Ritual purity in Islam - Wikipedia

Purity is an essential aspect of Islam. It is the opposite of najāsa, the state of being ritually impure. It is achieved by first removing physical ... RitualpurityinIslam FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch EssentialaspectofIslam ThisarticleisabouthygieneinIslam.FortheJewishTaharahritualpreparationforburial,seeBereavementinJudaism§ Preparingthebody—Taharah. IthasbeensuggestedthatIslamichygienicaljurisprudencebemergedintothisarticle.(Discuss)ProposedsinceApril2021. PartofaseriesonIslamicjurisprudence(fiqh) Ritual Shahada Salat Raka'ah Qibla Turbah Sunnahsalat(TahajjudTarawih) Witr Naflsalat Sawm Zakat Hajj Ihram (clothing Mut'ah) Tawaf Umrah (andHajj) Political Islamicleadership Caliphate Majlis-ash-Shura Imamah Wilayatal-faqih Bay'ah Dhimmi Aman Family Marriage Contract Mahr Misyar Halala Urfi Mut‘ah Polygyny Divorce Khula Zihar Iddah Kafa'ah Adoption Breastfeeding Sexual Awrah Abortion Baligh Haya Hygiene Rape Zina Masturbation Criminal Hudud Blasphemy Maisir (gambling) Zina (illicitsex) Hirabah (unlawfulwarfareandbanditry) Fasad ("mischief") Mofsed-e-filarz ("spreadingcorruption") Fitna ("sedition") Rajm (stoning) Tazir (discretionary) Qisas (retaliation) Diya (compensation) Etiquette Adab Gendersegregation(Purdah) Mahram Honorifics Toilet Economic History Zakat Jizya Nisab Khums Sadaqah (Waqf) Baytal-mal Banking Riba Murabaha Takaful Sukuk Inheritance Hygiene Sexual Toilet Taharah Ihram Wudu Masah Ghusl Tayammum Miswak Najis Dietary Dhabihah Alcohol Pork Comparisonwithkashrut Military Jihad Hudna Istijarah(asylum) Prisonersofwar Islamicstudiesvte Purity(Arabic:طهارة,ṭahāra(h)[1])isanessentialaspectofIslam.Itistheoppositeofnajāsa,thestateofbeingrituallyimpure.Itisachievedbyfirstremovingphysicalimpurities(forexample,urine)fromthebody,andthenremovingritualimpuritybymeansofwudu(usually)orghusl. Contents 1IntheQuran 2ImportanceinIslam 3Shiaviews 4Sex 5Seealso 6References 7Externallinks IntheQuran[edit] TheQuransays:"InittherearemenwholovetoobservepurityandAllahlovesthosewhomaintainpurity."[Quran 9:108]andalsothereisoneversewhichconcernedwithTaharahorpurityandimpurityofHumans:"Oyouwhohavebelieved,indeedthepolytheistsareunclean,soletthemnotapproachal-Masjidal-Haramafterthis,their[final]year.Andifyoufearprivation,AllahwillenrichyoufromHisbountyifHewills.Indeed,Allahisknowingandwise."[Quran 9:28] ImportanceinIslam[edit] Observingcleanlinessofthesoul,theclothes,andthesurroundingsisobligatoryuponeveryMuslim,andthisisconsideredoneofthepillarsofIslam. Beforeofferingprayers,itisnecessarytoperformwudu,andincertaincases,ghusl.Thepurifyingagentisalwayscleanwater.However,duringtimeswhenwaterisnotavailableorisscarce,symbolicwuduandghuslcanbeperformedwithcleandryearthwhichisknownasTayammum. Ifthebodyorclothesshowtracesofurine,feces,semenoralcohol,thentaharahbecomesessential.Manyjuridicalopinionsaddbloodandpustothatlist.Theclothesshouldbewashedandtheaffectedpartofthebodycleanedwithpurewater,orthewholebodygivenaghuslasthecasemaybe. MostMuslimsbelievethattheymustperformaritualcleansingwithwater(Wudu)beforetouchingacopyoftheQuran,althoughthisviewisnotuniversal.[citationneeded] Wheninastateofmajorritualimpurity,oneshouldnoteventorecitetheQuran,letalonetouchit.[citationneeded] Inastateofminorritualimpurity,itisforbidden(insomeschools,makruh)tohandletheQuranandtoreadit,andisconsideredtobeacceptable(neutral,mubah)toreciteit,althoughitisbetterliked(recommended,mustahabb)toberituallypure.[citationneeded] AmushafisonlyaQuranifitistheArabicQuranictext,andabookthatcontainsmorethan50%non-QuranicmaterialisnotviewedasaQuranfortheabovepurposes,evenifitcontainsversesoftheQuranortheentireQuranictext.Exampleswouldbeatafsir,oratranslationoftheQuransuchasYusufAli's(withcommentary)whichcontainsoverfifteentimesasmuchtextinfootnotesthanitdoesinQuranictextorQuranicinterpretationineitherArabicorEnglish,orabookofhadiththatcontainsQuranicversesembeddedinthenarrations.