Purification
Wudu, ghusl, tayammum, and what makes things clean or unclean.
Ghusl
- What ghusl is, and when it is required The definition of ghusl, the occasions it is fard, wajib, sunnah or mustahabb, the conditions for it to count, and its three obligations.
- How to make ghusl, step by step The full sunnah method of ghusl in order, from washing the hands to the final pouring, with the notes that make it valid.
- Menstruation, postnatal bleeding, and the rulings of major impurity What hayd and nifas are, how long they last, what is forbidden during major impurity, and when prayer and intercourse resume.
- The reasons that make ghusl necessary What janabah is, why ghusl becomes obligatory, and the detailed rulings for the release of semen, a wet dream, and intercourse.
- The sunnahs, preferred acts and disliked acts of ghusl The five sunnahs of ghusl, the acts that are mustahabb, and the acts that are makruh while bathing.
Istinja
- What istinja is, and what may be used for it The definition of istinja, its rulings, and which materials may, should not, or are disliked to be used for it.
- The procedure and etiquette of relieving oneself The words to say, the order of cleaning, forbidden places to relieve oneself, and the acts disliked while doing so.
Leftovers
Najasah
- How to purify the body, clothes, and other things How impurity is removed from the body, clothes, skins, the ground, metal and glass, utensils, oil and honey, and other items.
- Severe and light impurity, what is excused, and what is not impure at all What counts as severe or light impurity, how much of each is excused on the body or clothes, and things that are not impure at all.
- Legal and physical impurity, and the ways things are purified The difference between legal impurity (hadath) and physical impurity (najasah), and the twelve recognised ways of purifying something.
Taharah
Tayammum
- What tayammum is, and its conditions The definition of tayammum, when it stands in for wudu or ghusl, its six conditions, and the rulings of its intention.
- How to make tayammum, step by step The two strikes and full wiping that make up tayammum, its sunnahs, the method in order, and what breaks it.
- What tayammum may be done with, and when it is allowed Which materials tayammum can and cannot be performed on, and the situations that make tayammum permissible instead of water.
Water
- The types of water, and which can be used for purification Absolute, flowing, still, large-quantity, small-quantity, restricted and used water, and the rulings that attach to each.
- What makes a well impure, and how to purify it What does and does not make well water impure, how many buckets purify it, bucket size, and how long the impurity is assumed to last.
Wudu
- The conditions for wudu to be valid What must be true for wudu to count: water reaching every part, no barrier on the skin, and the exception for a chronic excuse.
- The four obligatory acts (fard) of wudu The four fard acts of wudu explained in full: the face, the arms, wiping the head, and the feet.
- How to make wudu, step by step The full sunnah method of wudu in order, from the intention to the supplication at the end, with the words to say.
- The disliked acts (makruhat) of wudu Ten actions the fiqh dislikes during wudu, from wasting water to making wudu inside a mosque.
- Wiping over the socks (masah over khuffayn) When you may wipe over your socks instead of washing your feet, for how long, and what ends the concession.
- The wudu of a person with a chronic excuse (ma'zoor) The easier rules for wounds, bandages, and a condition that keeps breaking wudu faster than it can be renewed.
- The sunnahs and preferred acts (mustahabbat) of wudu Everything in the method of wudu beyond the four obligations: the sunnahs, the mustahabb acts, and the words recommended at each step.
- The virtues of wudu The rewards the hadith describe for wudu, from the eight gates of Paradise to protection from Satan.
- What breaks wudu, and the rulings of minor impurity The things that end wudu, the things that do not despite appearances, and what is and is not allowed without it.
- When wudu is fard, wajib, sunnah or mustahabb The occasions on which wudu is obligatory, necessary before an act, recommended, or simply preferable.