Purification and its Rulings

A fatwa translated into German provides answers to questions about menstruation and postpartum bleeding regarding three acts of worship: Prayer, fasting, pilgrimage, and umrah.

A fatwa in English in which Sh. Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjed (may Allah preserve him) answers the following question, "If intercourse takes place and there is no ejaculation, is ghusl1 required? Or is it only required if ejaculation takes place?"

A fatwa in English in which Sh. Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjed (may Allah preserve him) answers the following question, “There is a woman who has reached the age of fifty. When she got her period in Ramadan she did not fast those days, but then she did not make them up because she was unaware that it is obligatory to make up missed fasts. Now she has come to know that it is obligatory to make up missed fasts. What should she do?”

A fatwa translated into English in which Sh. Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjid (may Allah preserve him) explains some issues about wiping over slippers and socks such as period and method of wiping.

A fatwa translated into Chinese in which Sh. Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjed answering the following question, "Are snails considered as bones that we cannot use in purifying ourselves after answering the call of nature."

A fatwa translated into Chinese in which Sh. Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjed answered the following question, "I am at school all day and use the bathroom. I cannot go home to purify after relieving myself. May I perform ablutions and pray or wait until going home to make up the prayers I missed."

A fatwa translated into Chinese in which Sh. Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjed answered the following question, "What is istijmar? May I use tissues on a plane to purify after relieving myself although I can use water instead? Let me know the perfect way to do that"

A fatwa translated into English in which Sh. Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjed answers the following question, "If a woman is in impure condition on 9th, 10th, and 11th of Muharram due to which she can not fast. Is it possible to make up those fast on other days after her ghusl?"

A fatwa translated into English in which the Standing Committee for Scientific Research and Ifta, Dawah and Guidance answers the following question, "Is it permissible for the pilgrim in ihraam to wash his entire body in order to cool down?"

A fatwa translated into English in which Sh. Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjed answers the following question, "I am a sister who will be going to Hajj this year, inshallah. However, I am expecting my monthly cycle to begin around the time I have to do the obligatory tawaf of Ka'ba. I have therefore been advised to take a hormone tablet that my doctor has agreed to prescribe me in order to delay my monthly cycle until after I complete Hajj. Please would you explain the Islamic standpoint of taking a hormone tablet to delay the natural cycle?"

A fatwa translated into English in which Sh. Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjed answers the following question, "A woman came for Hajj and got her period after she entered ihraam. Her mahram had to leave straightaway and she has no one else in Mecca. What is the ruling?"

A fatwa translated into English in which Sh. Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjed answers the following question, "Is it permissible for a menstruating woman to hold the Mushaf with a barrier and perform ruqyah for herself?"

A question answered by Shaikh Muhammad Salih Al-Munajjid regarding: “ I know that there are many questions that have been discussed on thus website about animal skins. Is it permissible to buy a football or basketball, and play with it, if it could have been made from the skin of an animal in a country where meat is not slaughtered according to sharia?."

A question answered by Shaikh Muhammad Salih Al-Munajjid regarding: “With regard to a ring on which the name ‘Abd-Allah is written, is it permissible to enter the bathroom wearing it?."

A question answered by Shaikh Muhammad Salih Al-Munajjid regarding: “A woman came from Yemen with the intention of doing ‘Umrah, but before she reached the meeqaat she saw menstrual blood, so she went to Jeddah and stayed there for a week. Now she wants to do ‘Umrah. Should she enter ihraam from Jeddah or go to the meeqaat of Yalamlam and enter ihraam from there?."

A question answered by Shaikh Muhammad Salih Al-Munajjid regarding: "His wife has a long period of menstruation up to seven days before she does ghusl. But he feels this time is too long to wait as his sexual appetite is so high. What must he do or what must she do to solve the problem?"

A fatwa in English in which Sh. Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjed (may Allah preserve him) answers the following question, “There is a woman who is offering expiation for sin by fasting for two consecutive months. She is asking about the days when she cannot fast because of her period. Does she have to make up those days after the two months are over, or what?”

A fatwa translated into English in which Sh. Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjid (may Allah preserve him) gives an answer to the following question: If I remember while I am in prayer that the period of wiping over the slippers has passed, what should I do? Do I get out of prayer? And if I put the socks under the slippers for a state of purification, then took off the slippers, and stayed in the socks, does my ablution invalidate my ablution or did I become in a state of purity?

A fatwa translated into English in which Sh. Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjid (may Allah preserve him) gives an answer to the following question: What are the conditions and proofs of wiping over the socks?

A fatwa translated into English in which Sh. Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjid (may Allah preserve him) gives an answer to the following question: What is the nature of the socks on which we can wipe? Is it permissible to wipe over any socks, or does it have to be leather? Please answer in the light of the Quran and the Sunnah.