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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Jurisprudence Made Easy Dialogue on ritual purity (Taharah) Before my father came to attend this session, I had been meditating. I was trying to find applications to the theoretical information, I gleaned from the Dialogue on Najis Things, in my daily life. In so doing, I might be able to rectify my misconception of najasah. I was eager to know from today’s session how purity is restored to things after they have been contaminated.
No sooner had my father arrived, I started by asking him: * Yesterday, you told me that things become tainted if they meet with najasah. I wonder how lost purity is restored to these things? - “The First” of purifying agents is water. By washing najis things with water, you render them tahir again. That is why we should start our discussion with water. Water is of two kinds: pure and diluted. * What is pure water? - Pure water is that which we and animals drink, and irrigate plantations with.
The water of oceans, seas, rivers, streams, wells, and that which we use at our homes through mains supply is pure water. For example, the water of rivers and brooks remains pure, even though it may contain some impurities, such as soil and sand. * What then is diluted water? - Diluted water is known by the additional name you give it to qualify the type of water. For example, you say rose water, grape water, melon water and so on. However, this is not a matter that concerns us.
As you may have noticed, our discussion revolves around the water we drink and use to wash and clean things that became najis. Moreover, pure water is of two types: immunized (mu’tasim) and that which is not immunized. * Immunized! What precisely do you mean? - Immunized water is that which does not become najis when najasah meet with it, except when either its colour, taste, or smell changes as a result.
Water that is not immunized is that which turns najis as soon it comes into contact with anything najis, even though none of its three attributes is affected by the pollutant. * Could you tell me more about immunized waters? - 1.
Abundant water that satisfies the capacity of a kurr (a unit of size, equivalent to 384 litres) or larger, such as the water connected to our homes through the water grid, the water of storage tanks installed in our homes, if they were of a kurr capacity, and smaller water storage tanks, if they were directly connected to mains water supply. 2. Well water. 3.