Is a dog's hair ritually impure?
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Question:
The questioner says that she is an American Muslim woman who lives with her disbelieving mother, and the mother keeps dogs. Sometimes the hair of these dogs falls in the house and in the car, and she even feels that it sometimes sticks to her abaya. The question is: Is a dog's hair ritually impure? And if it is ritually impure, how is it purified?
Answer:
Its dry hair. Dry hair is not ritually impure. But if it is wet with water, it is ritually impure. This woman, if she is able to separate from her mother and be in a clean, pure residence away from the dogs, or at least have a room in the house that is protected from the dogs entering it, she must do so.
The questioner says that she is an American Muslim woman who lives with her disbelieving mother, and the mother keeps dogs. Sometimes the hair of these dogs falls in the house and in the car, and she even feels that it sometimes sticks to her abaya. The question is: Is a dog's hair ritually impure? And if it is ritually impure, how is it purified?
Answer:
Its dry hair. Dry hair is not ritually impure. But if it is wet with water, it is ritually impure. This woman, if she is able to separate from her mother and be in a clean, pure residence away from the dogs, or at least have a room in the house that is protected from the dogs entering it, she must do so.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل شعر الكلب نجس؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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