 Salamu alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh. Welcome to Ehqam SOS, the show that discusses Islamic duties and practices by His Eminence, the Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Sadik Shirazi, may Allah prolong his life. I'm your host, Mohsin Shah, and joining me is Sheikh Ali Ma'ash. Salamu alaikum sheikhna. Wa alaikum as-salam warahmatullahi. Sheikhna, we were discussing the criteria of Libas of the Masalli, so the clothes that one wears when praying. Can one actually pray with clothes that are made from dead animal skin or dead animal fur? Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Raheem wa sallallahu ala Muhammadin wa ala alayhi al-taibin al-taahireen. We've mentioned two criteria in the beginning of the previous episode, which was to do with the tahara and the purity of the clothes, which was the first criteria that we have to make sure that the clothes of the Masalli, of the one who was to pray before Allah was to be purified. The clothes must be pure and tahr. And the second one, to be permissible, not to be usurped. And we spoke about the Masalli with this regard. Now we move to the Masalli you mentioned, and that is not made of maite or dead animal corpse. Yes, we were not allowed to use or wear the clothes which were made from the skin of the dead animals, even if it was, let's say, the sheep or the cow skin which died as a result of natural death or was killed not in the way of the Sharia and Halal way. Also, the Sayyid says that it is as per obligatory precaution, that we also avoid wearing the maite and the dead corpse of the animals which have cold blood as well. So let's say the snakes skin, for example, or crocodile skin or even fish, let's say, well skin, which they die natural death, for example, or being killed. Now we cannot wear them in the Salah. So in this case, we cannot use them in the Salah itself and be it a cold blood or hot blood animal in any way. Now in regards to the Masalli, again, for using the Halal meat animal which has non-living parts, let's say the hair, the fur, the wool. So let's say if you find a dead sheep or camel or cow or even the feathers of, let's say, the chicken and so forth, and you wanted to take them these parts of the animal which have non-living as they say, you know, the fur, the wool. You can actually take them off from that animal and you make out of them clothings, garments, trousers and everything and you can wear them in the Salah because we have been using these clothes. We've been buying, for example, t-shirts, shirts, suits made in, for example, China, which is a non-Muslim country. So these parts of the animals which are made from and the animals were killed not in the way of Halal way, for example. We can actually use them. That's fine. There's no problem with it because they don't actually represent a living part of the animal, like the skin, for example. So we can actually use the wool, the fur, the feathers, for example, and such like to make clothes even if the animal was dead corpse, for example. What about animals which they meet is haram for us to eat. For example, a tiger or a lion or a bear. Are we allowed to use those sort of fur and skin for Salah? Again, with regard to the Haramite animals such as the cat, the tigers you mentioned, lion and such like, any parts of their body, even the head, the standard, if that was on your body, the Salah would be bottle and void. So you have to make sure you don't wear any kind of the skin or the fur or the wool of haram animals on your body in any how. You have to remove them, especially those who have cats at home, for example, to make sure that when they carry the cat, they remove all the heads attached to their body and clothes before they actually start praying. That's the important issue here. And again, let's bring this issue up as well with regard to the doubts of the ones who have the doubts that whether this garment or clothes or shirt or suit is it made from a Haramite animal, for example, or Halal myth animal? And unsure about it, you know, the hair, the wool and so forth. Can I actually use it? Because as I mentioned that the basis and the Qaeda was that you know, everything is Halal until you show it's Haram or everything is Tahir until you're sure that and certainly it's Nages. In this case, it's permissible for you for the one to wear these jackets, for example leather jackets that you don't know if it's made from animal Haram animal or industrial skin, for example, leather and so forth, you're allowed to wear them whether it's made in Muslim or Muslim countries. That's fine. As far as you don't know, you have doubts about the origination of these skins, you know, is it even from a Muslim or Muslim country? So that's fine. What is the rule in regards to gold or silver and also silk for a man to wear during Salah? With regard to the gold, let's come to the gold first. For the men, it is not allowed for them, number one, to wear the gold in anyhow, in their hands as an ornament, jewelry, or to wear the gold in the means of clothing, you know, the threads to get