 Assalamu Alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuhu and welcome to Ahqam SOS, the show that brings you the rulings on Islamic duties and practices by the Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Sadik Shirazi, may Allah prolong his life. Tonight's discussion will be on Nijasat impurities. I'm your host, Mohsin Shah, and this is your co-host, Sheikh Ali Ma'ash. Assalamu Alaikum Sheikhna. Wa Alaikum Assalam Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuhu. Sheikhna, let's begin the discussion by, do you have any sort of hadith or any sort of narration in regards to Nijasat and why it is haram or anything like that? Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Raheem. Wa sallallahu ala Muhammadin wa alayhi al-tayyibin al-taherin. Initially, Allah SWT is wise and created the mankind according to his wisdom. So when he made things haram or halal or wajib, it's all according to his wisdom. Now, the narration, I would like to mention now, before we begin with the Islamic rulings with regard to the Nijasat and impurity, it's a narration from Mufad al-Ibn Umar, one of the loyal companions of Imam Al-Sadiq, alayhi al-salam. He says, He says that I ask Imam Al-Sadiq, peace be upon him, that why did Allah SWT made it haram and forbidden for the one to consume wine, corpse, blood, and pork meat? The Imam, peace be upon him, he responds to Mufad al-Ibn Umar, he says, He says that the Imam, peace be upon him, with this regard that Allah SWT, when he made it haram and forbidden, it wasn't with the desire of Allah SWT, it wasn't with his interest, just the desire, just a vain desire, you know, with regard to forbidding things. Then the Imam says, So Allah SWT, there wasn't the situation of, in one side, to make things forbidden due to his desire, or to actually use austerity, let's say, with regard to making things haram and halal. However, the Imam responds, The Imam, peace be upon him, says that he made these things haram and halal, it's all to do with what benefits that mankind with regard to his body, what makes his body strong and strong and beneficial. So when Allah SWT says in the Holy Quran that, for example, eating pork meat is haram or drinking wine is haram, then it's all to do with the benefit for the mankind, for his body, for his soul, for his social life, to do with psychology, and all types of attachments to the human being. So when it's haram, then there's actually benefit. So Allah SWT is wise when he created the mankind to benefit him and not to actually harm him according to this narration. Then the Imam says, So he knew that Allah the Almighty that, for example, this particular thing or meat became haram and forbidden, because it would actually harm that person when he eats it. So he's saying it's for our own benefit and our own health that these things have been. The first thing is the benefits and the health in this dunya and the reward for the hereafter. When you obey the Creator, when you obey the wise, then of course you'll be rewarded for being patient on these issues, the haram issues, the forbidden issues, the obligatory and wajibat issues. So you get actually a reward in the hereafter as well. Let us now discuss more on what is actually nijasat, what is the meaning of nijasat? We have something called dirty and we have something called impure. Okay. Now something that is dirty with regard to the hygiene, of course you have to wash that dirty thing, it's to do with hygiene and cleanliness. Could you give an example of dirt? Are you talking about some mud or something like ink? Mud ink, anything else, you know, if you want to eat, for example, you make sure you wash your hands, you wash the fruits you buy from the market, it's dirty and so forth. So it's to do with dirtiness and so forth, in the bacteria issues and so forth. So when it comes to the impurity and nijasat, it's all to do with faith and religious issues that I cannot, for example, eat something in nijas because it's haram, it's forbidden and I cannot pray with nijas, clothes or body and actually perform that worship before Allah swt. So basically nijasa and impurity are something in which the sharia brought and ordered us to actually follow these instructions otherwise we'll have trouble with the worship, the ibadat, we'll have trouble with eating things which are najis, impure and so forth. So what items are on this list of nijasat as in, we talked about wine, blood, pork meat, are there any other nijasat in that list? Yeah there are categories of nijasats, let's begin with the first and the second category of nijasa. The first one is the urine and the second one is the feces. So the body waste of the human being and animals in overall. Now we have to break down those two types of nijasa with regard to the animals and human beings. Initially any human beings waste, body waste in terms of the urine or the feces is nijas, be it a baby or an adult. Urine and the feces of the human being is nijas. In other words you have to purify it if you want to pray for example or if your hands are stained with nijasa then you have to actually wash them. Okay so when it comes to the actual item itself, the substance, urine or feces, is that ever tahel or does that remain nijasa throughout its whole creation, its whole life? As in if I have a sample, a urine sample which we're giving in hospitals, that sample, can that be become made pure tahel by adding any substances to it? Or does that continuously remain nijasa? The nijasa substance by itself, the inherent nijasa would remain nijasa forever, be it a blood, be it urine, feces, unless you mix it with a let's say stream water for example and it just disappears then that becomes tahel. Otherwise