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Introducton of the Book
Translator’s Preface
categories of Islamic laws
Ijtihad (Rule Deduction) and Taquleed (Imitation)
- The Difference between Ihtiyat-ul-Wajib (obligatory precaution) And Ihtiyat-ul-Mustahab (recommended precaution)
- Signs of Puberty
Rules of Purity and Impurity (Tahaarat and Nijaasat)
- Rules Which Must Be Observed While Relieving Oneself (Takhallee)
- Istibra' (Confirmation of Emptiness)
- Purity (Tahaarat)
- Impurities (Nijaasaat)
- Ways to Prove Impurity
- How a Pure Thing Becomes Impure
- Mutahiraat (Purifiers)
- Rules of Water
  - Qualeel (Under-Kurr) Water
  - Kurr, Running, Well and Rain Water
- How to Purify Impurities with Water
- Removal of the Original Impurity (Najis-ul-Ayn)
- Istihalah (transformation)
- Intiqual (Transfer)
- Rules of Utensils
Ablutions (Wudhu)
- How to perform Wudhu
- Conditions of Wudhu
- The Explanation of the Conditions of Wudhu
- Jabeerah Wudhu
- Things for Which Wudhu Is Obligatory
- How Wudhu Becomes Void
- Rules Concerning the Holy Quran
- Touching the Scripts of the Holy Quran
Ghusl (Ritual Bathing)
- Conditions under Which Ghusl Is Valid
- Obligatory Ghusls
  - Rules of Janabah Ghusl
  - Things Which Are Forbidden for a Junub Person
Rules Related to a Dying Person
- Rules to be followed after the death of a Muslim
  - Mayyit Ghusl (Ghusl for a dead body)
  - Ghusl for Touching a Dead Body
- Rules Regarding Shroud
- Rules of Hunut (Embalmment)
- Rules of Prayer for the Dead
- How to Say the Prayer for the Dead
- Rules of Burial
- Prayer of Fear (Wahshat Prayer)
- Exhumation (Nabsh-ul-Quabr)
- Ghusls for Girls and Women
Tayammum (Dry Ablution)
- Instructions on Tayammum
- Things on which Tayammum Is Valid
- Rules of Tayammum
Prayer
- Types of prayer
- Obligatory Prayers
- Obligatory Daily Prayers
- Time for Daily Prayers
  - Time for Midday and Afternoon Prayers
  - Time for Sunset and Evening Prayers
- Rules Regarding the Time of Prayers
  - Prayers Which Must Be Offered In Sequence
- Rules of the Quiblah
- Covering the Body in Prayers
- Body and Covering While Offering Prayers
  - 1- It must be pure.
  - 2- It must be Mubah, i.e., not usurped.
  - 3- It must not be made of the parts of the body of a dead animal.
  - 4- It must not be made of the parts of the body of the animals whose meat is illegal to eat. For example, it must not be made of the skin of a fox or a leopard.
  - 5- A man must not wear gold-woven or pure silk clothes while praying.
- Place where Prayer Must Be Offered
- Rules Regarding the Place Where Prayer Is Offered
- Rules of Mosques
- Adhaan (Call to Prayers) and Iquamah (Preparation for Entering Prayers)
- Rules of Adhaan and Iquamah
- Acts of Prayer
- Obligatory acts of Prayer
- The Elements of Prayer
- The Difference between the Elements (Rukn) and Non-elements of Prayer
- Rules regarding the Obligatory Acts of prayers
  - 1-The intention
  - 2- To Pronounce the beginning “Allahu Akbar” (Takbeerat-ul-ihram)
  - 3- Standing Upright
- 4- Recitation
  - Al-Hamd
  - Al-Towheed
  - Tasbeehat-ul-Arba'ah (the Four Remembrances)
- Rules of Quira'at (Recitation)
  - 5- Bowing (Ruku')
  - 6-Prostrations
- Things to Be Done When Usual Prostration Is Not Possible
- The Obligatory Prostrations of the Holy Quran
  - 7- Testimony (Tashahud)
  - 8- Salutation of Prayers (Salaam)
  - 9- Sequence (Tarteeb)
  - 10- Succession (Muwalaat)
- Personal Supplication (Qunut)
- Supplementary Acts Following the Prayers (Ta'queebaat)
- Translation of Prayers
  - 1- Translation of Takbeerat-ul-ihram
  - 2- Translation of Al-Hamd chapter
  - 3- Translation of Al-Ikhlaas chapter (Al-Towheed)
  - 4- Translation of the Remembrance Pronounced in the Bow
  - 5- Translation of the Remembrance Pronounced in Prostrations
  - 6- Translation of the Four Remembrances (Tasbeehat-ul-Arba'ah)
  - 7- Translation of Testimony and Salutation
- Things Which Invalidate Prayers (Mubtilaat)
- Rules regarding the Things which Invalidate Prayers
  - Talking
  - Laughing and Weeping
  - Turning Away From the Quiblah
  - Eating and Drinking
  - Violating the Figure and Form of Prayers
- Some of the Things which are legally disapproved while Praying
  - Doubts Aroused while Praying
  - Doubts over the Parts of Prayers
  - Doubts which Invalidate Prayers
  - Doubts Which Must Be Ignored
- Ihtiyat Prayer (Precautionary Prayer)
  - Table of Correct Doubts
  - Table of Correct Doubts, continued
- Sahv Prostration (Prostration of Inadvertence)
- The Quadha of Forgotten Prostrations and Testimony
- Prayers of a Traveler (Musafir)
- Where is Considered One’s Home?
- The Ten-Day Intention
- Quadha Prayers
- The Quadha Prayers of Parents Obligatory for the Oldest Son
