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Masaayel how to make pure from the impurity:

Impurity (نجسة) is of 2 kinds. Great impurity (نجسة غليظة) and small impurity (نجسة خفيفه).
Great impurity (نجسة غليظة):
1. Blood, the stool, urine and semen of human being are great impure. The urine and stool of the dogs and cats are great impure. The hair, meat, bones of the pigs are great impure.
2. Stool of the horse, the donkey, the cow, the goat, the buffalo is great impure. The urine of the donkey, mule is great impure.
3. The stool and urine of the infants are great impure.
4. Stool of the chicken, swan are great impure.The blood of fish, mosquito, bedbugs are not impure. So there is no impurity if the blood of mosquito, bedbugs, fish is mixed with the body.
If the body or clothes are made impure with deep or liquid impurity, there is noway to make it clean and pure without washing.

Masaayel of being pure and clean (استنجاء) after urinate and defecation:

The meaning of istinja is to acieve purity and cleanliness.
Achieving cleanliness and pureness is of 2 kinds.
Achieving cleanliness and pureness after urinating is considered minor istenja.
Achieving cleanliness and pureness after defecating is considered major istenja.
Istinja is from the verb istinja, which is the process of purifying oneself with water or something else, and it is the removal of impurity, which is excrement, meaning the removal of impurity from the two exits.

Istinja is a type of purification required in the Islamic religion . Every liquid that comes out of the two passages is impure, whether urine or otherwise, except for what is excluded from it. Istinja must be done using water , or replacing it with a pure means called istijmar, which is: using a stone in difficult circumstances such as the absence of water and easy means, or any means that facilitates internal cleanliness. Istijmar is the use of stones and what is similar to them such as wood and paper, and from it in our time paper tissues to purify the two passages from impurity.

In the modern era, after the emergence of toilet paper rolls , people clean themselves with toilet paper and water , and dry themselves with paper when possible, or with stones and water when circumstances are difficult, such as people living in remote and rural areas where the standard of living for daily life is difficult and low.

It is permissible to use stones or paper alone for cleansing, depending on what is available, especially when it is difficult to use water in rural and remote areas that are known for their scarcity of water resources.

It is the best to use tissue paper and water both . If one is limited to one of them , then water is better.

With the difference in daily lifestyle and circumstances from the past, especially with the availability of toilets for everyone, which eliminates the need to use stones, water and drying with paper remains better and purer for the person performing istinja if the ideal conditions for purification and cleansing are available.

Chapter: Trimming and shaving of nails, the unwanted hair of the body

One should trim his/her nails every week. And one should shave once the unwanted hair of the armpit and the pubic hairs within 40 days.

Chapter: حاءض

Hayez ( Menstruation ) is the regular discharge of blood. When a girl reaches her adult age, it occurs.
This period is minimum 3 days and 3 nights; maximum 10 days and 10 nights.
The vaginal bleeding maybe like greenish, yellowish or any other colour. Those all is considered as Hayez. When whitish substance will appear then you consider that the menestrial period is now over.
If the vaginal bleeding occurs below 3 days and 3 nights then it is not Hayez. It will be considered as Istihaja.
Similarly when the vaginal bleeding occurs over 10 days and 10 nights then the 10 days are considered as Hayez. The days afer 10 days are considered as Istihaja. So during Istihaja one should take a shower and then she will perform her daily prayers. If it is the time of Ramadan, she will perform the fasting of Ramadan.

The masaayel during Hayez

During Menstruation no salah, no siyam is allowed to perform. The salah during menstrual time is completely forgiven. But The fasting during menstrual time will be performed after the menstrual period.

Chapter: نفاس ( Postpartum )

The bleeding after childbirth is called postpartum ( نفاس). This period is maximum forty days. During postpartum a female is not allowed to perform the salah, the siyam and the recitation of the holy Quran. But she can make dua and zikr. The salah during postpartum is forgiven for good. But When postpartum ends a female will take a shower and will perform her daily salah prayers and if it is the time of Ramadan she will perform her fasting too.

