Najis

Priority: c, Quality: b
Without navbox
From wikishia
(Redirected from Najasa)

Furu' al-Din

Prayer
Wajib: Daily Prayers • Essentials of Prayer • Friday Prayer • Eid Prayer • Al-Ayat Prayer • Funeral Prayer• Istijari Prayer

Mustahab: Night Prayer • Ghufayla Prayer • Ja'far al-Tayyar Prayer

Other types of worship
Fasting • Khums • Zakat • Hajj • Jihad • Enjoining the good • Forbidding the evil • Tawalli • Tabarri

Rulings on Tahara
Wudu' • Ghusl • Tayammum • Najis • Mutahhirat • Tadhkiya • Dhabh

Civil Law
Wikala • Wasiyya • Diman • Kifala • Irth

Family Law
Marriage • Temporary marriage • Polygamy • Divorce • Mahr • Breastfeeding • Intercourse • Sexual gratification • Adopted child • Formula for marriage

Criminal Law
Judgment • Diyat • Hudud • Qisas • Ta'zir • Hoarding

Economic Laws
Bay' • Ijara • Qard • Riba • Majhul al-Malik • Shari'a payments

Other Laws
Hijab • Sadaqa • Nadhr • Taqlid • Foods and drinks • Waqf

See also
Fiqh • Rulings of Shari'a • Manual of Islamic law • Puberty • Wajib • Haram • Mustahab • Mubah • Makruh

Najis (Arabic:النجس; plural: Nijasat) is a jurisprudential term referring to what is religiously impure, which are things that according to Islamic laws are not allowed to be eaten or drunk or carried during Salat or Hajj. The things that are considered najis are divided into two categories: the first, the ten thins (al-Ayan al-najisa) whose essence or nature is impure and are not capable of being purified; and second, what is originally pure but due to contact with impurities is considered najis (Mutanajjis). There are several rulings for nijasat.

Terminology

Najis (نجس), in Islamic jrusprudence, referes to things which are regarded ritually impure.[1] the antonym of the word Najis is the word tahir (ritually pure), not clean or hygenic. Therefore it is possible that something clean is ritually considered as impure and something unclean could be ritually pure.[2]

The Arabic word is pronounced in three ways: Najas, najis and Najs.[3]

Ten Impure Things

According to Islamic jurisprudence, there are several thing that are considered essentially impure; i.e. they are not capable of being purified, like blood, urine and pig. These things are called najis al-ayn (نجس العین; meaning: impure things).[4] Most Shi'a faqihs have counted ten thins as impure by it self: Blood, urine, feces, semen, dead body, dog, pig, unbeliever (kafir), wine and beer.

  • Blood

The blood of human and any animal whose blood gushes forth if one of its large veins is cut, is najis.[5] Maliki, Shafi'i and Hanafi believe that all kind of blood (whether that animal has gushing blood or not) are najis.[6]

The urine and feces of human and every animal whose meat is haram and has gushing blood is najis. There is disagreement about the impurity (Najasa) of feces of birds whose meat is haram, such as crow.[7]

Shafi'i and Hanafi say that the feces of animals with halal meat is also najis, and they have different rulings about birds.[8]

  • Semen

The semen of every animal that has gushing blood is najis.[9]

There is disagreement among Sunni scholars about Najasa of semen as Shafi'i and Hanbali believe that it is tahir.[10]

  • Dead body

The dead body of an animal that has gushing blood is najis and is called mita (Arabic: میتة). Human dead body is also najis before the ritual wash of the dead (although, there is disagreement about its impurity after death before that it gets cold).[11] The body of animals with halal meat which have been slaughtered according to Islamic laws are tahir; while the meat, leather, bone and gelatin obtained from the same animals which are not slaughtered according to Islamic rulings is najis; therefore, things that are made of leather in non-Muslim countries are najis; as the animals have not been slaughtered according to Islamic laws, even if there were made of the leather of animals of halal meat, such as cow and sheep.[12]

Moreover, skin and hair of some animals whose meat is haram can become tahir, provided they have been slaughtered according to Islamic rulings.[13]

