O Son !

ESSENTIALS of NAMÂZ
19– There are seven essentials that are farz to observe outside
of a namâz, i.e. before starting to perform a namâz:
1) Tahârat (clealiness) from hadeth; in other words, to make an
ablution, or to make tayammum if there is no water available.
2) Tahârat from najâsat, i.e. to clean yourself, your clothes,
your body, and the place where you are to perform namâz from
foul matter (called najâsat). It is good to clean foul matter,
regardless of its being heavy or light, or its amount. Our Prophet
‘’alaihis-salâm’ stated: “Blood and pus are foul (najs). Also the
place where namâz will be performed must by cleaned from foul
matter. Also, your body must be cleaned from urine, from semen,
and from all (other sorts of) foul matter.”
[In the Hanafî Madhhab, blood and urine and spirit (alcohol)
are (kinds of heavy foul matter called) qaba najâsat (or najâsat-ighalîdha).
When a drop of (one of) them falls into a small pond of
water, the entire water turns into qaba najâsat. If the spirit or
blood or alcoholic beverage you happen to be carrying in a
(closed) container (such as a bottle) in your pocket weighs lighter
than a mithqal [five grams], the namâz you perform will be sahîh
(valid). If it is heavier than that weight, your namâz will not be
sahîh. It is stated as follows in the book entitled Durr-ul-mukhtâr,
at the end of the chapter dealing with Istinjâ: “If one of the
components of a mixture is clean, e.g. water and soil, the mixture,
mud in the given example, is accepted to be clean. The fatwâ rules
in agreement with this judgment.” So is written in the books
entitled Ibni ’Âbidîn, Bahr, Eshbâh, Fat-h, and Bezzâziyya. There
are also scholars who argue that this report is a da’îf (weak) one;
but then a report (qawl) that is da’îf can be acted upon in case of a
haraj, difficult situation. This report on the part of scholars of Fiqh
brings us to the conclusion that alcoholic mixtures prepared for the
purpose of a certain need, such as eau de Cologne, medicine,
varnish and dye, are to be accepted to be clean. When there is a
haraj, a difficult situation encountered in avoiding najâsat when
performing a namâz, this report should be had recourse to as a
guide to follow. That the same rule applies in the Shâfi’î and
Mâlikî Madhhabs is written in the book entitled Ma’fuwât. That
alcoholic medicines are accepted to be clean should not be
construed as a permission to drink them. Unless there is a darûrat,
it is still not permissible to consume them. Alcoholic beverages are
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