QUESTION 1: Is it allowed to take bath without clothes?
ANSWER : It is allowed for a person to take bath without clothes if he is at a place where no body can see him. He must not expose his front towards the direction of Qibla as its makrooh.
However, it is better not to take bath naked. A cloth should to tied covering the body parts from below navel till (including) knees.
Islam teaches us to be modest and terms it a part of faith.
The Prophet said : الْحَيَاءُ مِنَ الإِيمَان . i.e Modesty is part of Faith. (Sahih Muslim: Book 1, Hadith 61 )
Imam Zahbi writes about Ibn Abbas:
QUESTION 2: Sometimes few drops of urine get dropped in the undergarments. Will salah be permissible if we pray with the same garments?
Answer: Urine is Najasat-e-Ghaleezah i.e. major impurity and its ruling is that if it is more than the size of a dirham then it will not be permissible to pray salah with it. The cloth must be washed or changed before praying. If it is less than the size of the dirham them Salah will be valid but its sunnah it wash it off.
Imam Abul Hasan Ahmad al-Quduri writes :
QUESTION 4: A kid urinated on masjid's carpet. A person said that a carpet can not be cleaned as it absorbs the urine hence the part which is soiled due to urine should be cut out. Please let us know if there is any way to clean the carpet?
Answer : The person who said carpet can not be cleaned is wrong and cutting out the part of the carpet is a grave sin as all the property of a mosque are 'waqf' they can not be altered in anyway.
The carpet should be washed and hanged on a place until the water stops dripping from it.This should be repeated two more times. After the third time when water stops dripping, the carpet will become clean.
Sadrush Shari'ah write : Items which cannot be squeezed, such as grass-mats, utensils and shoes etc. should be washed and left out until such time that the water stops dripping from it. The same process should be repeated for a second and third time. Once the water stops dripping for the third time, it will be regarded as being purified. It is not necessary to dry it each time after washing it. Similarly, that fabric which cannot be squeezed due to its delicate nature should be purified in the same manner. (Bahar-e-Shariat, Part 2, Page 210)
and Allah knows best
QUESTION 5: If someone is Junubi (i.e. on whom ghusl is necessary) then will the clothes also become impure if they get wet due to sweat?
QUESTION 6: We usually get our clothes washed by laundry. Is it allowed to pray in these clothes?
ANSWER : As per Islamic ruling, the impure clothes must be washed separately from pure clothes, in pure water so that the filth is removed completely.
Usually in a laundry, all the clothes are put together in a washing machine and washed with water. The water may be clean but it must be 'pure' to clean the clothes.
In this case, It will not be permissible to wear the clothes from laundry.
You can pure your clothes easily at home, by putting all the cleaned clothes from laundry in a bucket and let the water tap open till it starts overflowing, sqeeue the clothes and let them dry.
and Allah knows best.
Question 7 : If I take shower, will I have to do the wudu also?
ANSWER : If during shower you cleaned your nose, rinsed your mouth thoroughly and washed the whole body, then there is no need to repeat the wudu.
However the Sunnah way to take bath (Ghusl) is to, wash the private parts and any filth off the body, then do wudu and later wash your complete body thrice.
Hidaya states :
وفرض الغسل المضمضة والاستنشاق وغسل سائر البدن
The obligation of ghusl is to rinse the mouth, clean the nose and washing of whole body (Fath ul-Qadeer ala Hidaya, Kitab ut-Taharat)
and Allah knows best.
QUESTION 8 : I was making love with my wife when someone knocked the door. I attended to that. Are we required to take bath even though I did not finish i.e. I did not ejaculate?
ANSWER : Ghusl is necessary on you and your wife.
Ghusl is necessary even if only glans penis (tip of the penis) has entered the vagina, even though there is no ejaculation.
The Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم ) said :
Imam Abdullah bin Mahmood al-Moosli writes in al-Ikhtiyar:
and Allah knows best.