- Hiring a Person for Offering Prayers
- Congregational Prayer
- Rules of Congregational Prayer
- Joining a Congregation
  - Joining in the First Rak'at
  - Joining in the Second Rak'at
  - Joining in the Third Rak'at
  - Joining in the Fourth Rak'at
- Qualifications of the Congregation Leader (the Imam)
- Rules of Congregational Prayer
- Friday Prayer
- How to Perform Friday Prayer
- Conditions of Friday Prayer
- What the Followers Must Do in Friday Prayer
- Ayat" prayer (Prayer of Signs)
- How to Offer Ayat Prayer
- Rules of Ayat Prayer
- Recommended Prayers (Nafilah)
  - Prayers of the Festivals (Eid-ul-Fitr and Eid-ul-Qurbaan)
  - Time for the Prayers of Festivals
  - How to offer the Prayers of Festivals
- Daily Recommended Prayers
- Midnight Recommended Prayers
  - Time for Midnight Recommended Prayers
- Ghufaylah Recommended Prayer
Fasting
- The intention for Fasting
- Things which Invalidate a Fast
- Quadha Fasts and Fast Atonement (Kaffarah)
  - Quadha Fasts
  - Fast Atonement
- Rules of Quadha Fasts and Fast Atonement
- Fasting by a Traveler
- Those for Whom Fasting Is Not Obligatory
- How to Ascertain the Frist Day of a Lunar month
- Forbidden and Legally Disapproved Fasts
- Zakat-ul-Fitra (Zakat-ul-Fitrah)
- Zakat-ul-Fitra (Zakat-ul-Fitrah)
  - The Amount of Zakat-ul-Fitra
- Miscellaneous Rules of the Zakat-ul-Fitra
- Religious Seclusion (I’tikaf)
- Conditions of Religious Seclusion
The One Fifth Levy (Khums)
- Rules of Khums
- Expenditure of Khums
Alms (Zakat)
- Note:
- Rules of Zakat
- Conditions Where Zakat Becomes Obligatory
- The Zakat Payable on Wheat, Barely, Dates, and Raisins
- The Zakat Payable on Gold and Silver
- The Zakat Payable on Camels, Sheep, and Cows
- Those Who Are Entitled to Receive Zakat
- The Intention of Zakat
- Miscellaneous Rules of Zakat
- Zakat Expenditure
Rules of Pilgrimage (Hajj)
Enjoining the Good and Forbidding the Evil
Rules regarding Giving Alms and Charities
- Some Miscellaneous Issues on Alms-giving
- Some Situations in which Charity Is Particularly Regarded
Miscellaneous Issues
- Profane songs and Music
- Dancing and Clapping
- Gambling
- Sculpture and Painting
- Bribery
- Misleading Books
- Authors’ Fees
- Shaving One’s Beard and Hairdressing
- Resemblance to Infidels
- Backbiting
- Slander
- Inquisition
- Lying
- Drugs
- Tormenting the Animals
- Dreaming
Rules of Trading
- Void Transactions
- Canceling a Transaction
Rules of Partnership
Rules Regarding Lease
- Conditions regarding the Property Given on Lease
- Those Who Have No Right of Possession over Their Property
Rules of Mudharabah (Commandite)
Rules Regarding Loan
- Kinds of loan
- Rules of Loan and Debt
- Banks, Trading Cash and Checks
Rules Regarding Surety
Rules Regarding Trust
Rules of Lending and Borrowing
- Lost and Found
- Having One’s Shoes Taken for Other’s
Rules of Marriage
- Defects Due to Which Marriage Can Be Annulled
- Women Forbidden For a Man to Marry
- Rules Regarding Touching and Looking at Non-Mahram and Veiling
Rules Regarding Offspring
- Prevention of Pregnancy
- Circumcision
- Sacrifice Offered for a Newborn Baby (Aquiqah)
- Custody of Children
- Insemination, Abortion, and Sex Change
Ruling on Breastfeeding
Rules Concerning Divorce
- Iddah of Divorce and Death (The waiting period following a divorce or death)
- Irrevocable and Revocable Divorce
- Khula’ Divorce and Mubarat
- Miscellaneous Rules of Divorce
Usurpation
Eating and Drinking
- Eating Etiquette
- Etiquette of Drinking Water
Rules of Slaughtering Animals
- Conditions of Slaughtering Animals
- Rulings on Hunting with Weapons
- Fishing
- Method of Slaughtering a Camel
Rules Concerning Food and Drink
Vow and Covenant
Rulings on Swearing an Oath
Rules regarding Waquf (Endowment)
Rules Regarding Will
Rules Concerning Inheritance
Miscellaneous Issues
- The Holy Imams
- Rules Concerning Governments and Ruling Systems
- Insurance
- Cloning
- Visiting Blood Relatives
- Seeking Divine Guidance (Istikhara)
- Repentance
- Miscellaneous Queries
Glossary

Purity (Tahaarat)

Tahaarat or purity of body and the environment, in which one lives, is of great importance in Islam. A Muslim must avoid eating and drinking impure things (Najis), and their body and clothes must be clean and pure for praying (Salaat) which is the best way to worship Allah the Almighty, and it is even better to wear their cleanest clothes. Thus, it is necessary for everyone to learn and know about the impure things and the ways to purify them.

Issue 29: Every thing in this world is pure, except the following eleven things which are referred to as “impurities” and also the things which become impure in case of coming into contact with these impurities:

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