Former Perlis mufti Datuk Dr Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin said that while the ulama unanimously agreed that a dry dog was not unclean, a person could still touch something unclean on the condition that they clean themselves afterwards. I hope that this quotation is a mistranslation, as there is no unanimous agreement that a dry dog is unclean. Shāfiʿīs and Ḥanbalīs consider dogs to be ritually filthy whether dry or wet, though their being being filthy does not affect the purity of the things they touch when there is an absence of obvious moisture. Additionally, there is no unanimous agreement than one can needlessly touch filth. Rather, the Shāfiʿīs (and others) consider it unlawful for someone to get themselves ritually filthy without there being a need to do so. This issue is known as التلطخ بالنجاسة or التضمخ بالنجاسة. j.mp/1sS3EKj
Posted on: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 06:34:04 +0000
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