After ending of postpartum she will perform her salah prayers and perform her fasting if it is the month of Ramadan:

Most scholars agree that the maximum period of postpartum bleeding is forty days. Ibn Qudamah said in al-Mughni: The maximum period of postpartum bleeding is forty days. This is the opinion of most scholars. Abu ‘Eesa al-Tirmidhi said : The scholars from among the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and those who came after them agreed that during postpartum bleeding a woman should refrain from prayer for forty days unless she sees that she has become pure before that, in which case she should perform ghusl ( shower ) and perform her salah prayers.

If the forty days pass and the postpartum bleeding does not stop, and if it coincides with the woman’s usual period, then the blood is considered menstrual blood. If it does not coincide with the woman’s usual period, then it is istihaadah . Ibn Qudamah said in al-Mughni: If the bleeding of a woman in postpartum bleeding exceeds forty days and coincides with the woman’s usual period, then it is menstruation. If it does not coincide with the woman’s usual period, then it is istihaadah. Ahmad said : If the bleeding continues, then if it occurs during the days of her menstrual period that she misses, then she should refrain from prayer and her husband should not come to her. If it does not coincide with the woman’s usual period, then she is like a woman who has istihaadah, and her husband comes to her. She performs ablution for every prayer and fasts and prays if Ramadan comes.

Performing four actions during ablution ( Wudu ) is compulsory

1. Washing the entire face
2. Washing both hands including the elbows
3. Having Masah ( wiping ) over the head
4. Washing both feet including the ankles

Allahu ta’ala said: O believers! When you stand for the Salat prayers wash your face, wash your hands up to the elbows, wipe your heads, and wash your feet up to the ankles.” ( Suratul Mai’dah Ayah 06 )

Annotation: These four actions are mandatory during ablution. If somebody leaves any one of these deeds during wadu his ablution will remain incomplete. Without valid wudu, salat prayers will also be invalid.
Masah refers to making one’s hands wet with fresh water and then passing the wet hands over the head. “ Masah” is an Arabic word. Wiping( Masah ) the entire head with wet hands is Sunnah. Wiping at least one-fourth of the head is compulsory.
Wadu: Wadu is an Arabic term referring to ritual purification that involves washing specific parts of the body and performing masah over the head according to the prescribed rules.
The whole face: The area from the chin to the hairline at the top of the foehead and the area between the both earlobes is considered as the whole face.

Sins are washed away for having wudu ( وضوء )

وَعَنْ أَبِيْ هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّ رَسُوْلَ اللهِ صَلَّي اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ سَلَّمَ قَالَ اِذَا تَوَضَّأَ الْعَبْدُ الْمُسْلِمُ أَوِ الْمُؤْمِنُ فَغَسَل وَجْهَهُ خَرَجَ مِنْ وَجْهِهِ كُلُّ خَطِيْءَةٍ نَظَرَ اِلَيْهَا بِعَيْنَيْهِ مَعَ الْمَاءِ أَوْ مَعَ اٰخِرِ قَطْرِ الْمَاءِ فَاِذَا غَسَلَ يَدَيْهِ خَرَجَ مِنْ يَدَيْهِ كُلُّ خَطِيْءَةٍ كَانَ بَطَشَتْهَا يَدَاهُ مَعَ الْمَاءِ أَوْ مَعَ اٰخِرِ قَطْرِالْمَاءِ فَاِذَا غَسَلَ رِجْلَيْهِ خَرَجَتْ كُلُّ خَطِيْءَةٍ مَشَتْهَا رِجْلَاهُ مَعَ الْمَاءِ أَوْ مَعَ اٰخِرِ قَطْرِ الْمَاءِ حَتّٰي يَخْرُجَ نَقِيًّا مِنَ الذُّنُوْبِ – رواه مسلم

