- Impurities

Rules of impurity, Ghaliza

There are two type of impurities, Ghaliza and Khafifa. If impurity Ghaliza gets on your clothes and is more in size than a Dirham (fifty pence piece), then to clean it is compulsory, without cleaning it your Salaah will not count. If the impurity on your clothes is the same size as a Dirham, then to clean it is necessary (Wajib) and therefore if Salaah is prayed, you must repeat it as the Salaah is Makrooh-e-Tahrimi and to pray it again is Wajib. If the impurity is less in size than a Dirham, then to clean it is Sunnah and if Salaah is prayed, it will count but is against the Sunnah and to repeat it is better.

If the impurity is solid such as stools, dung, excrement etc. then the measure of a Dirham is in weight. If the impurity is liquid such as urine, alcohol etc. then the measurement of a Dirham is in length and width. According to Shariah the weight of a Dirham in this text is four and a half grammes and in the text of Zakah is three and a fifth grammes. The size in length and width of a Dirham according to Shariah is the inside of a palm (and therefore approx. size of a fifty pence piece) [Durr-e-Mukhtar, Bahar-e-Shariah]. 

Rules of impurity, Khafifa
1) Whatever part of clothing impurity Khafifa gets stuck to (e.g. sleeve, collar, trouser leg etc.) or part of the body (e.g. hand, arm, leg etc.) and if it is less than a quarter of the whole item, then the Salaah will count. If it is more than a quarter than the item, then without washing it the Salaah will not count [Alamgiri etc.].

2) The difference of impurity Ghaliza and Khafifa is when it gets stuck on clothing or the body. However, if an impurity, whether Ghaliza or Khafifa is added to a liquid such as water, vinegar, milk etc. then even if one drop is added the whole content becomes impure, as long as it is not a Dadarda (large pool).

What items are impurity Ghaliza
1) Whatever item is discharged from a person's body that would break the Wudhu or Ghusl is impurity Ghaliza. Such as:

a) faeces, b) urine, c) flowing blood, d) puss, e) mouthful vomit, f) blood from menstrual pause, g) blood from childbirth, h) blood discharge, i) sperm, j) semen (thin), k) water from a hurting eye, l) navel or stomach water which comes out due to pain, m) flowing blood from any land animal whether Haram or Halal including small reptiles blood such as lizards, n) fat of a dead animal,

2) Meat of a dead animal and any faeces or urine of a Haram four legged animal such as:
a) dog, b) cat, c) tiger, d) cheetah, e) vulture, f) fox, g) wolf, h) donkey, i) ass, j) elephant, k) pig l) and horse dung etc.

3) Also faeces of any Halal four legged animal such as:
1. Cow or buffalo dung, 2. Goat, 3. Camel, 4. White antelope, 5. Stag, 6. Deer dung, 7. Also dung of those birds that do not fly high such as chicken, duck, whether they are large or small.

4) Any type of alcohol or juice that would make someone lose their sense.

5) Also faeces and urine of a snake and also meat of a wild snake and a wild frog who has flowing blood and whether they have been slaughtered and their skin whether it has been boiled.

6) Also meat of a pig and it's bones, skin and hair whether it has been slaughtered. All of the above is impurity Ghaliza [Alamgiri etc.].

7) The urine of a milk drinking child male or female is impurity Ghaliza. The fact that is commonly known that the urine of a milk drinking child is clean is totally wrong [Qazi Khan, Radd-ul-Mohtar].

8) If a distressed lion cub vomited milk and it was a mouthful, then it is impurity Ghaliza.

9) The blood of a lizard or chameleon is impurity Ghaliza.

10) An elephant's trunks phlegm is impurity Ghaliza. The saliva of beasts such as dogs, cheetah and other four-legged beasts is impurity Ghaliza [Qazi Khan].

11) If impurity Ghaliza mixes with impurity Khafifa, then all of it becomes Ghaliza.

12) If there are various drops of impurity Ghaliza on a piece of clothing and individually it does not amount to a Dirham, however, when collated together it is the same size or more than a Dirham then the rule of a Dirham applies. The same rule applies to impurity Khafifa. 

What items are impurity Khafifa
1) Whatever animal's meat is Halal, such as:
a) a cow, b) bull, c) buffalo, d) ram, e) goat, f) camel, g) white antelope etc. their urine and a horse's urine is impurity Khafifa. 

2) Also those bird's meat which is Haram (whether it be a bird of prey) such as:
a) crow, b) eagle, c) falcon, d) hawk etc. their droppings is impurity Khafifa [Hindiya etc.]. 

3) Milk of Haram animals is impurity Khafifa, however, milk of a female horse is clean but is not allowable for drinking [Bahar-e-Shariah]. 

4) The Halal birds that fly high such as:
a) Pigeon, b) dove, c) starling, d) water fowl, e) geese etc. their droppings are not impure.

5) The droppings and urine of a bat are both clean [Radd-ul-Mohtar].

6) The blood of fish and animals of water and small mites and mosquitoes is clean [Hindiya etc.].

7) If very small droplets of urine like the size of a pinpoint get on your clothes or body, then they will remain clean [Qazi Khan].

8) If the clothing has them sort of small droplets and then it drops into water, the water will remain clean [Bahar-e-Shariah].

9) If blood comes out due to injury but stays in it's spot and does not flow, then it is clean [Bazaziya, Qazi Khan]. The blood that has remained in the meat, spleen and liver is clean and if these items are mixed in flowing blood then it is impure and will need to be washed before making it clean [Hindiya, Bazaziya etc.].

10) If you are praying Salaah and there is a bottle in your pocket containing urine, alcohol, blood, then the Salaah will not count [Minya etc.].

11) If you have an egg in your pocket whilst praying Salaah and whether the inside of the egg is turning into blood the Salaah will count [Minya etc.].

12) If after performing excretion or urinating you clean the parts with a handful of sand etc. and then you perspire sweat and the clothing gets wet, they will not be unclean [Bahar-e-Shariah].

13) If the smoke from impurities gets on your clothes, they will not become unclean [Alamgiri, Radd-ul-Mohtar etc.].

14) The mud in the path is clean as long as you are not aware of any impurities being in it and if Salaah is prayed with this mud on your clothes or feet, it will count, but it is better to clean it off [Bahar-e-Shariah].

15) If water is passing in a stream on the pathway and some of it splashes on your clothes, the clothes will not be impure, however, it is better to clean them [Bahar-e-Shariah].