itself by itself it remains nijas forever. Now with regard to the nijasa as I've mentioned the humans feces and urine is nijas and also any haram mit animal which has the gushing blood when it's slotted and killed, the gushing blood from that haram animal also that haram animal that we cannot eat also the feces and the urine is also nijas and impure such as the fox, the wolf, lions, cats for example, any gushing animal when it's slotted. Okay, when it's slotted. All right so you're talking about when they cut from here if the blood gushes out? Yes, you're right. The haram animal of course. It has to be a haram animal. So with with sheeps and cows does the blood gush? Now with regard to the halal animals such as the sheep, cows and let's say donkey for example these types of animals because they are halal meat you can actually eat them then their urine and feces are pure. Also the second type of animals are the insects that also they are tahr in terms of their feces and urine as well and of course there are another type of haram meat animals which has no gushing blood such as the snakes for example and crocodiles if you slotted them you won't see any gushing blood from them. So also that type of animals I think they called reptiles. Reptiles yes. Reptiles European feces are also tahr. As long as they have no gushing blood when they're slotted. Shekhna what about the feces and urine of birds for example meaning you live in London I'm sure when you park your car in your tree you come back you've got a lovely surprise of the ziyara of the pigeons have come to see your car what about that sort of waste of an animal is that considered nudges the waste of the pigeons or the birds and the sea animals they're also tahr again all types of birds the ones that eat let's say vegetables okay seeds and so forth and the ones eat meat yes all its urine and feces are all tahr as well as the sea animals there's a fish the fish's urine and feces also tahr so they are pure. Some people might ask that what about the cat for example okay now the cat as I mentioned it's also nudges you cannot have cat at home and as a pet but you have to make sure that you avoid the urine and the feces of the cat. Is that nudges yes of course okay so the cats waste because a lot of people have cats at home as a pet yeah because you know they're not considered nudges in terms of touching them and but you're saying that the the waste of a cat is nudges it is indeed but we have to also refrain from its the hair basically okay in the time of the salah so if you actually you if you carry a cat and you have it on your lap for example you have to make sure there's no hair attached to your body or clothes when you pray so just to make sure that you avoid that otherwise you cannot have a cat and if you avoid it's nijasa then that's fine okay lovely so what's next on the list of nijasa the next nijasa is the semen or the sperm of the human being as well as the any animal that gushes the blood when it's slotted even if it's a sheep or a cow okay so that exception for the sheep and the cow and the animals is just that sperm or the um ejaculation of uh the sperm from so the sperm of the human and animals rushing blood yeah that have gushing blood you're right that is also nudges yes so when we talk about sperm we know that there's only there's two ways to release sperm there's one when you have you go to sleep and there's one when you have marital relations right um is it how important is it that we purify ourselves as soon as this nijasa comes of course i mean as we usually do when we go to the loo in terms of purifying the urine likewise you would purify uh nijasa from that part and then for the uh for the sperm or for the the semen you have to actually do the also which is called also janaba that will inshallah we'll cover this in the next episode inshallah with regards to the semen i mean obviously it can be of a nuisance sometimes for males as we wake up and there's nijasa on us how quickly do we have to remove that nijasa or can we you know go back to sleep or carry on without day without removing the nijasa the nijasa to be removed is is mainly for the purpose of the ibadah and worship which is the salah the wajib prayer yes or any even mustaha prayer you have to make sure you're pure from the nijasa so it's mainly for the nijasa for the issue of the salah and and so forth otherwise you can remain with your nijasa but it's better to purify it but as i've said um the main purpose for purifying is to have a pure body for the wajib salah what's next on the list the next one is the corpse or the carcass of a dead animal for example okay now animal which is uh being killed uh let's say without slaughtering towards the qiblah and all the conditions of having the halal meat let's say you would shoot a sheep with a gun and then a dyes yes or for example that animal dies naturally due to a disease and and so forth so having such condition with an animal that gushes blood then that corpse is nages which means if you touch it you have to purify purify your hands and your body and of course we can't eat it because it's not halal in regard to the halal meat animals such as the sheep and the cow but because they died naturally or being killed uh and slaughtered not in the position of the qiblah and with all the conditions of the halal meat then they are nages and we cannot consume them and same thing applies to the haram meat animals such as the lion cats for example wolf and so forth the corpse are also nages so sheikh na we in the hadith you mentioned also that blood is uh nages um is that on the list as well and what sort of what types of blood are the nages yes blood is the next category basically