QUESTION 9 : Is it allowed to apply nail paints? Will wudu & ghusl be valid with these? We had Dr. Aamir Liyaqat in USA sometime back, who said wudu & ghusl is valid as nails are not skin and it is necessary to wash the skin and not nails. Kindly advice.
ANSWER : Applying nail paint is allowed but it must be removed completely every time you do wudu or Ghusl.
In the matters of religion always rely upon the scholars who have been traditionally trained rather than self claimed, self made scholars & doctorates. Aamir Liyaqat is no scholar, he is just a clown who makes mockery of himself and the religion.
Quran describes the way of performing wudu and ghusl as :
O believers! When you wish to stand for prayer, then wash your faces and your hands up to the elbows and pass your wet hands over your heads and wash your feet up to the ankles. And if you ever in need of a bath then purify yourselves well. (Quran 5:6)
Where does Quran specifies only skin and excludes nails? Instead Quran teaches us to wash complete hand up to elbows and feet up to ankles hence nails of hand and feet are included in it.
ANSWER : It is allowed for a person to take bath without clothes if he is at a place where no body can see him. He must not expose his front towards the direction of Qibla as its makrooh.
However, it is better not to take bath naked. A cloth should to tied covering the body parts from below navel till (including) knees.
Islam teaches us to be modest and terms it a part of faith.
The Prophet said : الْحَيَاءُ مِنَ الإِيمَان . i.e Modesty is part of Faith. (Sahih Muslim: Book 1, Hadith 61 )
Imam Zahbi writes about Ibn Abbas:
عن ابن عباس ، أنه لم يكن يدخل الحمام إلا وحده ، وعليه ثوب صفيق ، يقول : إني أستحيي الله أن يراني في الحمام متجردا
Ibn ‘Abbaas would not enter the bathroom except that he was alone, and would be wearing a thick outer garment, saying: ” am shy from Allah Seeing me in the bathroom without any clothing. (Siyar Ailaamun Nubala, Vol 3 Page 355)QUESTION 2: Sometimes few drops of urine get dropped in the undergarments. Will salah be permissible if we pray with the same garments?
Answer: Urine is Najasat-e-Ghaleezah i.e. major impurity and its ruling is that if it is more than the size of a dirham then it will not be permissible to pray salah with it. The cloth must be washed or changed before praying. If it is less than the size of the dirham them Salah will be valid but its sunnah it wash it off.
If you have this issue quite frequently then you may keep tissue paper inside your undergarment which will avoid soiling your clothes.
Imam Abul Hasan Ahmad al-Quduri writes :
ومن اصابتہ النجاسۃ المغلظۃ کالدم والبول والغائظ والخمر مقداد الدرہم فما دونہ جازت الصلاۃ معہ ، وان زاد لم تجز (قدوری، باب الانجاس)
Whosoever is contaminated by severe filth like blood, urine, stool or wine, to the extent of a dirham or less, salah is permissible with it and if it more than [a dirham] then it is not permissible. (Quduri, Page 21)
Sadrush Shariah Mufti Amjad Ali writes :
The ruling in regards to Najaasat-e-Ghaleeza is that if the
clothing or body is polluted by it and this pollution is more than one
dirham, then to clean it off is Fard. If one performs Namaaz in this
condition without cleaning it off the Namaaz will not be valid at all.
If one intentionally performed Namaaz is this condition it is
regarded a sinful act and if one did this with the intention of
vilification and contempt then it is kufr. If the impurity is equivalent
to the size of a dirham, then to clean it is Waajib (compulsory) and it
is Makruh-e-Tahreemi to read Namaaz without cleaning it off. In
other words, it is Waajib (compulsory) to repeat such a Namaaz. If
one read Namaaz in this condition intentionally then he is regarded
as being sinful as well. If the impurity is less than the size of a
dirham then it is Sunnat to cleanse it, meaning that the Namaaz will
still be regarded valid even if it was not cleaned but it is Khilaaf-eSunnat,
i.e. contrary to the Sunnat. It is better to repeat that
Namaaz.
