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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Your Questions Answered (volume 4) Q 40: Use of Toilet Paper Can we use toilet paper instead of water when we go for passing urine? A. Paper may be used for cleaning stool but not for urine. If you are unable to use water for "Taharat" of urine, then you may use paper to make your body completely dry. Thus, at least, your cloth will not be unclean.

Then, when conditions permit you must make your body "Tahir" (cleanse it); otherwise your prayer will not be valid. Q. 41: CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF SEMEN Someone's penis is tainted with a colourless liquid. Is it "Mani" (semen)? Is Ghusl-e- Janabat wajib in this case? A. Not every liquid is 'Mani' (semen). For a healthy person there are three characteristics to identify mani; It comes out when he is sexually aroused.

It comes out with force and the body becomes a bit fatigued after its ejaculation. Also, the 'Mani' smells like yeast. If these features are found, then it is "Mani", and Ghusl will be wajib (compulsory). Q42: MOISTURE SECRETED IN WOMAN Is Moisture secreted from a woman when she has sexual excitement (without sexual intercourse) najis? If it is najis is there Ghusl-e-Janabat for it? A. No. It is not Najis, and compulsory bath (Ghusl) is not necessary.

Q 43: VAGINAL CHECKING An expectant woman goes for general checking every month. The midwife inserts her finger inside her sexual passage wearing rubber gloves. Has that woman to perform 'Ghusl' before praying Namaz? A. No There is no need to perform Ghusl. Of course, if the skin of the body has become Najis because of Najis medicine or by touch of Najis hands or gloves, then she should only make that part Tahir in the usual way. Q 44: ARE PERFUMES, LOTIONS ETC. TAHIR?

Whether the English and other foreign products of perfume, shaving lotion, hair lotion, spray and similar products containing spirit and alconol are permitted for use? And are they not Najis? A. All foreign perfumes, shaving lotion, hair lotion/spray and all such products containing spirit/alcohol, are permitted for use, and are not Najis provided you are not aware that the spirit or alcohol contained in it is intoxicating.

Q 45: RULINGS ON INDUSTRIAL ALCOHOL The late Agha Seyyid Mohsin Al-Hakim had given the ruling that industrial alcohol is Najis. I hear that Agha Seyyid Abul Qasim Al-Khoui has given the ruling that it is Tahir. Is it correct? A. Yes.