the blood of any human being and also any animal which has gushing blood when it's slotted is also nages okay so for example if you slaughter a sheep and the blood comes out of this sheep that blood that came out of that sheep is nages likewise if you let's say kill or hunt a fox or a tiger the blood came coming out from that a haram animal is also nages okay what about we know that females go through a certain biological phase once a month the blood that's being released of course that considered nages as well that blood is also nages yes right but also we have another type of blood which is not nages okay and that type of blood is to do with animals which have no gushing blood okay when it's killed so like fish such as ascent fish for example mosquitoes for example um animals um insects for example i mean the blood of the flies yes you know small flies very little yes butterfly for example these blood are not nages okay so you don't have to refrain from them okay of course for the hygiene purpose you can clean them wash them but as an ajasa you can still pray while they're on your body for example so shakna i've got a question that was emailed in to us and that was regarding the halal animals which are slotted in a halal way so we've got a lamb we've slotted it in a halal way facing kibla everything's legit now we've you know skin there we've started to cut the meat up and everything and we found blood remaining in in the body of the animal is that blood considered nudges whatever remains inside the body of that sheep or lamb or cow remains tahrir and pure so only the ajasa is what came out in the beginning of the slaughtering of that animal and the remaining blood becomes tahrir inside the body so you don't have to avoid it that sounds so shakna you've talked about feces urine blood what's what else is on the list yes the next category is dog and pig okay so nudges animals they are the only unique nudges animals on this planet which are entire nudges so so you mean they're continuously continuously and everything in their body is nudges the skin the hair saliva the nails everything everything so subhan Allah Allah is wise and he knew why did he made these two animals specifically nudges and specifically the dog in which we we see a lot of people make use of them very beneficial animals in terms of security guarding very loyal to their keepers for example and of course I mean Allah swt is wise so he he knows why did these animals you know became nudges and in which we have to refrain from them you know for example the dog we cannot actually I mean we can actually touch them but we have to make sure we pure our hands and hands from the nijasa of course if it's dry if the pig or the dog is dry yes and our hands are dry as well there's no reason for making them pure okay so nijasa is not transferred if your hand is dry and the the item is also dry so nijasa is only transferred through a medium which is normally liquid correct exactly the nijasa occurs and takes place when the moisture transfers from one substance to another so sheikhna what else is on the topic what else on the list of nijasa yeah the next category is wine okay wine which is known as khamur as well khamur so is this wine in particular or alcohol intoxicating alcohol in general anything that that intoxicates and has the muskir as they say okay is nudges and haram to consume does that include drugs because some drugs don't have alcohol in them they're powder or they're certain substances but they do cause intoxication they do cause like this high are they considered nudges as well or is it just wine in particular we're talking about here with regard to drugs like hashish um which are solid not liquid the only for nudges ones are the liquid ones which is the wine okay but the solid ones which is like the drugs and the hashish they're not nudges okay they remain tahrir and pure but the ones but that doesn't mean that this is halal to use oh that's a different issue of course yeah that's clear that they don't of course you don't have to do something if you touch uh you know some sort of drugs but the permissibility of usage we're not saying that says how it doesn't allow us to use of course that drugs are not allowed to be used of course okay so back back to alcohol um so you're saying that it can it consists of all of the different types of alcohols so uh because we mentioned wine what about beer or spirits or uh swisky and things like that of course any intoxicated liquid is haram to consume and nudges impure as well so beer is also as as known arabic faqaa that we have a narration with regard to this specific beer that the imam says it is a kind of drink or alcohol that the people made it didn't really care about it so there's some people who drink it some of the muslim sex they actually allow it and they drink it okay so the imam said no in the belief is actually haram to consume beer which is known as faqaa and it's nudges according to say Sadr Shirazi's fatwa okay sheikhna what about to alcohols uh because we know that there are many types of alcohols the ones that intoxicate us that's for for beverages or for those who want to consume it but we have alcohols that are industrial alcohols we have alcohols in shampoo and soap and perfume these aren't the same as in they have a different chemical structure also they don't actually intoxicate you at all is this alcohol are these alcohols also nudges these types of alcohols in used in such as in medicine in soaps in shampoos and so forth as long as they're not intoxicated and there's no muskir as they say then it's halal to use and it's tahr to use there's no problem with that at all it's just the issue of intoxication within the