Question 1361: How is a garment stained with semen purified?

281 20 Dec 2021
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✅Answer: Please pay attention to the following narrations:

1 عَنِ الْعَلَاءِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَحَدِهِمَا قَالَ فِی الْمَنِیِّ یُصِیبُ الثَّوْبَ قَالَ إِنْ عَرَفْتَ مَکَانَهُ فَاغْسِلْهُ وَ إِنْ خَفِیَ عَلَیْکَ فَاغْسِلْهُ کُلَّهُ.

📚 Al-Tahdheeb, Vol. 1, p. 267

Imam Baqir or Imam Sadiq, peace be upon them, regarding semen that gets on a garment, said: If you know its location, wash it, and if it is hidden from you, wash the entire garment!

2 عَنْ عَنْبَسَةَ بْنِ مُصْعَبٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنِ الْمَنِیِّ یُصِیبُ الثَّوْبَ فَلَا یَدْرِی أَیْنَ مَکَانُهُ قَالَ یَغْسِلُهُ کُلَّهُ وَ إِنْ عَلِمَ مَکَانَهُ فَلْیَغْسِلْهُ.

📚 Al-Tahdheeb, Vol. 1, p. 252

Anbasa said: I asked Imam Sadiq, peace be upon him, about semen that gets on a garment and he does not know its location. He said: He washes the entire garment, and if he knows its place, he must wash it!

4 عَنْ مُیَسِّرٍ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ آمُرُ الْجَارِیَةَ فَتَغْسِلُ ثَوْبِی مِنَ الْمَنِیِّ فَلَا تُبَالِغُ فِی غَسْلِهِ فَأُصَلِّی فِیهِ فَإِذَا هُوَ یَابِسٌ قَالَ أَعِدْ صَلَاتَکَ أَمَا إِنَّکَ لَوْ کُنْتَ غَسَلْتَ أَنْتَ لَمْ یَکُنْ عَلَیْکَ شَیْءٌ.

📚 Al-Kafi, Vol. 3, p. 53

Maysir said: I said to Imam Sadiq, peace be upon him: I instruct the maidservant to wash my garment from semen, but she does not make a full effort in washing it, and I pray in it, and suddenly I see that (the semen) has remained dry (on the garment). The Imam said: Repeat your prayer. But if you had washed it yourself, there would have been nothing (to repeat this prayer) upon you!

✅Based on the above narrations and others, to purify a garment stained with semen, it is first necessary to strive in washing it with water so that no trace of the impurity remains, and the semen is completely removed. After this is achieved, since no specific number of times for its purification is mentioned in the well-known narrations, by soaking and squeezing it once and removing the rinse water, the washing mentioned in the narrations is achieved, and the garment is purified.

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَی مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ عَجِّلْ لِوَلِیِّکَ الْفَرَجَ وَ الْعَافِیَةَ وَ النَّصْر

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الْعَجَلَ الْعَجَلَ يَا مَوْلايَ يَا صَاحِبَ الزَّمَانِ

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

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Janabah

Menstruation

Mosque

Pilgrimage

Houses of Prophets and Successors

Entry of a person in janabah into the houses of Prophets and Successors

Entry of a menstruating woman and a person in janabah into mosques

Mosques

Al-Masjid al-Haram (The Sacred Mosque)

Al-Masjid al-Nabawi (The Mosque of the Prophet)

Entry of a menstruating woman to the graves of the Ahl al-Bayt

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Question 319: What is the condemnation of speaking about worldly matters in mosques?

Speaking about worldly matters in mosques

Sitting in a mosque

Prayer

Worship

Backbiting

Will

Mosques

Mosque

Vain talk

Knowledge

End of Time

Association

Sitting

Mosques,

Etiquette of the mosque

Avoiding vain talk in the mosque

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Question 320: Is the prayer of signs (salat al-ayat) only obligatory on the people of the area who see that sign, or must the people of other cities also pray it?

Prayer of signs

Solar eclipse prayer

Resident

Earthquake

Mosques

Solar eclipse

Lunar eclipse

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Question 321: Who is called an alim (scholar)?

Alim (scholar)

Fatwa (religious ruling)

Nasikh (abrogating)

Mansukh (abrogated)

Muhkam (explicit)

Mutashabih (ambiguous),

Faqih (jurist)

Quran

Jurisprudence

Sign of a scholar

Sign of a jurist

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Question 322: Is it permissible to take photos and videos of living beings?

Taking photos and videos

Image

Statue

Ambiguities

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Question 323: What are the merits and places for reciting Ayah al-Kursi?

