1- Islam forbids the Muslims to imitate the disbelievers, especially the Jews and Christians, but this prohibition does not apply to all their affairs, rather it applies to matters of their religion and things that are unique to them, by which they are known. 2- The Muslims have no need to imitate any of the other nations in matters of religious rituals and acts of worship. 3- The prohibition on imitating the disbelievers does not apply to the things that they do and invent from which Muslims may benefit. There is no sin on the Muslims if they share in that, rather the Muslims should be in the forefront of such things.

If Muslims eat pig meat without intending to, there is no sin on them. The correct view is that pig-related impurity should be washed only once.

If the impurity gets onto a carpet that cannot be wrung out, then the way to purify it is by removing the substance of the impurity, and drying up whatever urine is on it, then pouring water over it and drying it up. If the impurity came from a dog, then it is essential to wash the carpet seven times with water and to make the first time with soap or any other agent that will remove it.

• If you are certain that the discharge came out while you were praying, or before you prayed [and after you did Wudu], then your prayer is invalid, and you have to clean yourself, purify your clothing and body of whatever got onto them, and do Wudu again and repeat the prayer. • If you are not sure whether the discharge came out while you were praying, or before or after that, then you do not have to repeat anything, because the basic principle is that you started praying in a state of purity, and the prayer cannot be deemed invalid on the basis of mere uncertainty.

1. The Muslim must beware of impurity and try to avoid it as much as he can. 2. If Najasah (impurity) gets onto a person’s clothes, he does not have to do Ghusl. 3. Removing the impurity may be done by washing it until the traces of the impurity have disappeared. 4. Being pure and free from Najasah is a condition of the prayer being valid. 5. A small amount of all types of impurities may be overlooked. 6. If a few drops of urine get on a person’s garment and he washes off whatever got on it, until he thinks that most likely the Najasah has disappeared.

Madhiy is impure, so if it is emitted and any of it gets onto the testicles or any part of the body, it is obligatory to wash the place it got onto in order to remove this impurity. If someone prays knowing that there is any Madhiy on his body and he deliberately did not wash it, then his prayer is not valid.

The jurists agree that if pus is expelled by the human body, it is impure, because it comes under the heading of unclean things (Al-khaba’ith: unclean, impure, evil things).

The most correct view is that blood that comes out from anywhere other than the front and back passage does not break the Wudu. If the blood or pus that gets on your garment is a small amount, there is nothing wrong with praying in that garment.

Maniy is pure and it is not essential to wash it from your clothes, but you must do Ghusl after it is emitted. Madhiy is impure and must be washed off if it gets onto the body. Madhiy invalidates Wudu' but it does not require Ghusl. Moisture is pure and it need not be washed off, but it invalidates Wudu'.

Semen in the case of men is a thick, white liquid, and in the case of women it is thin and yellow. Madhiy is a sticky white fluid that is emitted when a person is thinking of or desiring intercourse. Maniy requires performance of ghusl, but madhiy requires performance of wudu. Maniy is pure but madhiy is impure.