the gold made from the gold. Or the buttons are golden button, for example. So that's by itself is forbidden, not allowed. And on top of that, it becomes Haram and void. If you wear them in the Salah, it will make the Salah invalid and battle. So there's two issues here with regard to the gold. But there's no objection for the sisters and for the ladies to wear gold in the prayer, as I mentioned previously, that it is mustahab for the women to wear the jewelry, the necklace and so forth in the Salah, the beauty in the Salah. That's fine. That's mustahab even. So that's with regard to the gold issue that is Haram on the men to wear it, be it to wear it outside the Salah or inside the Salah. With regard to the silk, now the silk, for the men again, it's Haram. We're not allowed to wear silk, be it outside the Salah or inside the Salah. Inside the Salah, it will make the Salah void and battle. And with regard to wearing the silk for women, again, they're allowed to wear it in the Salah as they are allowed to wear it outside the Salah. The condition is different and the terms are different from men and women with this regard. What if the silk garment isn't 100% silk? In the West, we have, especially when it comes to ties and things like that and the handkerchiefs, they'll have silk but it'll be 30% silk, 50% silk. Is this considered to be the same as silk and has the same ahkam rule or is it different? Well, if it's something like the handkerchief, the handkerchiefs and something that doesn't really represent the Libas al-Musalli as I've mentioned as a full garment, in this case, it doesn't invalidize the Salah. The Salah will be accepted as far as just a small piece of, let's say, handkerchief or anything like that doesn't represent the Libas al-Musalli, the pros of the Musalli and be it a full silk, that's fine, pure silk, that's fine. So what doesn't represent, so can we get away with the handkerchief, what about a scarf, is that okay? Or does that represent the Libas? That could represent the Libas. I mean, you have to see if something can cover actually the body as a cover for the body, then that becomes the Salah invalid. So what about if I have a bandage or some sort of cast made from silk, is that okay to pray in or does it have to be removed? No, that's fine, that's not counted as wearing that bandage or that plus and so forth. So you can have actually a bandage with silk, which is to do with covering the wounds on the skin, even if it was made from the pure silk, that's fine. And Shaykhna, what happens if I have prayed Salah and I was wearing pure silk? What would happen if I didn't know that this was made from pure silk? What would happen if I knew I was wearing pure silk, I can't pray in this and then I forgot that I was wearing it and I prayed and then I remember after my prayer, oh this was silk, I'm not allowed to pray with this. You see, if somebody prays while wearing pure silk and he didn't know, he was ignorant or he forgets, he forgets to actually take off and pray. What the Sayyid says, the Sayyid differentiates between the Qasr and the Muqassr, the Qasr is somebody who never knew about it. He completely never knew about that this was silk and he prayed with it. The Muqassr is the one who, he knows that there's something called silk around and he should ask, he didn't ask, he didn't search, he just went and prayed. So he knows that he should have been asked somebody or the Aalim or whoever else to ask about the Masjid. He didn't ask, then he says that it's as precautioned, the Salah is void. But if it was just being unaware, Jahil, ignorant about it, in overall, he never knew about it, then in this case, the fatwa is that there's no requirement to repeat the Salah, it's correct. Although it's ahwad or it's precaution, it's better than to repeat the Salah, it's better. But otherwise, as a fatwa, the Salah is accepted and is valid. Shaikhana, what about if I have what we call Jannah Masjid on Mas'Allah, and sometimes we have nice luxurious ones made of quite nice materials, if that is made from silk or has silk in it, is that okay? Well, because these things are not part of libasil musalli, you know, you're not going to wear them, you're going to pray on them, or you're going to cover yourselves as a blanket, for example. So to pray on a Jannah Masjid or the praying mats made of out of silk, there's no objection for that, that's fine, you can actually pray on them. And the Salah is valid. As-Salaamu Alaykum Shaikhana, thank you very much and thank you to all the viewers who have joined us on the first season of Ahkam SOS, I hope it was very informative for you, and inshallah we'll be back in Ramadan, for a Ramadan special of Ahkam SOS discussing Ahkam in regards to fasting and in regards to the holy month of Ramadan. If you have any questions in regards to this special month and in regards to fasting, please contact us on the contact details provided and inshallah that Shaikhana will be able to address them and give you your answers and to then, As-Salaamu Alaykum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuhu