An
Important Ruling about Used Water
If you are without Wuḍū and your
hand, fingertip, fingernail, toenail or any other part of your body that must
be washed during Wuḍū comes into contact with water covering less than the
surface area of 25 square yards or 225 square feet for example, water in a
bucket or tub, that water will become Musta'mal (used), and it can no longer be
used for Wuḍū or Ghusl, regardless of whether this was done deliberately or
unintentionally. Similarly, if Ghusl is due and any unwashed part of the body
comes into contact with water, this water cannot be used for Wuḍū or Ghusl.
However, it doesn't matter if washed hand or washed part of body comes into
contact with the water.
(Baĥār-e-Sharī'at, pp.
333, vol. 1)
(Please study part 2 of
Baĥār-e-Sharī'at for more information on Musta'mal water.)
Attention
All Pān (Betel Leaves) Eaters!
A'lā Ḥaḍrat Imām Aḥmad Razā Khān عَلَيْہِرَحْمَۃُالرَّحْمٰن says, "Those who
are addicted to Pān know from experience that small particles of the Pān get
stuck in all parts of the teeth (especially when there are gaps in the teeth)
and rinsing the mouth three times or even ten times does not help in cleaning
it properly. In fact, even using a toothpick or Miswāk does not help, whereas
cleaning the mouth properly has been stressed greatly. It has been mentioned in
numerous Aḥādīš that when a person stands to offer Ṣalāĥ, an angel places mouth
on his mouth and anything he recites comes out of his mouth and enters the
mouth of the angel. If, at that time, there are particles of food stuck in his
teeth, the angels feel so severe distress by it that nothing else causes so
severe distress to them.
Beloved Rasūl of Allāh صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم
said, "When you stand at night to offer Ṣalāĥ, you should clean your teeth
with a Miswāk because when you recite the Qurān an angel places his mouth on
yours and anything coming out of your mouth enters the mouth of that
angel."
(Shu'bul Īmān, pp.
381, vol. 2, Hadīš 2117)
There is a report narrated by Ḥaḍrat
Sayyidunā Abū Ayyūb Anṣārī رَضِیَ اللّٰہُ تَعَالٰی
عَنْہُ in the book Kabīr written by Imām Ṭabarānī رَحْمَۃُاللّٰہِتَعَالٰیعَلَیْہِ that there is nothing
more troublesome for both angels than seeing their companion offering Ṣalāĥ
with pieces of food stuck in his teeth.
(Mu'jam Kabīr, pp.
177, vol. 4, Hadīš 4061, Fatāwā-e-Raḍavīyyaĥ, pp. 624-625, vol. 1)
A
Great Madanī Point of Taşawwuf (Sufism)
Ḥujja-tul-Islām Imām Muḥammad
Ghazālī عَلَيْہِرَحْمَۃُاللّٰہِالوَالِی
says, "When you pay your attention towards Ṣalāĥ after completing your
Wuḍū, now imagine: 'The parts of my body that people can see are purified but
standing in the court of Allāh عَزَّوَجَلَّ
without a purified heart is shameful because Allāh عَزَّوَجَلَّ
sees hearts as well.' He further adds, "One should remember that the
sanctity of the heart lies in repentance, abandoning sins and adopting nice
ethics. A person who neglects the inner purity and pays attention to the outer
purity only is like a person who invites a king to his house for a feast and in
order to please the king he cleans, polishes and colours the outside of his
house but neglects the interior. How will the king feel when he enters his
house and sees filth everywhere? Will he be happy or displeased? Every wise
person may understand how the king would react."
(Iḥyā-ul-'Ulūm, pp.
185, vol. 1)
صَلُّوْا عَلَى الْحَبِيْبِ صَلَّى اللّٰهُ
تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد
Five
Rulings Regarding Bleeding from Wound
1.
Blood, pus or yellowish fluid came out, flowed and it could
reach to a part of the body that is Farḍ to be washed in Wuḍū or Ghusl, Wuḍū
will become invalid.
(Baĥār-e-Sharī'at, pp.
304, vol. 1)
2.
If the blood just emerged on the surface and did not flow,
for example when the skin is cut slightly with the point of a sewing pin, knife
or while using a toothpick or Miswāk to clean your teeth or while biting an
apple causing impression of blood on apple or if traces of blood seen on finger
after inserting it into nose but not capable of flowing, Wuḍū will not be
affected.
(ibid)
3.
If it flows but not onto the surface of skin that must be
washed in Wuḍū or Ghusl (e.g. you have a spot in your eye that bursts but the
fluid remains within the eyelids or you feel bleeding inside your ear canal but
the blood stays inside), Wuḍū will not be affected.
(ibid, pp. 27)
4.
Even if the wound is quite large and the fluid is visible,
Wuḍū will not become null (invalid) unless the fluid (pus/blood) flows from the
wound.
(ibid)
5.
If one kept on cleaning the emerging blood from the wound
and did not let it flow, then ponder whether the cleaned quantity was capable
of flowing or not. If yes, Wuḍū will become invalid and otherwise, not.
(ibid)
Do
Injections Nullify Wuḍū?
1.
In case of inter muscular injection, Wuḍū will become
invalid provided blood comes out in such an amount that could flow.
2.
However, in case of Intravenous (IV) injection, blood is
first drawn into the needle and its quantity is enough to make it capable of
flow, hence it would nullify the Wuḍū.
3.
Similarly, when liquid glucose is injected into veins via a
drip, the Wuḍū will no longer remain valid because in such cases blood rises
into the tube in the amount that could flow. If somehow, blood does not enter
the tube, Wuḍū will not be affected.
4.
Getting blood out of body through a syringe for a blood test
will also nullify the Wuḍū. This blood is as impure as urine. Therefore, do not
offer Ṣalāĥ with a bottle of blood in pocket.
Tears
of an Ailing Eye
1.
Tears that flow out due to an infection or illness of the
eyes are impure and would also nullify Wuḍū.
(Baĥār-e-Sharī'at, pp.
310, vol. 1)
Unfortunately, many people are unaware of this ruling and
they mop away such tears like ordinary tears with their sleeves or clothes thus
making their clothes impure.
2.
The fluid discharged from the eye of a blind man due to
disease is impure and nullifies Wuḍū.
(Baĥār-e-Sharī'at, pp.
306, vol. 1)
Pure
and Impure Fluid
3.
Any fluid that is discharged from the human body but could
not nullify Wuḍū is not impure. Examples are blood or pus that cannot flow, or
vomit that is less than a mouthful.
(Baĥār-e-Sharī'at, pp.
309, vol. 1)
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