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The Ruling On The Saliva, Drool, And Vomit Of The Infant: Sheikh Muhammad Ferkous

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

Q: What’s the ruling on the saliva, drool, and vomit of an infant?

A: The fundamental ruling as it relates to objects/things is (a state of) purity. So the infant’s saliva, drool, and vomit are pure, to be more precise the vomit of humans (man or child) is pure as there is no evidence pointing towards its impurity, nor is there anyone fit to be taken as a proof that has conveyed it being impure, on the contrary it is pure. A baby vomits abundantly, its saliva and drool do not cease to flow onto the one providing care for it. Consequently it is an affair in which adversity prevails (as it relates to the removal of these things). Therefore the legislator has not enacted the washing of clothes as it pertains to that. He has not prevented prayer due to it, nor has He ordered being cautioned from the baby’s saliva.

As for the reported consensus that man’s vomit is impure, it is nothing more than an invalid claim due to the opposition of Ibn Hazm where he explicitly states the purity of man’s vomit. Likewise as Imaam Ash-Shawkani and Siddeeq Hasan Khan both did not count vomit along with impurities, on the contrary they held, to be more probable, the purity of man’s vomit in the unrestricted sense. This is due to the fundamental ruling being purity and there is nothing reported about it except  authentic conveyance (concerning its ruling) that are not contradicted by what equals it or (by what) preceded it.

Translated by Najeeb Al Anjelesi

Source: أربعون سؤالاً في أحكام المولود

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Step By Step Guide On How To Perform Wudhu: Shaykh Muhammad Ibn Ramzaan Al Haajiri

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Wearing Finger Nail Polish During Ablution: Shaykh Salih Alish-Shaykh

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It is obligatory upon whomsoever performs ablution to ensure that the water reaches all points of his skin and the nails are included in that. Wearing fingernail polish makes the water incapable of reaching every portion of the hand and as a result the obligation of wudhu is incomplete. The Exalted says:

يأيُّها الذين ءامنوا إذا قمتم إلى الصلاة فاغْسلوا وجوهكم و أيديكم إلى المرافق وامْسحوا برءُوسكم و أرجُلكم إلى الكعبين

“O you who believe! Whenever you stand to establish the prayer wash your face and hands to the elbows, and wipe your heads and feet to the ankles.”

If wudhu is incomplete the prayer is invalid and who from the women is pleased with their prayer not being accepted? Thus whoever wears it should remove it when making wudhu. 

Translated by Najeeb Al Anjelesi

Source: المنظار في بيان كثير من الأخطاء الشائعة

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Wiping The Neck During Ablution: Shaykh Salih Alish-Shaykh

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Wiping the neck is a mistake and considered by some scholars to be an innovation, because of it not being a firmly established practice of the Prophet -sallahu alayhi wa salaam. On the contrary  extremely weak narratives (supporting the action) were reported, and even mentioned by some scholars (as proof for the legitimacy of such), however (the ruling of) the narratives being unauthentic was hidden from them. For this reason it is not legislated to wipe the neck and it is necessary to be aware of this in order to safeguard the legislation from any additions.  

Translated by Najeeb Al Anjelesi

Source: المنظار في كثير من الأخطاء الشائعة

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