usage either to be eaten or used as a cream for example as a cream lotion for example for the body if it's intoxicated that's haram of course it's nudges to be used so you have to purify your hands from this najasa afterwards for the pray for the next pray for the wool for example so yes we can use soaps medications and so forth which has alcohol as long as there are no uh intoxication and as they say muskir inside the substance of these uh items and products shaykhana what about when people use alcohol in foods sometimes uh alcohol is added to the food and burnt off uh so you know i know with the italian food um they they when they're cooking they're putting some wine and stuff and they're cooking but as they're cooking it the alcohol will be burnt off is that considered nudges well the minute or the second the alcohol that intoxicated alcohol let's say champagne or wine or anything else touches that food in the pan makes that food nudges straight away okay so even if the alcohol evaporates still that food is nudges and haram to consume okay what about certain foods that we don't add alcohol to it but while we're cooking the food alcohol may be released for example if we're when you make apple pie we take apples and add a bit of water and you have to boil it and you have to like um you know uh i don't know what the proper word is for it but you have to make it into like some sort of a stew some sort of a paste so you're warming up the apples and stuff like that when warming up fruit there's always a danger of alcohol being released unintentionally not that we want to make alcohol unintentionally we're trying to make an apple pie so i've got the water i've got the apple i'm heating it up now it's cooking it's getting softer it's becoming a paste all about then if alcohol is actually released in that process unintentionally is that considered nudges as well well we have two issues here with regard to cooking or boiling fruits specifically and food with regard to let's say fermenting the process of fermentation of barley for example that actually produces uh as a result the beer which we just mentioned now and that becomes actually haram to consume and nudges uh also we have the the grape juice if it's boiled and also haram to consume wine obviously another issue as well but other items such as you mentioned the apple pie for example to actually cook and boil the apple there's nothing wrong with it i mean you can consume the apple which is being cooked and the only thing that is to do with the grapes grape juice which is haram to consume if it's boiled reaching that level of boil and even if that's for example apple produced some kind of acid as long as it's it's not intoxicated and it's halal to use and consume okay what about if um you know if i'm eating somewhere and a drop of alcohol falls into my food in fact what if a drop of nijasa of any sort eating and drinking and nijasa falls into this is this uh does this make my food um nudges or is it still tart and i can consume it basically there are two issues here number one if the food was solid okay all of it was liquid so if the food was like a soup and you have a drop of blood or alcohol uh dropped inside that uh specific panel plate for example if it's something liquid then you have to avoid eating or drinking that particular uh food because actually when it's uh dropped in that liquid the whole thing becomes nudges similar to the cup of water for example if it's a solid food such as meat rice um and so forth you can actually just remove that section that was uh contacted with the blood you just remove it and then you can consume the rest of the food uh peacefully without any worry about nijasa whole food okay that's that's fine sheikhna um if it was you know uh like a small chicken sheesh like kitchen cubes or if it was uh rice or something like that but what if it's a big piece of meat and that meat is moist as well it's got juices flowing from it um then what do i just cut the part that it's it's been touched with and i can throw that away and consume the rest or is the whole thing now been affected as long as that drop of nudges of blood for example did not reach the whole section of the meat then you can consume okay otherwise uh if it was in a way that you had many small drops splashed on the whole meat or the whole chicken then you have to avoid it or you just wash the chicken or the meat and then you can eat again okay so by purifying the chicken or the meat or the rice for example you can go back and eat again so that's another solution for those who wish to um eat something which became nudges so just wash it and eat again sheikhna final question and alcohol sometimes doctors do prescribe us to drink alcohol for our heart conditions or from certain other um diseases are we allowed to then consume this for medic medical purposes or should we as muslim still stay away from it no there's no justification for us or reason to use alcohol for medication at all as long as we have other medications especially in today's world where the medication has been developed and processed in different fields even you can have let's say vegetarian medications medicines all types of medicines are available in the market so no reason to use alcohol at all in medication even we have a regeneration that someone comes to the Imam he asks that I've got a problem in my stomach and the doctor prescribed for me to consume alcohol the imam refrains him from using this prescription which is alcohol so no there's no way for us to consume alcohol for the purpose of medication thank you very much for joining us and inshallah we'll be here next week with a new 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