Najaasat Haqeeqi and How to Clean It

Q. How to clean najaasat, mud and dirt from leather items?

A. Such dirt can be removed by rubbing it on the ground or with any other thing. No portion of dirt or its effect should remain on the surface.

Q. How to make these items taahir if urine, wine, or similar falls on them?

A. By washing with water or any other clean liquid. Washing is necessary for leather materials except when soiled with mud, dirt, or feces.

Q. Can knives, swords, or metal items be cleaned by anything other than water?

A. Items of iron, silver, gold, copper, aluminium, bronze, ivory, bone, or plain clay pots can be made taahir by rubbing off the najaasat, but it must not remain in carvings.

Q. How to clean the ground when urine or wine falls on it?

A. When the ground dries and the effect, color, smell, and taste of the najaasat disappear, it becomes clean.

Q. How to clean najaasat from bricks, stony floors, or walls?

A. When the bricks or stones dry and the effect of the najaasat disappears, they become taahir.

Q. How to make items taahir which cannot be squeezed, like pots or cushions?

A. Wash three times with water. After each washing, leave until dry. Rub hard while washing to remove najaasat.

Q. Can earthen pots be made taahir?

A. Yes, by washing the same way as mentioned above.

Q. Will ashes of dirty things, like cow-dung, be clean?

A. Any nijs thing, when burnt to ashes, becomes taahir.

Q. What if a rat dies in ghee?

A. If ghee is frozen, remove the portion where the rat lies and the nearby part; the rest is taahir. If liquid, the whole becomes nijs.

Q. How to clean nijs ghee or oil?

A. Mix equal water with dirty ghee or oil and boil. Take out the ghee or oil that floats on water. Repeat two more times. This makes the ghee taahir.