LessonsHow Physical Impurity Is PurifiedQuiz

وَتَطْهُرُ النَّجَاسَةُ عَنِ الثَّوْبِ وَالْبَدَنِ بِالْمَاءِ وَبِكُلِّ مَائِعٍ مُزِيلٍ كَالْخَلِّ وَمَاءِ الْوَرْدِ ... وَإِذَا ذَهَبَ أَثَرُ النَّجَاسَةِ عَنِ الْأَرْضِ وَجَفَّتْ جَازَتِ الصَّلَاةُ عَلَيْهَا ... وَتَطْهُرُ نَجَاسَةٌ اسْتَحَالَتْ عَيْنُهَا

• Clothing/body impurity may be removed by water and, under this position, another pure liquid that actually removes it, such as vinegar or rosewater.
• Impure earth becomes suitable for prayer when the impurity's trace disappears and the ground dries; the text separately does not use that ground for Tayammum under the preferred view.
• A substance whose impure identity genuinely transforms, such as becoming salt or ash, becomes pure under the stated rule.

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Pure Removing Liquids, Dry Earth, and Transformation

How Physical Impurity Is Purified

وَتَطْهُرُ النَّجَاسَةُ عَنِ الثَّوْبِ وَالْبَدَنِ بِالْمَاءِ وَبِكُلِّ مَائِعٍ مُزِيلٍ كَالْخَلِّ وَمَاءِ الْوَرْدِ ... وَإِذَا ذَهَبَ أَثَرُ النَّجَاسَةِ عَنِ الْأَرْضِ وَجَفَّتْ جَازَتِ الصَّلَاةُ عَلَيْهَا ... وَتَطْهُرُ نَجَاسَةٌ اسْتَحَالَتْ عَيْنُهَا

• Clothing/body impurity may be removed by water and, under this position, another pure liquid that actually removes it, such as vinegar or rosewater.
• Impure earth becomes suitable for prayer when the impurity's trace disappears and the ground dries; the text separately does not use that ground for Tayammum under the preferred view.
• A substance whose impure identity genuinely transforms, such as becoming salt or ash, becomes pure under the stated rule.