Lesson 5A
Al Maqasid
Lesson 5a: The Causes of Major Ritual Impurity (Sections 2.17, 2.18)
Teacher: Sidi Hamza Karamali
Opening Supplication
Introduction
- a review of the two types of ritual impurity
- six causes of major ritual impurity
- on their applicability to men and women
Three Causes that are Common to Men and Women
- sexual intercourse
- ejaculation is not a condition of intercourse
- exiting of orgasmic sexual fluid
- on the meaning of maniyy
- on the distinctness of ejaculation and intercourse
- death
Three Causes that are Specific to Women
- end of menstrual period
- end of postnatal bleeding
- giving birth
Identifying Orgasmic Sexual Fluid
- first characteristic: comes in spurts
- second characteristic: exits with sexual gratification
- third characteristic: smells like dough when moist and egg-white when dry
- on pre-ejaculate fluid (madhy)
- on wady
Closing Supplication
Lesson 5B
Al Maqasid
Lesson 5b: Purificatory
Teacher: Sidi Hamza Karamali
Opening Supplication
- how major ritual impurity can happen mentioned previously
Integrals of Purificatory
- timing of the intention
- possible intentions
- what needs to be washed
- places when extra care should be taken
- what of the ears need to be washed
Recommended Acts of Purificatory
- effect of these acts on the purificatory bath
- recommended act mentioned by Imam Nawawi
- optimal manner for the purificatory bath
- what is recommended to wash first
- on recommendation of performing ablution
- continuing the purificatory bath
- advantage of this manner
- effect of doing an act that causes minor ritual impurity
- recommended act of rubbing
- recommended act of consecutiveness
Recommended Times for a Purificatory
- general rule regarding these times
- example of an application of this rule
- recommended for the Friday Prayer
- recommended for the Eids
- recommended for the solar eclipse prayer
- recommended after becoming Muslim
- some specifics to be watchful for
- recommended after regaining consciousness
- recommended before entering pilgrimage sanctity
- recommended after washing the dead
- on whether an ablution is needed with a purificatory bath
- on combining intentions for a purificatory bath
- example of combining
Closing Supplication
Lesson 5C
Al Maqasid
Lesson 5c: Dry Ablution (Sections 2.21- 2.26)
Teacher: Sidi Hamza Karamali
Opening Supplication
- what will be covered in this lesson
- what Imam Nawawi mentions about minor ritual impurity
- what happens when water is not available
- the effect of dry ablution
Conditions of Dry Ablution
- first condition for dry ablution
- example of when dry ablution is not permissible
- example of when dry ablution is permissible
- practical reason for the need of dry ablution
- what fear to use water means
- modern examples of this
- the second condition on the timing
- when it is valid to perform ablution
- when need not be observed
- the third condition of searching
- two areas that need to be considered
- definition of two distances
- rules regarding the first radius
- rules regarding the second radius
- example of an application of this rule
- the fourth condition of using earth
Integrals of Dry Ablution
- the first integral of intention
- timing of the intention
- what the intention must be
- on the levels of intention
- examples of intentions of first two levels
- examples of intentions of the lowest level
- what can be done with the highest level of intention
- what can be done with the next level of intention
- what can be done with the lowest level of intention
- the second integral of number of times the ground is struck
- the third integral of conveying the earth
- what conveyance means
- the next two integrals of the body parts that are wiped
- specific areas to be watchful for
- the fifth integral of order
- practical point of wiping
Recommended Acts of Dry Ablution
- recommendation of uttering the basmala
- the ordering of wiping
- the recommendation of not pausing
- the recommendation of shaking extra dirt
- see Reliance for recommended way of wiping
Nullification of the Dry Ablution
- the first nullifier: ritual impurity
- the second nullifier: appearance of water
- on the exception
- on the number of obligatory prayers that can be performed
Dry Ablution for Injuries
- what Imam Nawawi mentions
- on the necessities related to a cast
- how one performs ablution with a cast
- what one does when one gets to the injured limb
- what one does following the injured limb
- performing ablution with multiple casts
Repeating Prayers
- the first condition of which cast can be covered
- what one does if a dry ablution limb is covered
- the second condition of what the cast can cover
- example that necessitates repeating
- the third condition of when the cast must be applied
- example that necessitates repeating
Closing Supplication
Lesson 5D
Al Maqasid
Lesson 5d: Menstruation (Section 2.27)
Teacher: Sidi Hamza Karamali
Opening Supplication
- why this section is normally mentioned last
When one is considered to be menstruating
- minimum age
- the ruling of blood seen before this age
- the exact minimum age
- what is meant by "seeing blood" or "bleeding"
- the cotton-ball test
Conditions of menstruation
- condition 1: bleeding should last longer than 24 hours
- an example
- on the ruling of intermittent bleeding
- condition 2: bleeding should not last longer than 15 days
- the ruling of blood that lasts longer than this
- how one prays in such a state
- a common misconception
- condition 3: purity should last longer than 15 days
- an example
- on maximal period of purity
Golden Rule
- "Act according to what you see"
- an example
- what to do when one sees blood
- what to do when the bleeding stops before 24 hours
- what to do when the bleeding starts again
- what to do when the bleeding stops after 24 hours
Postnatal Bleeding
- minimal period
- maximal period
Chronic Vaginal Discharge
- how to calculate periods of purity and menstruation/postnatal-bleeding
- calculating based on strength of bleeding
- some examples
- an example where this calculation of method is not possible
- calculating based on previous habit
- how to determine one's habit
- what menstruating women should do
- what is meant by "strong" and "weak" bleeding
- strength in terms of colour
- strength in terms of stench
Closing Supplication
Lesson 5E
Al Maqasid
Lesson 5e: Unlawful Actions (Section 2.30)
Teacher: Sidi Hamza Karamali
Opening Supplication
Introduction
- review of ritual impurity
- another perspective to look at ritual impurity
- division into three types
- what the first division of minor ritual impurity means
- what the second division of medium ritual impurity means
- what the third division of heavy ritual impurity means
Unlawful Actions with Minor Ritual Impurity
- first unlawful act: prayer
- second unlawful act: recital prostration
- specifics on a recital prostration
- third unlawful act: prostration of thanks
- fourth unlawful act: circumambulation
- fourth unlawful act: touching or carrying a Qur`an
- an exception to the above
- example of the exception
- what is unlawful to touch
- what is meant by Qur`an
- touching portions that was not written for recitation
- examples of the above
- exception to carrying
- conditions for the exception
Unlawful Actions with Major (Medium) Ritual Impurity
- which acts from the previously mentioned are impermissible
- sixth unlawful act: recitation
- exception to this
- examples of the exception
- seventh unlawful act: remaining in a mosque
- example of remaining does not mean
Unlawful Actions with Heavy Ritual Impurity
- which acts from the previously mentioned are impermissible
- how one enters heavy ritual impurity
- eighth unlawful act: certain sexual pleasures
- specifics on what is unlawful and lawful
- ninth unlawful act: fasting
- tenth unlawful act: passing through a mosque
- condition of this unlawful act
- eleventh unlawful act: divorce
- result of divorcing during this period
- when the eighth unlawful act becomes lawful
- when the ninth and eleventh unlawful acts become lawful
Closing Supplication
