Fatwa ID: 08530

 

 

Answered by: Maulana Abdurrahman Mohammad

 

Question:

 

How is excused impurity (ma‘fuw ‘anhu) determined when it consists of multiple small drops spread across an area? Is it judged based on the diameter of the impurity in one place, the total aggregate amount, or its weight/volume For example, if small drops of urine are scattered in different spots but none exceed the excused limit individually, or they all don’t exceed the excused amount totally does the impurity remain excused,

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

Answer:

 

For Najāsah Ghalīzah (major impurity), the way to assess the impurity depends on its form. If the impurity is liquid, the area is considered. If the impurity is solid, its weight is considered. The total amount of aggregate impurity should not exceed the area of a Dirham if it is liquid (5.94 cm) or the weight of a dirham (4.86 g) if it is solid.^[1] If the impurity is on different parts of the body or spread across an area, it will be added up.

 

It [impurity] is of two types: (The first) is the heavy type, and the amount of a dirham is exempted from it.^[2]

 

Then it is narrated that the dirham is considered in terms of area, which is the width of the palm in the Sahih^[3]

 

 

 

Only Allah (عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ) knows best.

Written by Maulana Abdurrahman Mohammad

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah

Darul Ifta Birmingham

 

 

 

 

 

References:

 

[1] اگر پیشاب مخرج سے تجاوز کر گیا اور زائد کی مقدار ایک درہم (قطر = ۱۱.۱ نچ = ۲.۷۵ سینٹی میٹر اور کل پیمائش = ۱۰.۹۵ نچ = ۵.۹۴ سینٹی میٹر) سے رائد نہیں ہوئ تو بغیر دھوئے صرف دھیلا استعمال کرلینے سے نماز ہوجائے گی، اور پاخانہ کا حکم یہ ہے کہ پتھر سے استنجا کر نیکے بعد اگر مخرج سے متجاوز نجاست کا وزن ایک مثقال (۵ ماشہ = ۴.۸۶ گرام) یا اس سے کم ہو تو نماز ہو جائیگی

(Ahsan Ul-Fatāwā, vol. 2, pg. 107, H.M. Saeed Company)

 

 

[2] [الْفَصْلُ الثَّانِي فِي الْأَعْيَانِ النَّجِسَةِ]

وَهِيَ نَوْعَانِ (الْأَوَّلُ) الْمُغَلَّظَةُ وَعُفِيَ مِنْهَا قَدْرُ الدِّرْهَمِ

(Al-Fatāwā Al-Hindiyyah, vol. 1, pg. 45, Al-Maṭba’ah Al-Kubrā Al-Amīriyyah)

 

 

[3] ثُمَّ يُرْوَى اعْتِبَارُ الدِّرْهَمِ مِنْ حَيْثُ الْمِسَاحَةُ وَهُوَ قَدْرُ عَرْضِ الْكَفِّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ، وَيُرْوَى مِنْ حَيْثُ الْوَزْنُ وَهُوَ الدِّرْهَمُ الْكَبِيرُ الْمِثْقَالِ وَهُوَ مَا يَبْلُغُ وَزْنُهُ مِثْقَالًا.

(Al-Fath Al-Qadeer, vol. 1, pg. 203, Maṭba’ah Mustafā Al-Bābī Al-Halabī)