[citationneeded] Shiaviews[edit] Inrespecttopurityofnon-Muslims,someoftheShiaMuslimsbelieveintheimpurityofnon-Muslims.However,thereareotherswhichbelieveinthepurityofnon-Muslims. SomepeoplesuchasShaykhTusibelievedthatitisnotpermissibletoeatwithKuffarornon-Muslims.Consideringnon-believersasNajishasbeenprevalentuntiltwentiethcentury.MuhaqiqHillialsobelievesinimpurityofnon-believers.Mostofmaraji(authoritiessuchasSayyidRuhollahKhomeini,NasirMakarimShirazi,SayyidMuhammadRidaGulpaygani,andSayyidAbual-QasimKhu’i)believedinimpurityofKuffar,includingAhleAlKitab.Ofcourse,Khu'ipointedoutprecautionrulinginthesubject.However,therearesomeauthoritiessuchasMuhammadBaqiral-Sadr,MuhammadFadilLankarani,Sayyid‘Alial-Sistani,andSayyid‘AliKhamene’iwhodidnotbelieveinimpurityofAhle-Al-Kitab. SomescholarssuchasMullaMuhsinFaydal-Kashani(d.1680)andAl-Muhaqqiqal-Bahrani(d.1708)didnotbelieveintheimpurityofnon-believers,andparticularlynon-Kitabi.Forinstance,KashanibelievesthattheimpurityofKuffarisspiritualandinternal,sothereisnoneedtowashaftertouchingthem.Thisgroupbelievesinthepurityofnon-Muslimsandofallhumans.MuhammadIbrahimJannaati,SayyidMuhammadHusaynFadlullah,SeyedMostafaMohagheghDamadandYusufSani‘iarepartofthisgroup.[2] Sex[edit] Mainarticle:Islamicsexualhygienicaljurisprudence Seealso[edit] Ghusl Istinja Junub Najasah Tahir Tayammum Wudu Ḥadathakbar Ḥadathaṣghar References[edit] ^ThesametermtaharahisalsofoundinHebrew,applyingtopurityinAncientIsraelandmodernJudaismalso. ^VARRICCHIO,2010&ThePurityofNon-MuslimsinShi‘aJurisprudence.JournalofShi‘aIslamicStudies,p. 170.174harvnberror:notarget:CITEREFVARRICCHIO2010The_Purity_of_Non-Muslims_in_Shi‘a_Jurisprudence._Journal_of_Shi‘a_Islamic_Studies(help) Externallinks[edit] LawsofIslamconcerningritualpurity TajweedulQuran vteSalah(Islamicprayer)Islamicprayers-Prayercompensation-WomanprayerCategoriesandtypesRegularmandatoryprayers Maghrib Isha(Chafa'a,Witr) Fajr(Fajrnaflprayer,Qunut) Jumu'ah(weeklyFridayprayer) Zuhr Asr Communalmandatoryprayers Salatal-Janazah Prayersfortheabsent Eidprayers(accordingtosomeIslamicscholars) Congregationalprayers Jumu'ah Tarawih Eidprayers Rainprayer Eclipseprayer [ar] Supererogatoryprayers Prayersofthetradition Voluntaryprayers Duha Ishraq Tahajjud Nightnaflprayer [ar] Tarawih Tawassul Chafa'a Witr Tahiyyatmasjid [ar] Occassionalprayers Salatal-Istikharah Salatal-Tawbah Sickprayer [ar] Needprayer [ar] Fearprayer [ar] Tasbihprayer [ar] Eidprayers Tarawih(Ramadan) Prayerunit(raka'ah)anditsconstituents Intention(Niyyah) Basmala Takbir Fatiha Standing(Qiyam) Recitation Qira'at Properpronunciation(Tajwid) Tilawa Loudprayer [ar] Silentprayer [ar] Supplication(Qunut) Bowing(Ruku) Prostration Sujud SujudSahwi SujudShukr SujudTilawa Sittinginsalah(Tashahhud) Peacegreeting(Taslim) Reverence(Khouchouâa [ar]) Contentment Mosque Mihrab Podium(Minbar) Sermon(Khutbah) Prayerhall(Musalla) Prayerrug(sajjādah) Conditions Prayercall Adhan Iqama Salahtimes Prayerforbiddentimes [ar] Prayerdirection(Qibla) Islamichygienicaljurisprudence RitualpurityinIslam Junub MenstruationinIslam Istihadha Najis Bath(Ghusl) Ablution(Wudu) Dryablution(Tayammum) Screenorbarrier(Sutrah) Category Retrievedfrom"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ritual_purity_in_Islam&oldid=1060531924" Categories:RitualpurityinIslamIslamicterminologyIslamictheologyIsmailitheologyHiddencategories:HarvandSfnno-targeterrorsArticleswithshortdescriptionShortdescriptionmatchesWikidataArticlestobemergedfromApril2021AllarticlestobemergedArticlescontainingArabic-languagetextAllarticleswithunsourcedstatementsArticleswithunsourcedstatementsfromNovember2021ArticleswithunsourcedstatementsfromMay2021 Navigationmenu Personaltools NotloggedinTalkContributionsCreateaccountLogin Namespaces ArticleTalk English expanded collapsed Views ReadEditViewhistory More expanded collapsed Search Navigation MainpageContentsCurrenteventsRandomarticleAboutWikipediaContactusDonate Contribute HelpLearntoeditCommunityportalRecentchangesUploadfile Tools WhatlinkshereRelatedchangesUploadfileSpecialpagesPermanentlinkPageinformationCitethispageWikidataitem Print/export DownloadasPDFPrintableversion Languages AcèhالعربيةAzərbaycancaবাংলাБашҡортсаČeštinaDeutschفارسیFrançaisBahasaIndonesiaItalianoעבריתҚазақшаКыргызчаمصرىBahasaMelayuOʻzbekcha/ўзбекчаپښتوРусскийاردو Editlinks