  • Dog and pig

All body parts of dog and pig is najis, including their saliva.[14]

Maliki believe that all kind of animals, including dog and pig are tahir, and Hanafi believe that only pig is najis.[15]

  • Unbeliever

According to majority of Shi'a faqihs unbelievers (kafir), who are divided into seven categories, are najis. However, there is disagreement in Najasa of some of these categories:

  1. Atheists (who believe that God does not exist);
  2. Polytheists (who believe that God has a partner);
  3. Who reject an essential belief of Islam while knowing that it is essential;
  4. Who do not believe in prophethood of Muhammad b. Abd Allah (s) (the Prophet of Islam);
  5. Who swear at the infallible Imams or has enmity towards them, such as Khawarij and Nasibin;
  6. Ghulat (who believe that one of the infallible Imams is God or that God has incarnated in his body;
  7. Follower of distorted divine religions.[16]

Many Shia authorities such as Khamenei, al-Sistani, Wahid Khurasani, Nuri Hamadani and Tabrizi consider the People of the Book (Christians, Jews and Majus) pure (tahir).

  • Wine

Wine and other intoxicants, that are liquid originally, are najis,[17] and drinking them is haram.[18]

There is disagreement about the Najasa of medical and industrial alcohol.[19]

If grape or its juice are boiled, they become najis unless the two third of them evaporates. There is no difference between the case that it was boiled by itself or by the heat, nor between the case that the boiled liquid is intoxicating or not.[20]

  • Beer (Fuqqa':فقاع)

Fuqqa' or beer is also najis.[21]

Some faqihs have added the following things:

  • Sweat of a person who has become Junub from haram way (e.g. masturbation and fornication)[22]
  • Sweat of an animal with halal meat that has got used to eat human feces.[23]

Sunni believe that vomit is najis.[24] Wadhi and Madhi is najis in the viewpoint of Hanafi, Maliki and Shafi'i. Hanbai believe that Wadhi and Madhi of human and every animal with haram meat is najis.[25]

Pure Things Become Impure

Except ten impure things (al-a'yan al-najisa), other things are originally pure (tahir); but if a pure thing come into contact with an impure thing, while they are wet, the pure thing becomes impure. In this condition, the pure thing is called Mutanajjis (lit. the thing which has become impure). Unlike 'Ayan al-najis, Mutanajjis is capable of becoming tahir (clean).[26]

However, like 'Ayan al-najis, a Mutanajjis can make other things Mutanajjis if it contacts them while being wet.[27]

Rulings about Najis

In Islamic jurisprudance, there are some rulings about impure things which mulslims should obsurve them. Some of these rulings are as following:

  • The ten impure things are intrinsically najis and cannot become pure (tahir), but by using mutahirat (purifiers) such as water, the mutanajis (the pure thing become impure) can become pure.
  • Eating najis is haram. However, eating mutanajis after purifying it is allowed.
  • The body and clothes must be clean from impurity during prayer and Tawaf.
  • The water for Wudu and ritual bath (ghusl) must be pure (tahir).
  • Making the Qur'an and mosque najis is haram and cleaning them is immediate obligation.[28]

Comparison of Najis Things between Shi'a and Sunni Fiqhi Schools

There are some differences between Shi'a and Sunni fiqhi schools, some of which are as follow:

Title Shi'a Maliki Shafi'i Hanafi Hanbali
Dog and pig Najis Tahir Najis Najis Najis
Purifying a dish in which saliva of dog dropped One time rubbing with soil then one time washing with water Washing with water seven times One time rubbing with soil then washing with water six times --- One time rubbing with soil then washing with water six times[29]
Purifying a dish in which saliva of pig dropped Washing with water seven times Washing with water seven times One time rubbing with soil then washing with water six times --- One time rubbing with soil then washing with water six times[30]
Dead body Dead body of muslim, before ghusl al-mayyit, is najis and with ghusl al-mayyit becomes tahir Human dead body is tahir Human dead body is tahir Human dead body is najis and wiht ghusl al-mayyit becomes tahir Human dead body is tahir[31]
Martyr's blood[32] Najis Tahir Tahir Tahir Tahir .[33]
Semen The semen of human and every animal that has gushing blood is najis The semen of human and every animal is najis The semen of human and every animal, except for dog and pig, is tahir --- The semen of human and halal animals is tahir.[34]
Pus(pus of injury) Tahir Najis Najis Najis Najis.[35]
Feces of animals Feces of all animals is tahir except for those animals that have gushing blood Feces of halal animals is tahir and feces of haram animals that have gushing blood is najis Feces of all animals is najis Feces of all animals except for those halal birds which drop feces from the sky is najis Feces of halal animals is tahir and feces of haram animals that have gushing blood is najis.[36]
Vomit Tahir Najis Najis Najis Najis.[37]
Madhy and wadhy Tahir Najis Najis Najis From halal animals is tahir and from haram animals is najis.[38]
Remainder of food or drink of animals Remainder of dog and pig's food or drink is najis Remainder of human and all animals' food and drink is tahir Remainder of dog and pig's food or drink is najis Remainder of dog and pig, alcohol drinker, wild animals and a cat's (after which mouse eats or drinks) food or drink is najis Remainder of dog and pig's food or drink is najis.[39]

Notes

  1. ↑ Mishkīnī Ardibīlī, Muṣṭalaḥāt al-fiqh, p. 530; Ghadīrī, al-Qāmūs al-jāmiʿ, p. 575.
  2. ↑ Mishkīnī Ardibīlī, Muṣṭalaḥāt al-fiqh, p. 530.
  3. ↑ Ṭurayḥī, Majmaʿ al-baḥrayn, vol. 4, p. 110.
  4. ↑ Ghadīrī, al-Qāmūs al-jāmiʿ, p. 576.
  5. ↑ Tawḍīḥ al-masaʾʾil, Issue 96.
  6. ↑ Jazīrī, al-Fiqh ʿalā l-madhāhib al-arbaʿa, vol. 1, p. 73.
  7. ↑ Tawḍīḥ al-masaʾʾil, Issue 84.
  8. ↑ Jazīrī, al-Fiqh ʿalā l-madhāhib al-arbaʿa, vol. 1, p. 74.
  9. ↑ Tawḍīḥ al-masaʾʾil, Issue 87.
  10. ↑ Jazīrī, al-Fiqh ʿalā l-madhāhib al-arbaʿa, vol. 1, p. 75.
  11. ↑ Ṭabāṭabāyī, Mustamsak al-ʿurwa, vol. 1, p. 336.
  12. ↑ Tawḍīḥ al-masaʾʾil, Issue 88.
  13. ↑ Tawḍīḥ al-masaʾʾil, vol. 1, p. 461, 570.
  14. ↑ Tawḍīḥ al-masaʾʾil, Issue 105.
  15. ↑ Jazīrī, al-Fiqh ʿalā l-madhāhib al-arbaʿa, vol. 1, p. 72.
  16. ↑ Rāshidī, Risala-yi tawḍīḥ al-masāʾil, p. 71-73.
  17. ↑ Khomeini, Tawḍīḥ al-masāʾil, vol. 1, p. 80.
  18. ↑ Tawḍīḥ al-masaʾʾil, vol. 1, p. 81.
  19. ↑ Tawḍīḥ al-masaʾʾil, Issue 112.
  20. ↑ Yazdī al-Ṭabāṭabāyī, al-ʿUrwa al-wuthqā, vol. 1, p. 55.
  21. ↑ Tawḍīḥ al-masaʾʾil, Issue 115.
  22. ↑ Tawḍīḥ al-masaʾʾil, Issue 116.
  23. ↑ Tawḍīḥ al-masaʾʾil, Issue 120.
  24. ↑ Jazīrī, al-Fiqh ʿalā l-madhāhib al-arbaʿa, vol. 1, p. 76.
  25. ↑ Mughnīya, al-Fiqh ʿalā l-madhāhib al-khamsa, vol. 1, p. 24-27.
  26. ↑ Yazdī al-Ṭabāṭabāyī, al-ʿUrwa al-wuthqā, vol. 1, p. 55.
  27. ↑ Hāʾirī, Madārik al-ʿurwa, vol. 2, p. 190.
  28. ↑ Tawḍīḥ al-masaʾʾil, Issue 135, 900.
  29. ↑ al-Jazīr, ʿAbd al-Raḥman, al-Fiqh ʿala madhāhib al-khamsa, vol.1 p.24.
  30. ↑ al-Jazīr, ʿAbd al-Raḥman, al-Fiqh ʿala madhāhib al-khamsa, vol.1 p.24
  31. ↑ al-Jazīr, ʿAbd al-Raḥman, al-Fiqh ʿala madhāhib al-khamsa, vol.1 p.24
  32. ↑ when he is martyred in battlefield.
  33. ↑ al-Jazīr, ʿAbd al-Raḥman, al-Fiqh ʿala madhāhib al-khamsa, vol.1 p.24
  34. ↑ al-Jazīr, ʿAbd al-Raḥman, al-Fiqh ʿala madhāhib al-khamsa, vol.1 p.25
  35. ↑ al-Jazīr, ʿAbd al-Raḥman, al-Fiqh ʿala madhāhib al-khamsa, vol.1 p.25
  36. ↑ al-Jazīr, ʿAbd al-Raḥman, al-Fiqh ʿala madhāhib al-khamsa, vol.1 p.26
  37. ↑ al-Jazīr, ʿAbd al-Raḥman, al-Fiqh ʿala madhāhib al-khamsa, vol.1 p.26
  38. ↑ al-Jazīr, ʿAbd al-Raḥman, al-Fiqh ʿala madhāhib al-khamsa, vol.1 p.26
  39. ↑ al-Jazīr, ʿAbd al-Raḥman, al-Fiqh ʿala madhāhib al-khamsa, vol.1 p.27