Merits and places for reciting Ayah al-Kursi

Ayah al-Kursi

Poverty

Punishment of the grave

Obligatory prayer

Traveling on inauspicious days

Inauspicious

Charity

Satan

Quran

Sleep

Cupping

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Question 324: What are the cases in which lying is permitted?

Permission to lie

Lying

Permissibility of lying

Lying for reconciliation

Telling the truth for corruption

Reconciliation among people

Liar

Truthful

False oath by Allah

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Question 325: What is the ruling on a vow made without mentioning the specific wording (sighah)?

Vow

Valid vow

Vow without sighah

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Question 326: What is the duty of a woman who has not fasted in the month of Ramadan because of breastfeeding her child? Should she only make up the fasts, or does she also have to pay an expiation?

Breastfeeding

Ramadan

Making up fasts

Expiation

Making up fasts

Fasting

Breastfeeding

Breaking the fast due to breastfeeding

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Question 327: Is it permissible to offer and receive a reward for finding a lost item?

Lost item

Reward

Guarantor

Offering a reward for finding a lost item

Reward for good news

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Question 328: Is praying in a room where there is khamr (intoxicants) forbidden?

Khamr (intoxicants)

Muskir (intoxicant)

Angels

Dog

Hunting dog

Image

Statue

Prohibition of prayer in a place where there is khamr or muskir

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Question 329: Why did Lady Fatimah Zahra, peace be upon her, who was martyred, request to be washed and buried at night? Does a martyr have to be washed?

Fatimah Zahra

Martyr

Will

Washing the deceased

Shroud

Female martyr

Martyr without washing and shrouding

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Question 330: For a newborn girl, should we perform a sacrifice (aqiqah) with a female sheep?

Newborn girl

Aqiqah

Aqiqah for a girl and a boy

Female aqiqah

Newborn boy

Male aqiqah

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Question 331: Can an old or sick person who involuntarily passes urine pray with an impure body and clothing?

Sick person

Urine

Impure

Prayer

Dhuhr and Asr prayer

Dhuhr prayer

Asr prayer

Adhan (call to prayer)

Iqamah (establishment of prayer)

Maghrib prayer

Isha prayer

Acceptance of an excuse

Dripping of urine

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Question 332: Can a woman demand her dowry because of her lack of desire for her husband, so that he is forced to divorce her?

Dowry

Divorce

Marriage

Demanding dowry to get a divorce

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Question 333: For those who die of hunger or are afflicted with severe hardship, has not Allah provided for them?

Sustenance

The poor

The rich,

Obligation

Rights

Zakat (alms)

The rich

The poor

Abandoning zakat

Punishment for withholding the rights of the poor

Wealth of the rich

Withholding the rights of the poor

Khums (one-fifth)

Known right

Ma'un

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Question 334: Is there a specific supplication narrated for the qunut of the Friday Dhuhr prayer?

Qunut in witr prayer

Qunut (supplication)

Friday

Qunut of Friday prayer

Words of relief

Qunut of Friday

Friday

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Question 335: What are the 'words of relief' and where are they recited?

Words of relief

Death

Iblis (Satan)

Disbelief

Believer

Suggesting to a person who is in the throes of death

Severe throes of death

Suggestion

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Question 336: Is scratching the body during prayer problematic?

Ruku (bowing)

Sujud (prostration)

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Question 337: Are all prophets infallible?

Being infallible

Infallibility of the prophets

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اللّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ و آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

و عَجِّلْ فَرَجَهُمْ و العَنْ أعْدَاءَهم

الْعَجَلَ الْعَجَلَ يَا مَوْلايَ يَا صَاحِبَ الزَّمَان

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

Review

Question 338: Are all enemies of the Ahl al-Bayt, peace be upon them, illegitimate children (walad al-zina)?

Enemies of the Ahl al-Bayt

Illegitimate child

Purity of birth

Menstruation

Iblis (Satan)

Unfortunate

Salqlaqiyah

Satan

Hypocrite

Effeminate man

Unfortunate

Satan's participation in the sperm

Extreme importance of saying 'Bismillah' at the time of intimacy

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Question 339: At what age should we command our child to pray?

Child

Praying

Circumcision

Prayer

Ablution

Praying

Raising a child

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Question 340: After the obligatory prayer, is it better to perform the supererogatory prayer (nafilah) or the 'ta'qibat' (post-prayer recitations) and supplication?

Obligatory prayer

Performing supererogatory prayer

Ta'qibat

Supplication

Supererogatory prayer

Sunnah

Supererogatory

Obligatory

Supererogatory

Superiority of supplication after an obligatory prayer over supererogatory prayer

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Question 341: What is the ruling on a prayer and fast made on behalf of another person (istijari)?

