, asks: I performed ghusl for janābah [major ritual impurity] with soap and shampoo. Does this ghusl suffice…