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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Jurisprudence Made Easy Dialogue on miscellaneous issues-1 No sooner had my father left, I gathered my notes; thus ending the last dialogue on well-defined juridical topics. Now it is time to get ready for a dialogue, the topics of which, I am going to determine. In no time, I prepared a raft of questions. Shortly after my father had joined in, I started asking about leather products sold in, or imported from, non-Muslim countries, such as Europe.

* Suppose a man’s wrist watch strap was made of leather and he was wearing a leather belt. Both were imported from a non-Muslim country. He has no knowledge whether the animal, whose hide was used in making the strap and the belt, was killed according to Islamic rituals. Should he take them off before starting prayer? - His prayer is in order so long as there was a probability, that should be significant, that the animal was slaughtered according to Islamic rituals.

* What about a leather wallet of the same characteristics mentioned above? - It is permissible to say prayer with it on. * Suppose the person in my previous question was aware of the fact that the products were made of hide of an unslaughtered animal. Yet, he inadvertently said his prayer wearing the products. Upon remembering, he parted with them while in prayer. What would become of his prayer? - His prayer shall be in order.

However, should his forgetfulness stem from his apathy, [he must say the prayer again]. * An electric washing machine that dries the clothes by spinning rather than wringing. Is the process sufficient to render the garments tahir? - Yes, it is sufficient. * If I moved in to a house, whose previous owners are not bound by tahara, can I assume that everything therein is tahir? - Yes, your assumption is right, because the truth is that everything is tahir, unless you know that it is not.

* If I could move to questions on prayer: What would be the ruling in the matter of a person who kept up prayer and fasting, but often conducted ghusl improperly. Although he is aware of this fact, yet he does not know the number of improper ghusls, and accordingly cannot determine how many prayers or periods of fasting he must repeat? - His fasting shall be in order, i.e. he does not need to fast in lieu, albeit his ghusl was batil.

As for prayer, he must say every prayer he conducted after each improper ghusl.