If the impurity is thin, such as in the case of the urine
of humans or alcohol then its comparison to a dirham is based on its
length and breadth. The Shariat has stipulated its quantity and
measure to be that which is equivalent to the depth of the palm of
the hand. The manner of deducing this, is to spread open the palm,
keeping it nice and flat then slowly pour onto the palm the
maximum amount of water that can remain on it. The size of the
dirham will thus be regarded based on the extent of the water on the
palm and here (in India) the size of a dirham is approximately the
size of an Indian rupee. (Bahar-e-Shari'at, Part 2, Laws of Jurisprudence
Regarding Impurities)
and Allah knows best.
QUESTION 3: I was sleeping and had a wet dream. I felt as if I'm going to ejaculate but before that I woke up. Later when I went to washroom, there was discharge of semen. Is Gusl fard on me?
Answer : Ghusl is necessary upon you.
Hidaya states :
الموجبة للغسل إنزال المني على وجه الدفق والشهوة من الرجل والمرأة حالة النوم واليقظة
cause of Ghusl is emission of semen due to ejaculation or lust, from man or woman, in the state of sleep or being awake. [Fath ul-Qadeer, Kitab ut-Taharat, Fasalun fil Ghusl]
Fataawa Alamgiri states :
وتعتبر الشہوۃ عند انفصالہ عن مکانہ لا عند خروجہ من راس الاحلیل
Excitement will be consider at the time of separation of semen from its origin and not at the time of its emission from urethra i.e. penis. (Fatawa Alamgiri, Vol 1, Page 17)
Imam Ahmad Rida writes :
رات کواحتلام ہواجاگاتوتری نہ پائی وضوکرکے نمازپڑھ لی اس کے بعد منی باہرآئی توغسل اب واجب ہوااور وہ نمازصحیح ہوگئی ۔
(A person) had a wet dream at night, when he woke up he did find (his clothes) wet. He did wudu and prayed Salah, later semen got discharged. Now ghusl will be required for him and the salah he prayed is valid. (Fatawa Ridwiyyah, Vol 1, Page 688)
and Allah knows best
Answer : The person who said carpet can not be cleaned is wrong and cutting out the part of the carpet is a grave sin as all the property of a mosque are 'waqf' they can not be altered in anyway.
The carpet should be washed and hanged on a place until the water stops dripping from it.This should be repeated two more times. After the third time when water stops dripping, the carpet will become clean.
Sadrush Shari'ah write : Items which cannot be squeezed, such as grass-mats, utensils and shoes etc. should be washed and left out until such time that the water stops dripping from it. The same process should be repeated for a second and third time. Once the water stops dripping for the third time, it will be regarded as being purified. It is not necessary to dry it each time after washing it. Similarly, that fabric which cannot be squeezed due to its delicate nature should be purified in the same manner. (Bahar-e-Shariat, Part 2, Page 210)
and Allah knows best
QUESTION 5: If someone is Junubi (i.e. on whom ghusl is necessary) then will the clothes also become impure if they get wet due to sweat?
ANSWER : Sweat of a Junubi is not impure and hence it will not make the clothes impure.
Imam Ahmad Rida writes from the the authority of Durre Mukhtar:
نہیں جنب کا پسینہ مثل اس کے لعاِب دہن کے پاک ہے۔فی الدرالمختار سؤر الآدمی مطلقا ولوجنبا اوکافرا طاھر وحکم العرق کسؤر اھ ملخصا ۳؎ واللّٰہ تعالٰی اعلم۔
No, the sweat of a Junubi is pure like his saliva. Its stated in Durre Mukhtar : The Remainder of food or drink of human is pure, though its of junubi or non-believer. The ruling on sweat is like ruling on Remainder of food or drink. (Fatawa Ridawiyyah, Vol 4, Page 373)
نہیں جنب کا پسینہ مثل اس کے لعاِب دہن کے پاک ہے۔فی الدرالمختار سؤر الآدمی مطلقا ولوجنبا اوکافرا طاھر وحکم العرق کسؤر اھ ملخصا ۳؎ واللّٰہ تعالٰی اعلم۔
No, the sweat of a Junubi is pure like his saliva. Its stated in Durre Mukhtar : The Remainder of food or drink of human is pure, though its of junubi or non-believer. The ruling on sweat is like ruling on Remainder of food or drink. (Fatawa Ridawiyyah, Vol 4, Page 373)
and Allah knows best
QUESTION 6: We usually get our clothes washed by laundry. Is it allowed to pray in these clothes?