Hazrat Abu Hurayhar (R) narrated, the Messenger of Allah صَلَّي اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ سَلَّمَ said, "When a slave, or a believer, washes his face (in the course of Wudu'), every sin which he committed with his eyes, will be washed away from his face with water, or with the last drop of water; when he washes his hands, every sin which is committed by his hands will be removed from his hands with the water, or with the last drop of water; and when he washes his feet, every sin his feet committed will be washed away with the water, or with the last drop of water; until he finally emerges cleansed of all his sins."
- Muslim

The process of making ablution (Wudu):

1. Make the intention that I am having wudu for standing in front of Allahu tawala and performing prayers.
2. Then say Bismillah ( بسم الله)
3. Then wash your right hand to the wrist 3 times and left hand to the wrist 3 times
4. Then Gurgle with water 3 times
5. Then Wash your nose with thumb and little fingers of your left hand 3 times
6. Then wash your whole face 3 times
7. Then wash your hands to the elbow ( including elbow ) 3 times. First wash your right hand then left hand.
8. Then wipe out your head 1 time.
The process to have the wiping out your head, ears, and neck:
Start wiping your head from the line where your forehead and head hair meet to the end of the head with the wet inner part of your middle finger, ring finger, and little finger. Then wipe out the rest of the head from the end of the head to the front part. Thus you will complete the wiping out of your whole head. Then wipe out the inner part of your ears with your index finger and wipe out your and wipe out the outer part of your ears.
Then place the outer part of your hand on your neck
9. Then wash your feet to the ankle ( including ankle ). First, wash your right foot and then your left foot.
Thus you performed your wudu (Ablution).

Masyalah:
☆ During wudu it is sunnah to wash hands, the whole face and feet 3 times. And Washing them 1 time is compulsory.
☆ Wash the organs throughly those are compulsory to wash during wudu leaving no place dry.
☆ It is a sunnah to brush your teeth with siwak before wudu. Siwak is an Arabic word. Siwak is a branch of the arak tree, olive tree or so on.
☆ It is a sunnah to have Khilal the fingers of hands and feet. You will enter the fingers of one hand into the fingers of another hands. It is called the khilal of the fingers of the hands. You will enter your little finger of your left hand into the fingers of the feet. You will begin from the right side of your right foot. You also keep it in mind that you are having this under your feet. Khilal is an Arabic word.

The process of taking the bath of janabah ( الجنابة)

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ، عَنْ هِشَامٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ إِذَا اغْتَسَلَ مِنَ الْجَنَابَةِ بَدَأَ فَغَسَلَ يَدَيْهِ، ثُمَّ يَتَوَضَّأُ كَمَا يَتَوَضَّأُ لِلصَّلاَةِ، ثُمَّ يُدْخِلُ أَصَابِعَهُ فِي الْمَاءِ، فَيُخَلِّلُ بِهَا أُصُولَ شَعَرِهِ ثُمَّ يَصُبُّ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ ثَلاَثَ غُرَفٍ بِيَدَيْهِ، ثُمَّ يُفِيضُ الْمَاءَ عَلَى جِلْدِهِ كُلِّهِ‏.‏

Meaning:
The wife of Rasulullah narrated, Whenever the Prophet صَلَّي اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ سَلَّمَ took a bath after Janabah he started by washing his two hands and then performed ablution ( Wudu ) like the ablution he takes for the salah prayer. After that he would put his fingers in water and scratch the roots of his hair with them, and then pour three handfuls of water on his head and then pour water all over his body.
Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 248

Annotation: When a muslim must take a bath that is called the gusl of Janabah. There are some reasons for which one must take a bath.
1. When semen is released with excitement.
2. After sexual intercourse
3. When the penis enters into the female organ.
4.

Masyalah:
During gusl you should gurgle perfectly so that inside the mouth, no place is left dry, you should reach water till the soft portion of your nostril and you will pour water over your whole body so that no place of your body is left dry. Even if you see after taking a bath that any place of your body is left dry while taking a bath then you will pour water on the dry place to make it rinse.