Transmission of Najaasah - What should i do?

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Asalaam alaykum

Referring to the rule (posted as Fatwa 43631on the website askImam at http://www.askimam.org/public/question_detail/43631 ) regarding the transfer of Najis. I wanted to know if this rule (that Najis would transfer when two items come into contact, of which at least one item is Impure and one item is wet) is also appliable to "oil" (which is naturally produced on hair).

The situation is if a hat is put on (and later it's brought to your attention and clear that there is dog saliva on the inside of the hat as the children were playing with it with the neighbours dog) and it comes into contact with your hair (upon which there is oil naturally, abit more than what most people would have naturally)- then does the Najis transfer from the hat to the hair (the dog saliva was still a bit wet).

More importantly, if the Najis transfered to the oily hair- does the oily hair keep transferring Najis (ie If you put your hands through your hair, would the Najis transfer to your hands and everything your hands thereafter come in contact with immediately after running your hand through your hair (like your clothes, table, bed sheet and face). Also if you laid on a pillow with head, which was dry but there is the oil from your hair, does the Najis transfer to the pillow as well).

Please advise on the extent of Najis transferal in the situations as described above?

Accepted Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh. An object which has oil on it will be regarded as wet. Therefore, if oil was applied to the hair, it will be considered wet. However, the natural condition of one’s hair will be considered dry. Hence, if a person's hair contains natural oil, it will be considered dry. It is highly possible that the saliva of the dog had dried up, which would mean a dry object came into contact with the dry hair. Therefore, in this scenario, the Najaasah did not transfer. However, if the hat was still wet with the dog's saliva, then the Najaasah transferred and the hair would have to be washed. In addition, there is only doubt as to the impurity of the items mentioned. Therefore, the items in reference will remain pure until one has complete certainty that they are impure. Whenever you are unaware or doubtful on the purity of any item, then as a precautionary measure you should wash that item. However, you should also avoid having unnecessary doubts. Rasullullah (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) said: عَنْ أُبَىِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ "‏إِنَّ لِلْوُضُوءِ شَيْطَانًا يُقَالُ لَهُ الْوَلْهَانُ فَاتَّقُوا وَسْوَاسَ الْمَاءِ" (جامع الترمذي-۵۷) Ubayy bin Ka'b narrated that: The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) said: "Indeed there is a Shaitan for Wudu' who is called "Al-Walahan." So beware of having misgivings about water." (Tirmidhi-57) From the above Hadith, we ascertain that Shaytaan tries to cause unnecessary doubts in a person’s mind. One should not pay heed to these whisperings of Shaytaan. And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best Student - Darul Iftaa Checked and Approved by, Mufti Ebrahim Desai. (2020-06-18)

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