References

  • Ghadīrī, ʿĪsā Ibrāhīm al-. Al-Qāmūs al-jāmiʿ li-muṣṭalāḥāt al-fiqhīyya. Beirut: Dār al-Hujja al-Bayḍāʾ, 1418 AH.
  • Hāʾirī Bayārujmandī, Yūsuf. Madārik al-ʿurwa. Najaf: Nuʿmān, 1381 AH.
  • Jazīrī et.al. Al-Fiqh ʿalā l-madhāhib al-arbaʿa. Beirut: Dār al-Thaqalayn, 1419 AH.
  • Mishkīnī Ardibīlī, ʿAlī. Muṣṭalaḥāt al-fiqh wa muʿẓam ʿanāwīnih al-mawḍūʿīyya. Qom: Nashr al-Hādī, 1419 AH.
  • Mughnīya, Muḥammad Jawād al-. Al-Fiqh ʿalā l-madhāhib al-khamsa. Beirut: Dār al-Tayyār al-Jadīd & Dār al-Jawād, 1421 AH.
  • Rāshidī, Laṭīf & Saʿīd. Risala-yi tawḍīḥ al-masāʾil. Tehran: Payām-i ʿAdālat, 1386 Sh.
  • Ḥakīm al-Ṭabāṭabāyī, Sayyīd Muḥsīn al-. Mustamsak al-ʿurwa. Beirut: Dār Ihyāʾ al-Turāth al-ʿArabī, 1384 AH.
  • Tawḍīḥ al-masāʾil. Edited by Banī Hāshimī. Third edition. Qom: Daftar-i Intishārāt-i Islāmī, 1385 Sh.
  • Ṭurayḥī, Fakhr al-Dīn b. Muḥammad al-. Majmaʿ al-baḥrayn. Edited by Sayyid Aḥmad Ḥusaynī. Third edition. Tehran: Murtaḍawī, 1375 Sh.
  • Yazdī al-Ṭabāṭabāyī, Sayyid Muḥammad Kāẓim al-. Al-ʿUrwa al-wuthqā. Tehran: al-Maktaba al-ʿIlmīyya al-Islāmīyya, [n.d].
Retrieved from "https://en.wikishia.net/w/index.php?title=Najis&oldid=190604"