Introduction to Islamic Law

Purification and Istinja

1. What water is lawful for purification? 2. How many categories is water divided into? 3. What is the ruling of plain water? 4. What is the ruling upon a small amount of water which a cat drinks from? 5. What waters is not lawful for purification? 6. With respect to tree water and fruit water, is the ruling the same if it comes out alone without being squeezed? 7. When is water dominated if solids and liquids mix with the water? 8. When is a small quantity of water deemed filthy? 9. What water is regarded as doubtful? 10. What is the limit of a small quantity of water? 11. Give the definition of Suir water (left over water)? 12. How many categories is suir water divided into? 13. What is the ruling of the left over water from a human or a horse? 14. Does this ruling remain the same if the mouth of the human was pure or impure at the time? 15. What is the ruling if a cat or a stray chicken drink from a small amount of water? 16. What is the ruling if a dog or a pig drinks from a small amount of water? 17. Why is the left over water of a free roaming chicken disliked to use? If the Chicken was imprisoned, would it make a difference to the ruling? (Explain) 18. What is the difference between predatory land animals and predatory birds despite the fact that they are both regarded impure? 19. When is it a requirement to withdraw 200 buckets from a well?

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20. When the well water is regarded impure with respect to the faecal matter of sheep? 21. If a dead bloated animal is discovered in a well and no one knows how long it has been there, what is the ruling? 22. What is the ruling of Istinja? 23. When is Istinja Sunna? When is it Waajib? And when is it obligatory? 24. Is there a recommendation number regarding the number of stones to use during Istinja? 25. How is Istinja performed regarding a male and female? 26. What is disliked to use in Istinja? 27. What is the etiquette of reliving oneself?

Wudu (Ablution)
1. What are the pillars of wudu? And what is the proof? 2. Regarding the length and breadth of the face, what is the limit which must be washed? 3. Are the ears regarded as part of the head in wudu? 4. Are the ankles included as part of the feet to wash in wudu? 5. What is the ruling if wudu pertaining to this life? 6. What are the conditions that render wudu waajib? 7. What are the conditions which validate Wudu? 8. What are the sunan in wudu? 9. What is the ruling of interlacing the fingers in wudu? 10. What is the ruling of dalk? (This is when water is rubbed on the skin in wudu). 11. What is the ruling with respect to the intention of wudu? 12. Mention 8 Etiquettes (recommendations) of wudu. 13. State the things disliked during wudu. 14. Does the head need to be wiped again in the event that a person cuts his hair? 15. What is the reason for wudu?

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16. If a person has a thick beard, what must he do in order to validate wudu? 17. Is it sunna to wipe the neck? 18. Name four occasions when it is recommended to perform wudu? 19. Name 8 things which nullify wudu? 20. How is a mouthful of vomit determined? 21. If a person who vomited a mouthful as a result of two different causes, is the wudu void? 22. Name 5 things which do not nullify wudu.

Ghusl (Major Bath)

1. What are the things which make the major bath obligatory? 2. If a person ejaculates due to a punch in the back, what is the ruling? 3. What is the difference regarding Ghusl between one who converts to Islam in a pure state and one who converts in an impure state? 4. What are the things which do not require the major bath? 5. What is wadi? 6. What are the things which are obligatory to wash during the major bath? 7. What are the Sunnah practices of the major bath? 8. What are the etiquettes of Ghusl? 9. Why is it disliked to face Qiblah during the major bath? 10. What is disliked in Ghusl? 11. Is there a matter which is disliked in Ghusl, though is recommended in wudu? 12. What are the occasions it is Sunnah to make Ghusl? 13. What are the occasions it is recommended? 14. If a person has an orgasm due to intercourse with a dead person, what is requires? 15. If a man enters a virgin, yet he did not break the hymen or have an orgasm, what is requires of him?

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Tayammum (Dry Ablution)
1. According to scholars, Tayammum is what? 2. What are the conditions which validate Tayammum? 3. What are the conditions which validate a persons intention for Tayammum? 4. When a person makes Tayammum to pray, what conditions must be satisfies in order to validate his intention? (That is, what must he intend when making Tayammum so that his intention is valid for the prayer?) 5. If a person simply intended tayammum, is this a valid intent for prayer? 6. What are three valid excuses needed to perform tayammum? 7. What is the reason for performing tayammum? 8. What are the pillars of tayammum? 9. What are the sunan of tayammum? 10. When is it recommended to delay tayammum? 11. When is it necessary to delay tayammum? 12. If water is not given unless it is paid for, then what is the ruling? 13. Is it valid to perform many prayers with one tayammum? 14. Is it permissible to perform tayammum before the time of prayer has arrived? 15. What nullifies tayammum? 16. What is the ruling of one who is injured and has no hands or legs?

Wiping the footgear (Khouffain)

1. What is the ruling of wiping on the footgear? 2. State the conditions which validate the wiping of the footgear? 3. What is the duration of wiping on the footgear for both a resident and traveller? 4. What happens if the situation of a resident changes after initially wiping on the footgear?

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5. What portion of the khuf if obligatory to wipe? 6. What is the sunan of wiping? 7. State the nullification of wiping? 8. What are the items which one is not permitted to wipe on? 9. If one suffered an injury and is unable to wash or wipe the limb, what must he do? 10. Is it valid to place the splint or bandage while one is in a state or impurity? 11. If a person changes one bandage with another, state the procedure to undertake? 12. Is it conditional for the khuf to be made of leather?

Menstrual Periods / Post Natal Bleeding and Chronic Vaginal Discharge

1. Define the types of blood that exist from the vagina of a female. 2. What is the maximum duration for menstrual periods? 3. What is the maximum duration for postnatal bleeding? 4. If a female bleeds for one day, what is the ruling? 5. What is the minimum days of purity which separates two menstrual periods? And what is the maximum? 6. State five things which are forbidden to perform in the state of menstrual periods or after birth bleeding. 7. What must a female do if her periods cease in their regular days if she desires to hae sexual intercourse? 8. If a person is deemed excused because they suffer from a chronic disorder, how is their wudu affected? 9. What is the requirement needed in order for one to be excused? 10. When is a person no longer deemed excused? 11. What are the conditions needed to establish the continuation of ones exemption?

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12. What is the ruling of a girl who matured and is suffering from chronic vaginal discharge (istihada)?

The Chapter of Filth and its Purification

1. Filth is divided into how many parts, and what are they? 2. State examples for each type of the above categories. 3. What is excused with regards heavy filth? 4. What is excused with regards to light filth? 5. What is the ruling of the splashes of urine such as that of the head of a pin? 6. If wet clean clothes are spread on dry impure earth, and as a result the earth becomes damp, what is the ruling on the clean clothes? 7. Visible filth is purifies how? 8. Invisible filth is purified how? 9. In the event that ones foot gear is struck with filth, how are they purified? 10. Dry ground which is cleared of the traces of filth is permitted for what usage? 11. Dry and wet sexual discharge is purified how? 12. The hide of an animal is purified how? 13. The hide of an animal whose meat is unlawful is purified how? 14. What is the ruling on Civet? 15. What is the ruling of the hair of a dead animal?

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