Using menthol crystals in fragrance free soap
Q: Can I use menthol crystals in fragrance free soap base. Menthol crystals doesn't have any particular fragrance. It has a bit of a cooling sensation.
Tahaarat
Leftover water of dogs and monkeys
Q: In regards to leftover water of an animal-specifically cats, rats-there is a hadith giving leniency to using its water due to it entering the house often, to this effect:إنما هي من الطوافين و الطوافات, in today's times, can dogs and monkeys be regarded as الطوافين و الطوافات?
Feeling pleasure with water pressure when washing one's private area
Q: After urinating, when rinsing the private area with the hand shower, the pressure of water is satisfying sometimes. I get really aroused. Is this counted as masturbation? Do I have to perform a ghusl?
Doubts in wudhu and ghusl
Q: I was recently diagnosed with OCD, which results in me having a lot of doubts about things. However, I’ve been working on getting better Alhamdulillah. I just had a quick question regarding what to do in the following ghusl/wudhu scenarios:
(1) In Wudhu, when I wash my face, water also rolls down my arms and also splashes or falls off my face onto my arms. Then when I go to pour water on my arm, I’m not sure which part of my arm is wet with the fresh water or wet with the water that rolled/splashed off my face onto my arm. What to do in this scenario?
(2) In Ghusl, I often doubt whether water has reached the skin under my beard. I have a beard wash soap, which I usually rub fully into my beard then wash the soap away while rubbing my beard with my hands. Once the soap has been rubbed and washed away from the beard, can I assume that the skin underneath the beard has also been washed?
(3) In Wudhu I try to just wash 3 times and move on. However sometimes I forget whether I have washed 2 or 3 times. What do in this scenario?
Is haraam cheese impure?
Q: Is haraam cheese impure?
Wiping impurity off one's clothes with a wet wipe
Q: My cat just ate impure food and she rubbed her mouth on part of my sleeve. The sleeve then became wet and smelt of her saliva. I used wet-wipes and rubbed over the area until there was no smell and then I dried the area. I continued to pray in the same top. Was this okay in terms of purification?
Doubting whether one is in the state of janaabat or not
Q: My question is regarding the validity of intercourse's in Islam. I newly got married. Once we were trying penetration while standing. The attempt was briefly for 20 seconds. The standing position is a bit difficult position and I know that my full tip of penis never penetrated her vaginal opening. My wife says that it never penetrated her vagina.
Now I am getting waswasa what if my tip of penis entered the vestibular area or got a cover from labia minora. What to do incase of doubt when the wife is sure that penetration never happened and I know I never penetrated her vaginal opening but not sure if the full tip maybe disappeared in to the vulva (Farje kharij).
What to do in this case? What should be the case if my wife is certain and I am uncertain?
Making ghusl with impurity on one's skin
Q: Is my ghusl valid if there is impurity on my body during the process of ghusl, as long as the impurity does not prevent water from reaching the skin?
Wetting the miswaak before using it while fasting
Q: Is it permissible to wet the miswak before using it while fasting?
Validity of wudhu if one wrote on his hand
Q: Is wudhu valid if someone wrote on their hands with pen and didn't scrub it off?