Lesson 4a
Al Maqasid
Lesson 4a: The Toothstick (Section 2.7)
Teacher: Sidi Hamza Karamali
Opening Supplication
Introduction
- relevance of toothstick (siwak) to purification
- resemblance of tootstick to purification
- role of toothstick in ablution
Characteristics of Toothstick
- best type of toothstick
- next-best types of toothstick
- what else is considered a toothstick
Recommended Times
- when using a toothstick is recommended
- exception to the above
- hadith regarding this exception
- source of
breath of a fasting person before
- source of
breath of a fasting person after
- on the
caution for using a toothstick before
- particular times using a toothstick is especially recommended
- on use before prayer
- hadith indicating the above
- other recommended times
Benefits
- what using a toothstick reminds one of
Closing Supplication
Lesson 4b
Al Maqasid
Lesson 4b: The Causes of Minor Ritual Impurity (Section 2.8)
Teacher: Sidi Hamza Karamali
Opening Supplication
Introduction
- brief review of the types of impurity
- definition of ritual impurity
- consequence of ritual impurity
- two categories of ritual impurity
- how each type of ritual impurity is lifted
Something Exiting from the Private Parts
- on the first action that necessitates ablution
- example of wind exiting from the private parts
- other examples that fall into the category of something exiting the private part
- an exception to this general rule
- on how minor ritual impurity normally still results when semen or female sexual fluid is ejaculated
- exiting of anything can cause minor ritual impurity
Loss of Intellect
- how loss of intellect can occur
- most common way to lost one's intellect
- what drowsiness means and what it causes
- sign of having fallen asleep
- basic assumption when not sure
- the exception to loss of intellect
- definition of being firmly seated
- example of a possible position of being firmly seated
- example of a position where one is not firmly seated
- on those who are excluded from this exception
Skin-to-Skin Contact with Opposite Sex
- the first condition for this cause of minor ritual impurity
- example of what does and does not constitute skin-to-skin contact
- the second condition
- definition of the man and woman whose contact invalidates ablution
- example of contact that causes minor ritual impurity
- the third condition
- example of people permanently unmarriageable to each other
- example of people temporarily unmarriageable to each other
- the fourth condition
Touching the Private Parts
- what constitutes human private parts in the context of minor ritual impurity
- what the male private part is
- what the female private part is
- what the rear private part is
- on what part of the palm must the touching take place to cause minor ritual impurity
- how to figure out the inner surface of the palm
- on what is not part of the inner palm
- on inner surface of the thumb
- touching with other than the inner surface of the hands
Closing Supplication
Lesson 4c
