Liaison office of Grand Ayatullah Sayyid Ali Al Sistani (L.M.H.L) in London, Europe, North and South America.
A Muslim tries to maintain the ritual purity of his body, clothes and everyday commodities by avoiding contact with impure things because such contacts would render the other items impure and would, therefore necessitate the process of purification.
Residing in a non-Muslim
country makes the process of maintaining purity difficult for some Muslims as
they deal with its non-Muslim citizens in various situations of their day-to-day
life: in restaurants, cafes, barber's shops, laundrettes, and, in public baths
and utilities, etc.
Therefore, it is appropriate for me to clarify for the
respected readers the religious rules concerning taharat (ritual purity) and
najasat (ritual impurity).