Najis

In Islamic law, najis (Arabic: نجس‎) means ritually unclean. According to Islam, there are two kinds of najis: the essential najis which cannot be cleaned and the unessential najis which become najis while in contact with another najis. Contact with najis things brings a Muslim into a state of ritual impurity (Arabic: نجاسة‎ najāsa, in opposition to ṭahārah, ritual purity). Ritual purification is then required before religious duties such as regular prayers are performed.

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Najis . Salah (Prayers)

If I have offered all the five prayers of a day and later realised that the garments I had on were Najis, should I reperform those prayers? If yes, what should be the Niyat?

Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi, Sayyed Mohammad al-Musawi is originally from Iraq and heads up the World Ahlul Bayt Islamic League in London. Other than being involved in various humanitarian projects, he frequently responds to... Answered 3 weeks ago

If you performed your obligatory prayers with cloth which you thought it Tahir, then discovered later on that it was not Tahir, you do not need to re perform those prayers, but wear Tahir clothes for coming prayers.

Wassalam.

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Najis . Tazkiyah (Purification)

How do I purify my hands after touching an item that is Najis and wet?

Just wash your hands with water, one time if water is connected to tab or big quantity, and two times if water is in small quantity. Obviously, no Najis material should be on your hands.

Wassalam.

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Najis . Sexual . Menstruation

When in the state of Haidh or Janabah does everything I touch with wet hands become Najis?

Seyed Ali Shobayri, Seyed Ali Shobayri is of mixed Iranian and Scottish descent who found the path of the Ahlul Bayt (a) by his own research. He holds a BA in Islamic Studies from Middlesex University through the... Answer updated 1 month ago

Bismillah,

Asalamu Alaykom,

Being in a state of janabah or hayd doesn't make your hands najis. The only times you would spread najasa is when you touch blood or one of the najis substances with a wet hand or body part and then spread it.

You can touch things with wet hands in either state and nothing would become najis.

Only some ulema state that the sweat of someone who has committed zina is najis.

May Allah grant you success

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Najis . Mobile phone

After relieving myself, I was washing the Najasah but I do not clearly remember whether the wetness in my palm was Najis. I touched my mobile screen with the same wet hand. Is my mobile screen Najis and how do it make it Tahir again?

Bismillah,

Asalamu Alaykom,

You were not sure if your hand was najis nor did you see any najis substance on it so you can consider that your hand remained pure.

May Allah grant you success

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Najis . Dog . Pig

Will I get Najis if I save a drowning or injured dog or pig? And should I save them?

It is very good to save or help any animal including dog and pig. We have a Hadeeth about a sinner who was entitled to go to hellfire but was saved from hellfire just because he gave water to a thirsty dog. There is also a Hadeeth about a Muslim woman wo will go to hellfire just because of a cat which was locked up by her and left with out food and water. It is always very good to help, feed, give water to any animal.

Touching wet dog or wet pig will make your hand or body Najis, and that will never harm you as it can be purified with water.

Wassalam.

Najis . Dog . Pig

Will I get Najis if I save a drowning or injured dog or pig? And should I save them?

Rebecca Masterton, Dr Rebecca Masterton graduated with a BA in Japanese Language and Literature; an MA in Comparative East Asian and African Literature and a PhD in Islamic literature of West Africa. She has been... Answered 1 month ago

We are meant to be the guardians of the earth, showing mercy, especially to innocent animals. We have a duty to care for them. Therefore, even if you became najis after rescuing the animal, this is of lesser importance than showing mercy and humanity towards a sentient being that is suffering. You can easily become tahir again by purifying yourself after touching the animal.

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Najis . Clothing . Washing Machine

I washed clothes together in a washing machine. They included Najis and non-Najis clothes that had dirt stains on them. After the wash completed, I noticed that the dirt stains were still there. Should I consider all the washed clothes Najis or clean?

Bismillah,

Asalamu Alaykom,

If the ayn an najasa was still left on the clothes (for example pieces of fecal matter) then yes they would be najis. However if it was only stains left such as blood stains, then this wouldn't be najis as the actual najis substance has been removed.

May Allah grant you success

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Najasa . Najis . Clothing

After I finish washing my clothes in the washing machine I notice that one of the clothes still had Najasa on it. In such a situation, are the rest of the clothes to be considered Najis and need rewashing?

Bismillah,

Asalamu Alaykom, if najasa was still on some of the clothes then you need to rewash them again as they would be najis.

If only colour remains, then it wouldn't be necessary to rewash. For example you had some clothing with blood on it and the red stain remained while the actual substance was removed. In such a case the item would be tahir and colour wouldn't be an issue.

May Allah grant you success

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Face . Najis . Wudu (Ablution)

I had a pimple on my face that started to bleed but, after some time, it dried up. When it was time to do Wudhu, I forgot to purify that area. Is my Wudhu valid? Would my arms have become Najis too as the same hand would touch my face and arms?

Washing your face will makes it Taahir if you poured water on your face more than one time and your Wudhu then is valid.

Wassalam.

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Najis . Urine . Shower . Najasa

When someone is Najis with urine or faeces, and they are in the shower, do they become Tahir by simply standing under the shower once, after the actual Najasa is removed, or must they step out from the shower and re-enter to wash twice?

After the Najasat is removed, shower water falling on the Najis areas is enough immediately to make your body Taahir with out need to go out of the shower and re enter.

Wassalam.

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Cat . Food . Pork . Najis

I bought a cat recently and didn’t know the previous owners were feeding him food that contained pork. Does that fact make the bowl or glass used by me to feed the cat Najis? Do I have to get rid of the cat even if I don't feed it pork?

You do not need to get rid of the cat. The bowl and all items are not Najis unless you have an evidence that it had wet Najis item in it. If you know that it is Najis, then just washing it with water will make it Taahir.

Wassalam.

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Alcohol . Najis

I understand that the type of alcohol used in hand gel and wipes is different from the alcohol that intoxicates, but are we allowed to use such alcohol gel and wipes and does that cause the hands to become Najis?

Leading scholars like Ayatullah Khoei and Ayatullah Sistani and many others say that this artificial alcohol which does not intoxicate is not Najis.

Wassalam.