Istijari prayer and fast

Making up fasts

Inheritance

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Question 342: What should a person do if they have not performed the Friday ghusl (ritual bath) until noon?

Friday ghusl

Noon

Friday

Ghusl

Making up fasts

Saturday

Time for Friday ghusl

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Question 343: If a person performs an obligatory prayer individually, can they perform it again in congregation?

Obligatory prayer

Individually

Congregation

Prayer

Mosque

Obligatory prayer

Congregational prayer

Individual prayer

Obligatory

Missed prayer

Repeating an individual prayer or a missed prayer in congregation

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Question 344: According to hadiths, what is the ruling on drying the hands and face after performing ablution?

Ablution

Drying after ablution

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Question 345: How long is the waiting period (iddah) for a deceased person's wife, and what are the wife's duties during this period?

Iddah for a deceased person's wife

Woman

Iddah (waiting period)

Iddah for death

Mourning

Jewelry

Hajj

Visiting the sick

A woman's adornment during the iddah for death

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Question 346: If a person performs ablution before the prayer time, can they pray the next prayer with the same ablution?

Prayer time

Ablution

Tayammum (dry ablution)

Renewing ablution

Isha prayer

Maghrib prayer

Expiation of sins

Major sins

Fajr (dawn) prayer

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Question 347: When a person performs the supererogatory prayer while sitting on a mount, should they pray every two rak'ahs as four rak'ahs?

Supererogatory prayer

Traveler

Witr prayer

Fajr supererogatory prayer

Fajr prayer

Night prayer

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Question 348: Is the Friday prayer obligatory?

Obligatory

Congregation

Friday

Obligatory

Hypocrite

Obligation of Friday prayer

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Question 349: If during prostration, the prayer-chador of the worshipper is a barrier between the palm of the hand and the ground, is it problematic?

Sujud (prostration)

Takbir (saying 'Allahu Akbar')

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Question 350: If a person's headscarf or chador is a barrier between the turbah (clay tablet) and the forehead, is the prostration valid?

Turbah (clay tablet)

Forehead

Place of prostration

Size of a dirham

Size of a fingertip

Limit of prostration

Place of prostration

Prostrating with the entire forehead

https://feghh14.com/en/494

Question 351: Is Friday ghusl and other ghusls sufficient for ablution?

Friday ghusl

Ablution

Ghusl (ritual bath)

Performing ablution

Prayer

Janabah (major ritual impurity)

Friday

Menstruation

Friday

Innovation

Performing ablution after ghusl

Pilgrimage

Performing ablution before non-janabah ghusls

Sufficiency of ghusl for ablution

https://feghh14.com/en/495

Question 352: What is the ruling on mining and trading Bitcoin?

Bitcoin

Lawful money

Lawful

Trading Bitcoin

Ambiguity

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Question 353: Is 'Sami'a Allahu liman hamidah' also said in the sitting prayer?

Sitting prayer

Ruku (bowing)

Tasbih (glorification)

Takbir (saying 'Allahu Akbar')

Sujud (prostration)

Prayer of signs

Congregational prayer

Imam of the congregation

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Question 354: Is it permissible to pray on a carpet on which a deceased person has died?

Deceased person

Ghusl (ritual bath)

Precaution

Impure

Place of prayer

Place of prostration

Prostration

Necessity of the place of prostration being pure

Place of prostration

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Question 355: Is reciting 'Bismillah' aloud in supererogatory prayers as well, or is it specific to obligatory prayers?

Reciting 'Bismillah' aloud

Supererogatory prayers

Obligatory prayers

Rules of religion

Aloud recitation

Prayer

Obligatory

Sunnah

Arba'een pilgrimage

Ring

Prostration

Precautionary prayer

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Question 356: Should the supererogatory prayer be recited aloud or silently?

Supererogatory prayer

Aloud recitation

Silent recitation

Reciting the Quran

Prayer

Sunnah

Daytime prayer

Silent recitation

Daytime supererogatory prayer

Recitation

Maghrib prayer

Isha prayer

Shaf' prayer

Witr prayer

Fajr (dawn) prayer

Dhuhr (noon) prayer

Asr (afternoon) prayer

Silent recitation

Daytime supererogatory prayers

Nighttime supererogatory prayers

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Question 357: Is there a narrative basis for turning the ring towards the palm of the hand during the qunut of prayer?

Turning the ring towards the palm of the hand

Obedience to the Imam of knowledge

Aqiq

Surah Al-Qadr

Ring

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