CHAPTER 3: THAHARAH (CLEANLINESS)

THE MEANING OF THAHARAH (PURIFICATION)

Thaharah or purifying is removing hadas and najis from the body, clothes and places so that one can perform worship, especially prayer.

Purification is something that is MANDATORY in Islamic teachings. Without purification, worship is not accepted. Among the ways of purification are ablution, bathing and cleaning impurities from the body and clothes.

PURE TYPES

1- PURIFYING THE BODY FROM SMALL HADAS
That is purifying the body from small hadas by performing ablution or tayammum. People with small hadas are prohibited from praying or touching the Quran.

2. PURIFYING THE BODY FROM HADAS BESARO People who have junub or large hadas should clean themselves with a bath. Those who have hadas are those who have intercourse, menstruating and postpartum. People with big hadas are also prohibited from praying, fasting, hajj, sitting in the mosque, touching and reading the Quran.

3. ISTINJA'
Remove dirt, whether small feces (urine) or large feces (faeces) from where it comes out with something clean such as water, paper, stone, tissue and so on until the feces are clean. Istinja' must remove feces, its smell and taste.

Ways to ejaculate'

1. Istinja' must be repeated 3 times, if it is still not clean it can be repeated again until it is clean. 

2. The tool used to make istinja' must be able to clean the place where the excrement comes out. 

3. If stones must be taken at least 3 seeds.

TYPES OF WATER

1. ABSOLUTE WATER (Water that is holy and purifying) This water can be used for drinking, bathing and ablution and can also be used for washing. Examples of absolute water are well water, river water, rain water, spring water, sea water and so on.

2. MUSTA'MAL WATER (Water that has been used) Water that is holy but cannot purify It is water that has changed one of its properties, for example coffee water, tea water and so on. Also included in this group is water that has less than two kolahs which is water that has been used for ablution or removing impurities.

3. MUTANNAJIS WATER (Dirty water) Impure water is water that has changed all its properties, be it color, taste or smell and is mixed with feces.

4. MUSYAMMAS WATER (water that basks in the sun)
It is makruh water to use, i.e. water that basks in the hot sun in containers other than gold or silver. This water is makruh to use for the body but can be used to wash clothes.

TYPE - TYPE OF FECES

1. MUGHALLAZAH EXCESS (heavy excrement)

It is a heavy excrement, which is dog and pig excrement. The way to wash items affected by this excrement is by tanning, which is to wash with water 7 times. The first wash should be with water mixed with soil.

2. NAJIS MUKHAFFAFAH (light feces)

It is a light stool like the urine of a baby under 2 years old who only drinks its mother's milk. The way to purify it is by sprinkling water on the place where the urine was touched.

3. MUTAWASSITAH Stool (intermediate stool)

That is the middle feces. Included in this group are urine, faeces, blood, pus, vomit, water mazi (the clear white water that comes out of the genitals when lust increases), wadi (that is the clear white water that comes out of the genitals after defecating small during heavy work), wine and animal milk that cannot be eaten. The way to purify it is to wash it with clean water until it loses its smell, taste, and color. If it has been washed repeatedly but the smell and color have not disappeared, it is forgiven.

ABLUTION/ WUDHUK
MEANING OF WUDUK
According to the language, ablution means clean and beautiful. According to syar'a, it means cleaning the aggota of ablution to remove small hadas. For a person who wants to pray, it is obligatory for him to perform ablution first because ablution is a valid condition of prayer.

TAYAMMUM

MEANING OF TAYAMMUM
Tayammum is sweeping the ground and both hands up to the elbows with certain conditions. Tayammun is a substitute for ablution or obligatory bath, especially for those who cannot use water for certain reasons, namely: 1. Sick due to pain that cannot come into contact with water. There is no water or there is only enough water to drink.

TERMS OF TAYAMMUM1. Entering prayer time when there is no water, 2. There is no water even after trying to find it. 3. Holy and dusty ground4. Remove impurities from his body by ejaculating before tayammum.

TAYAMMUM PRINCIPLES 

1. Intend to perform tayammum "I only perform tayammum because it is obligatory to pray"

2. Pressing both palms on the holy bed. 

3. Wiping the face with the cane earlier. 

4. Press both palms on the dust again then sweep both palms up to the elbows. 5. In order

 

TAYAMMUM PERFORM 

1. Reading Basmalah

2. Facing the Qibla 

3. Take the lead in sweeping the right member 

4. Spelling consecutively

THINGS THAT AVOID TAYAMMUM1. All things that invalidate ablution. Getting water before starting the prayer (for people who are not sick) 3. When a sick person can use water.

MANDATORY BATH OR JUNUB BATH

MEANING OF OBLIGATORY BATH An obligatory bath is a bath that must be performed to remove large hadas after one of the reasons that make it obligatory to have an obligatory bath such as sexual intercourse.

REASONS TO HAVE A BATH

1. Having intercourse, which means inserting the head of the penis into the vagina even if no semen comes out. 2. Semen comes out even without intercourse3. Death except martyrdom4. Clean from Menstruation. When a woman is clean from her period, it is obligatory for her to take a bath immediately. 5. Holy from the blood of nifas, which is the blood that comes out after giving birth. 6. Wiladah is giving birth to children

RUKUN JUNUB BATH MANDATORY

1. The intention is with the wording of the intention: "I only lift the big hadas for the sake of Allah Taala"2. Remove all excrement from body parts. 3. Spread water all over the body

BATH CIRCUMCISIONS ARE MANDATORY

1. Reading bismillah.

2. Wash the vagina and anus with clean water

3. If there is excrement on the body, it should be cleaned first. 

4. Circumcision with ablution 

5. Draining bodily fluids starts from the right side.

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