Fatwa ID: 08551

 

 

Answered by Maulana Mohammed Aabu Saeed Miah

 

Question:

 

 

If I eat haram food  and when swallowing it, it comes in contact with the phlegm in my mouth. Would the phlegm be impure even after swallowing?  The phlegm still remains in my throat and usually this phlegm can be felt in the passage of my nose and is wet. So is the inside of my nose impure too?

 

I am not sure if this is waswasa?

 

 

 

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

 

Answer:

 

For the saliva and phlegm to become pure after coming in contact with impurity it has to be washed out. If the person swallows the impure saliva several times, his mouth will become pure then also. Please see the text below for details.

 

“The leftover (residual) water from a human being is pure. This includes the junub (person in a state of major ritual impurity), the menstruating woman, the postnatal woman, and the disbeliever, except for the leftover of a wine drinker and someone whose mouth is bleeding if they drink immediately after the bleeding. In such cases, it is impure. However, if they swallow their saliva several times, then according to the correct opinion, their mouth becomes pure. This is mentioned in Al-Siraj Al-Wahhaj. If the wine drinker is someone who drinks frequently, then the water becomes impure even if they drink after some time. This is mentioned in Al-Tatarkhaniyyah, quoting from Al-Hujjah.” – [Fatawa Hindiyyah – Chapter of Water – Second Part, regarding that which with it Wudhu is impermissible.}

 

Regarding your nose, it only becomes impure if the very effected phlegm reaches it completely. This happens by the phlegm travelling up the throat into your nose and down, it will not become impure by the phlegm sitting in your throat only.

 

 

 

 

References:

 

سُؤْرُ الْآدَمِيِّ طَاهِرٌ وَيَدْخُلُ فِي هَذَا الْجُنُبُ وَالْحَائِضُ وَالنُّفَسَاءُ وَالْكَافِرُ إلَّا سُؤْرَ شَارِبِ الْخَمْرِ وَمَنْ دُمِيَ فُوهُ إذَا شَرِبَ عَلَى فَوْرِ ذَلِكَ فَإِنَّهُ نَجَسٌ وَإِنْ ابْتَلَعَ رِيقَهُ مِرَارًا طَهُرَ فَمُهُ عَلَى الصَّحِيحِ كَذَا فِي السِّرَاجِ الْوَهَّاجِ.

 

ص23 – كتاب الفتاوى العالمكيرية الفتاوى الهندية – الفصل الثاني فيما لا يجوز به التوضؤ – المكتبة الشاملة

 

إذَا كَانَ شَارِبُ شَارِبِ الْخَمْرِ طَوِيلًا يَتَنَجَّسُ الْمَاءُ وَإِنْ شَرِبَ بَعْدَ سَاعَةٍ. كَذَا فِي التَّتَارْخَانِيَّة نَاقِلًا عَنْ الْحُجَّةِ.

 

ص23 – كتاب الفتاوى العالمكيرية الفتاوى الهندية – الفصل الثاني فيما لا يجوز به التوضؤ – المكتبة الشاملة

 

 

 

 

 

Only Allah knows best.

Written by Maulana Mohammed Aabu Saeed Miah

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah

Darul Ifta Birmingham