Tuesday, 1 September 2026
Topic
7 articles tagged “Purity”, drawn from every section of the archive.
Yes. Purity is a condition for the validity of the prayer, so a prayer performed without wudu is repeated once you realise — but there is no sin for the honest mistake.
Yes, provided they are clean. The Prophet ﷺ prayed in his sandals and instructed his Companions to differ from those who did not — but mosque carpets and modern footwear make it impractical in most masjids today.
When water is unavailable or its use would cause harm: strike clean earth with both palms once, wipe the face, then wipe the hands. It replaces both wudu and ghusl.
Anything exiting the two passages, deep sleep, loss of consciousness, and — on the view of some schools — touching the private parts directly and eating camel meat.
Water must reach the entire body. If an area was genuinely missed, washing that area suffices on the view of many scholars, though some require repeating the ghusl if the sequence is deemed obligatory.
Do not engage it and do not act on it. Certainty is not removed by doubt, and repeating an act because of a whisper reinforces the pattern rather than resolving it.
Most contemporary scholars permit it, holding that the ethanol used in perfumery is not the intoxicating wine addressed by the prohibition, and that it is not consumed in any case.
