Kinds of Filth and their rulings Allah, the Lord of majesty, said: َ َ َ )٤٢:٤( Ćَوث َِيابك ف َط ِه نر ۽ Purify your clothes. Allah’s Prophet ﷺsaid: )١١٦ْْ(مسلم.ور ٍْ طُ ُه ْ ْص ََلةْْ ِبغَي ِْر ُْ لْتُق َب َْ ْ:ل ُْ سلََْمْ َيقُو ْ ْصلَى ْ ْل َْ س ِمعتُْْ َرسُو َْ ْقَا،نْعُ َم َر ِْ عب ِْدْللاِْْب َ ُْ للا َ ْْعن َ َ علَي ِْهْ َو َ ْْ ِإنِي:ل َ ْل َ ِْللا Salah is not acceptable without purification. Filth: It is the state of a human body, garment or place which is disgusting to the Shari'ah and as a result, the Shari'ah commands the person to undertake purification from that state. There are two kinds of Filth: 1. De jure filth
2. De facto filth
1. De jure filth It is the state of a person in which Salah is invalid. De jure filth is also called Ḧadath. There are two kinds of de jure filths: 1. Major de jure filth22: It is the state of a person in which taking bath is compulsory and Salah offered in this state is invalid. Similarly, recitation of the holy Quran in this state is impermissible.
Minor de jure filth: It is the state of a person in which ablution is compulsory. Salah in this state is not permissible but oral recitation of the holy Quran is permissible.
2. De facto filth It is the solid or liquid filth keeping away from which is compulsory for a Muslim and if some of it sticks to his body, garment etc., then eliminating it is compulsory. There are two kinds of de facto filth too: (a) Severe filth (b) Mild filth (a) Severe filth Severe filth is the thing whose filthiness has been established by an incontrovertible evidence in the Shari'ah.
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Major de jure filth: A man or woman enters into this state when seminal fluid shoots out of him/her in spurts in a state of sexual stimulation while sleeping or awake. Similarly, if the points of circumcision of male and female genitals touch each other, both the man and the woman enter into this state.
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