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Islamic Laws - 4th Edition

Impurities (najasat)

Ruling 80. Ten things are impure [intrinsically]: (25)

1. urine;

2. faeces;

3. semen;

4. corpse;

5. blood;

6. dog;

7. pig;

8. disbeliever (kāfir);

9. wine;

10. the sweat of an excrement-eating animal.


[25] Each of these things is also known as an ‘intrinsic impurity’ (ʿayn al-najāsah).