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نَجاسَة
Najasah
A substance counted as ritually impure, which must be removed from body, clothes and prayer place.
Also written · Najasa · Najis · Nijasah · Najaasah · impurity · filth · unclean substance · Najassah
The meaning
What Najasah means in Islam
Urine, faeces, blood, pork and wine are the agreed cases. Water removes najasah once the colour, taste and smell are gone. The schools differ over particular cases, such as dogs, and over how small a trace is overlooked. Najasah is about the substance; the state of a person needing wudu or ghusl is hadath, and the two are often confused.
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- TaharahRitual purity, the state a person must be in before praying and, for most scholars, before touching the Qur'an.طَهارَة
- HadathThe ritual state that blocks prayer until it is lifted by wudu or by ghusl.حَدَث
- WuduThe washing done before prayer: face, arms to the elbows, wiping the head, and feet to the ankles.وُضوء
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