ANSWER : As per Islamic ruling, the impure clothes must be washed separately from pure clothes, in pure water so that the filth is removed completely.
Usually in a laundry, all the clothes are put together in a washing machine and washed with water. The water may be clean but it must be 'pure' to clean the clothes.
In this case, It will not be permissible to wear the clothes from laundry.
You can pure your clothes easily at home, by putting all the cleaned clothes from laundry in a bucket and let the water tap open till it starts overflowing, sqeeue the clothes and let them dry.
and Allah knows best.
Question 7 : If I take shower, will I have to do the wudu also?
ANSWER : If during shower you cleaned your nose, rinsed your mouth thoroughly and washed the whole body, then there is no need to repeat the wudu.
However the Sunnah way to take bath (Ghusl) is to, wash the private parts and any filth off the body, then do wudu and later wash your complete body thrice.
Hidaya states :
وفرض الغسل المضمضة والاستنشاق وغسل سائر البدن
The obligation of ghusl is to rinse the mouth, clean the nose and washing of whole body (Fath ul-Qadeer ala Hidaya, Kitab ut-Taharat)
and Allah knows best.
QUESTION 8 : I was making love with my wife when someone knocked the door. I attended to that. Are we required to take bath even though I did not finish i.e. I did not ejaculate?
ANSWER : Ghusl is necessary on you and your wife.
Ghusl is necessary even if only glans penis (tip of the penis) has entered the vagina, even though there is no ejaculation.
The Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم ) said :
إِذَا الْتَقَى الْخِتَانَانِ وَتَوَارَتِ الْحَشَفَةُ فَقَدْ وَجَبَ الْغُسْلُ
When the two circumcised parts meet, and (the tip of the penis) disappears, then bath is obligatory.(Sunan Ibn Majah, Book 1, Hadith 654)Imam Abdullah bin Mahmood al-Moosli writes in al-Ikhtiyar:
ويوجبه غيبوبة الحشفة في قبل أو دبر على الفاعل والمفعول به (الاختيار لتعليل المختار , كتاب الطهارة , موجبات الغسل)
Ghusl becomes necessary on subject and object, by the disappearance of glans penis in vagina or anus.
and Allah knows best.
QUESTION 9 : Is it allowed to apply nail paints? Will wudu & ghusl be valid with these? We had Dr. Aamir Liyaqat in USA sometime back, who said wudu & ghusl is valid as nails are not skin and it is necessary to wash the skin and not nails. Kindly advice.
ANSWER : Applying nail paint is allowed but it must be removed completely every time you do wudu or Ghusl.
In the matters of religion always rely upon the scholars who have been traditionally trained rather than self claimed, self made scholars & doctorates. Aamir Liyaqat is no scholar, he is just a clown who makes mockery of himself and the religion.
Quran describes the way of performing wudu and ghusl as :
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِذَا قُمْتُمْ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ فَاغْسِلُوا وُجُوهَكُمْ وَأَيْدِيَكُمْ إِلَى الْمَرَافِقِ وَامْسَحُوا بِرُءُوسِكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُمْ إِلَى الْكَعْبَيْنِ ۚ وَإِنْ كُنْتُمْ جُنُبًا فَاطَّهَّرُوا
O believers! When you wish to stand for prayer, then wash your faces and your hands up to the elbows and pass your wet hands over your heads and wash your feet up to the ankles. And if you ever in need of a bath then purify yourselves well. (Quran 5:6)
Where does Quran specifies only skin and excludes nails? Instead Quran teaches us to wash complete hand up to elbows and feet up to ankles hence nails of hand and feet are included in it.
